A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom, Volume Two
Gelesen von John Greenman
Andrew Dickson White
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"In all modern history, interference with science in the supposed interest of religion, no matter how conscientious such interference may have been, has resulted invariably, in the direst evils both to religion and to science; on the other hand, all untrammeled scientific investigation, no matter how dangerous to religion some of its stages may have seemed for the time to be, has invariably resulted in the highest good both of religion and of science."
In these volumes, White chronicles the gradual emancipation of science from theology in various fields.
But White's work has been condemned by modern researchers! Historian of science and agnostic Ronald Numbers has stated, in a collection dealing with inaccuracies made by White and others, "Historians of science have known for years that White's ... accounts are more propaganda than history."
Biographer Albert Bigelow Paine mentioned that this book was one of Mark Twain's favorite books, near the end of his life. Barbara Schmidt, in her TwainQuotes.com says, "Mark Twain referred to Dickson's book saying, 'When you read it you see how those old theologians never reasoned at all'" Twain's personal copy of White's two volumes are heavily marked with his marginalia. - Summary by John Greenman & Wikipedia (15 hr 15 min)
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Chapter 13 - From Miracles to Medicine - Section 1 - The Early and Sacred Theo…
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Chapter 13 - Section 3 - The Mediaeval Miracles of Healing Check Medical Scien…
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Chapter 13 - Section 8 - Fetish Cures under Protestantism - The Royal Touch
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Chapter 13 - Section 10 - Theological Opposition to Inoculation, Vaccination, a…
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Chapter 13 - Section 11 - Final Breaking Away of Theological Theory in Medicine
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Chapter 14 - From Fetish to Hygiene - Section 1 - The Theological View of Epide…
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Chapter 14 - Section 2 - Gradual Decay of Theological Views Regarding Sanitation
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Chapter 15 - From "Demoniacal Possesion" to Insanity - Section 1 - Theological …
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Chapter 15 - Section 3 - The Final Struggle and Victory of Science - Pinel and …
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Chapter 16 - From Diabolism to Hysteria - Section 1 - The Epidemics of "Possess…
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Chapter 16 - Section 3 - Theological "Restatements" - Final Triumph of the Scie…
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Chapter 17 - From Babel to Comparative Philology - Section 1 - The Sacred Theor…
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Chapter 17 - Section 2 - The Sacred Theory of Language in its Second Form
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Chapter 18 - From the Dead Sea Legends to Comparative Mythology - Section 1 - T…
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Chapter 18 - Section 3 - Post-Reformation Culmination of the Dead Sea Legends -…
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Chapter 18 - Section 4 - Theological Efforts at Compromise - Triumph of the Sci…
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Chapter 19 - From Leviticus to Political Economy - Section 1 - Origin and Progr…
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Chapter 19 - Section 2 - Retreat of the Church - Protestant and Catholic
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Chapter 20 - From the Divine Oracles to the Higher Criticism - Section 1 - The …
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Chapter 20 - Section 3 - The Continued Growth of Scientific Interpretation
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