Protestant Thought and Natural Science A Historical Study

includes index and biblioraphy

THE APOLOGETIC DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY The New Science Becomes a Philosophy The Evidences for Christianity Miracle and prophecy The wisdom of God in creation-the argument from design The analogy between nature and scripture Selected Theological Figures VI THE DEMISE OF REVELATION A Final Strand of Orthodoxy Old Metaphysics and New Science: Christian Wolff From Rational to Moral Christianity A transitional phase Enlightenment theologies CREATIVE THEOLOGICAL DIRECTIONS AND NEW PROBLEMS Positive Alternatives to a Mechanical Nature The Creative Thrust of Schleiermacher and Related Figures New Solutions to Old Problems in England and America New Problems for Christianity in Geology and Biology THE DARWINIAN IMPACT A Evolutionary Theories and Their Problems Darwinism Subsequent developments Diverging Theological Responses The Special Task of Protestant Liberalism PART TWO: NOTES ON NEW DIRECTIONS TWO REVOLUTIONS IN THOUGHT The Theological Revolution B The Scientific Revolution