Furnishing the Skill Which Can Save the Child: Diphtheria, Germ Theory, and Theodicy

Amid the diverse ways men and women have viewed the relationship between science and religion, explicit arguments that “Science is God's Provision” remain unexamined by historians. Such arguments are examined here as they relate to the problem of theodicy, by looking at a particular case study...

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Auteur principal: Johnson, Kristin 1973- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
Dans: Zygon
Année: 2017, Volume: 52, Numéro: 2, Pages: 296-322
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Religion / Natural sciences / Medicine / Theodicy
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
AD Sociologie des religions
CF Christianisme et science
Sujets non-standardisés:B Medicine
B Natural Evil
B Theodicy
B Natural Theology
B diphtheria
B Cancer
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Résumé:Amid the diverse ways men and women have viewed the relationship between science and religion, explicit arguments that “Science is God's Provision” remain unexamined by historians. Such arguments are examined here as they relate to the problem of theodicy, by looking at a particular case study that inspired comments on the relationship between medicine and faith, namely, the discovery of the diphtheria antitoxin. This story highlights, first, the flexibility of the tradition of natural theology, and second, the important role the problem of theodicy has played in the history of the relationship between science and religion.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contient:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/zygo.12335