Title
Document Type
Book Review
Publication Date
7-2009
Abstract
The Word and the World, a splendid collection of essays, sheds light on matter of religion-science debate in a fresh, even startling way. Rather than considering how religion in general may have nurtured or hampered the rise of science, this book examines the role of biblical exegesis in the formation of the early scientific method. Featuring twelve essays by a variety of American, English, German, and Swedish thinkers-two teach at Catholic universities, the other ten at secular institutions--The Word and the World is organized around the provocative thesis that the new science and biblical interpretation, "far from being implacable enemies ... seem to have been inextricably intertwined."
Recommended Citation
Burbery, Timothy J. “Squaring God’s Books.” Rev. of The Word and the World: Biblical Exegesis and Early Modern Science. Ed. Kevin Killeen, Peter Forshaw (Palgrave, 2007). Books and Culture, July 2009.
Comments
This article first appeared in the July/August 2009 issue of Books & Culture and is reprinted with permission.
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