Science and Theology in the Reformation: Studies in Interpretations of Astronomical Observation in Sixteenth-Century Germany
By Unknown Author.
Description
Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy, that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the thought of Philip Melanchthon. These articles set the scene for a discussion of the role of theological arguments, and in particular understandings of God's Providence, in the interpretation of astronomical phenomena in the late sixteenth century. A similar interaction between theological, astronomical and political arguments shaped Michael Maestl...
ISBN(s)
056703271X, 9780567032713
