Science and religion, 1450-1900 : from Copernicus to Darwin / Richard G. Olson.

Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 2004.

xxvii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-279) and index.

Introduction : Galileo and the church--or, How do science and religion interact? -- Religion and the transition to "modern" science : Christian demands for useful knowledge -- Science and Catholicism in the scientific revolution, 1550-1770 -- Science and religion in England, 1590-1740 -- Newton's religion, Newtonian religions, and eighteenth-century reactions -- Scientific understandings of religion and religious understandings of science, 1700-1859 -- Back to the beginnings--of the earth, of life, and of humankind, 1680-1859 -- What to do about Darwin?