Re: Re: textbooks

RDehaan237 (RDehaan237@aol.com)
Sun, 7 Dec 1997 06:36:19 EST

In a message dated 12/5/97 7:41:40 PM, don@phys.ualberta.ca wrote about the
founding of science:

<<Another documentation and discussion of this is Reijer Hooykaas, Religion
and
the Rise of Modern Science (Scottish Academic Press and Wm B Eerdmans, 1972),
>>

Does anyone know of a secular scholar of the history of science who gives
credit to Christianity for its role in the founding of science? Years ago I
read an article in *Science* about the origination of science in Western
society. There was nary a word about the part played by Christianity.

Thanks,

Bob