The Development of the Natural Sciences in the Context of the Reformation

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The Development of the Natural Sciences in the Context of the Reformation

Jiayi Chen 1*
  • 1 College of Social Science, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, G12 8RS    
  • *corresponding author jodyjychen@gmail.com
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ISBN (Print): 978-1-915371-31-7
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Abstract

The Reformation, which is the symbol of humanist thought and early science, played an important role in the development of the Church. During the Reformation, the Church, which benefited from the development of natural science, also provided the basis and necessary conditions for the development of natural science. This paper examines the process of change in the natural sciences during this period on the basis of the Reformation of the 16th and 17th centuries, with the aim of demonstrating the particular features of the relationship between religion and science during this period. The Reformation transformed people's preconceptions of God and broke the blind faith in God that had been influenced by the traditional Latin Bible. After the 17th century, when it became increasingly clear that scientists were reducing their use of the supernatural to explain scientific developments, the natural sciences tried to avoid excessive association with theology.

Keywords:

Humanist, Natural Science, Catholicism, The Reformation

Chen,J. (2023). The Development of the Natural Sciences in the Context of the Reformation. Communications in Humanities Research,4,231-235.
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Chen,J. (2023). The Development of the Natural Sciences in the Context of the Reformation. Communications in Humanities Research,4,231-235.

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Volume title: Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies (ICIHCS 2022), Part 2

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References

[1]. Décobert, C. (2006). For the glory of god. how monotheism ledto reformations, science, witch-hunts, and the end of slavery: Princeton, princeton university press, 2003, 488 p. Archives De Sciences Sociales Des Religions, (136)

[2]. Reeves, J. (2017). How not to link the reformation and science: Reflections on brad Gregory’s the unintended reformation. Religions (Basel, Switzerland ), 8(5), 83.

[3]. Wootton, D. (2017). History: Science and the reformation. Nature (London), 550(7677), 454-455.

[4]. MORGAN, J. (2009). Religious conventions and science in the early restoration: Reformation and ‘Israel’ in thomas sprat's history of the royal society (1667). The British Journal for the History of Science, 42(3), 321-344.

[5]. Van Niekerk, F. (2020). Reformation and scientific revolution : Historical coincidence or continual renewal? In Die Skriflig : Tydskrif Van Die Gereformeerde Teologiese Vereniging, 54(2), 1-12

[6]. Saltelli, A., & Sarewitz, D. (2022). Reformation in the church of science. New Atlantis (Washington, D.C.), (68), 56-64.

[7]. Warren, J. (2010). Science and theology in the reformation: Studies in theological interpretation and astronomical observation in sixteenth-century germany - by charlotte methuen. Reviews in Religion and Theology, 17(1), 38-40.

[8]. Becker, S. O., Pfaff, S., & Rubin, J. (2016). Causes and consequences of the protestant reformation. Explorations in Economic History, 62, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2016.07.007

[9]. Casey, P. J. (2019). Ricoeur on truth in religious discourse: A reclamation. Horizons (Villanova), 46(1), 24-52. https://doi.org/10.1017/hor.2019.7

[10]. Brooke, J. H. (2022). REVISITING WILLIAM PALEY with bethany sollereder, "introduction to essays in honor of alister McGrath"; peter harrison, "what is natural theology? (and should we dispense with it?)"; john hedley brooke, "revisiting william paley"; helen de cruz, "A taste for the infinite: What philosophy of biology can tell us about religious belief"; michael ruse, "the dawkins challenge"; donovan O. schaefer, "the territories of thinking and feeling: Rethinking religion, science, and reason with alister McGrath. Zygon, 57(1), 141-160. https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12768

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