"Your God is Too Small": Retracing the Origins of Conflict Between Science and Religion. Issue 1 (2nd January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ungureanu, James C.
• Is Part Of: Theology and science. Volume 20:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 23
• Page End: 45
• Publication Date: 2022-01-02
• Subjects: Conflict thesis -- John William Draper -- history of science and religion -- natural theology; Religion and science -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 261.55
• DOI: 10.1080/14746700.2021.2012916
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-6700

Abstract

ABSTRACT : In this paper I reexamine the origins of John William Draper's "conflict thesis." I propose an alternative conclusion than what most historians of science have offered, one based on a synthesis of recent work, and one which treats Draper's "conflict thesis" not simply as anti-Catholic propaganda, nor as a quest for cultural dominance, nor even as anti-religious in intent. Rather, the "conflict thesis" was—and may still be—a theological response.