Author
Don O'Leary
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cork University Press
Published
June 2012
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Author
Don O'Leary
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cork University Press
Published
June 2012
£35.00
Free UK Delivery
Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days
Irish Catholicism and Science
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Science and Roman Catholicism have both acted as powerful agents of change in Ireland and elsewhere. But the interaction between Catholicism and science in Ireland has received very little attention from historians to date. The purpose of this book, therefore, is to address this longstanding deficiency in Irish historical literature. There is a strong international dimension to this study. The period of interest is from the Famine to the "Celtic Tiger." The subject matter encompasses a diverse range of topics. Issues indigenous to Ireland include recurring controversies about university education, the relative paucity of Catholics scientists in nineteenth-century Ireland, the perception of science as a trait of a Protestant and colonial mindset, anti-Catholicism and science, the economic and political conditions in the Irish Free State which worked against the growth of science in Ireland, and the impact of science and technology on Irish Catholicism in recent decades.
These subjects are interweaved with topics which extend far beyond Irish interest - such as evolutionary debates, the question of whether or not Catholicism was compatible with science, anti-modernism in the Catholic Church, Vatican pronouncements on science, the theological implications of extra-terrestrial life and of Big Bang cosmology, whether human freewill is real or not, and the importance of science in arguments about the existence of God.
Author
Don O'Leary
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Cork University Press
Published
June 2012
Weight
727g
Page Count
360
Dimensions
161 x 237 x 41 mm
ISBN
9781859184974
ISBN-10
1859184979
Eden Code
4651560
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Author/Creator: Don O'Leary
ISBN: 9781859184974
Publisher: Cork University Press
Release Date: June 2012
Weight: 727g
Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 41 mm
Eden Code: 4651560