Interaction between science and religion: some preliminary considerations -- Science and religion in the scientific revolution -- The parallel between scientific and religious reform -- Divine activity in a mechanical universe -- Science and religion in the Enlightenment -- The fortunes and functions of natural theology -- Visions of the past: religious belief and the historical sciences -- Evolutionary theory and religious belief -- Postscript: science and religion in the twentieth century.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-403) and index.