Science and Spirituality. The volatile connection

Science and Spirituality is the history of the interaction between Western science and faith, and of the sometimes productive and occasionally disastrous ways in which scientists have engaged with religious beliefs and institutions.
Contents: Acknowledgements Foreword 1. Christian materialism 2. Watchmaking 3. Wisdom and Benevolence 4. Genesis and Geology 5. High church science and higher pantheism 6. God working His purpose out 7. Lay sermonising 8. Knowledge and faith 9. Handling chance 10. Clergy and clerisy 11. Mastering nature 12. Meaning and purpose.