God's Two Books <subTitle>Copernican Cosmology and Biblical Interpretation in Early Modern Science</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Howell, Kenneth J.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">7:3</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>University of Notre Dame Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2002</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>329tr.</extent> <extent>hardcover, illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>“Writing history requires a constant shedding of our misconceptions about the past,” says Howell. God’s Two Books reshapes our understanding of the interaction of cosmological thought and biblical interpretation in the emerging astronomy of the Scientific Revolution by analyzing new texts and offering interpretations that cast old materials in a new light. The central argument of this compelling book is that the use of the Bible in early modern cosmology is considerably more complex and subtle than has previously been recognized. Drawing on the writings of Lutheran and Calvinist astronomers, natural philosophers, and theologians, Howell analyzes several underlying patterns of interpretation which affected how these historical figures viewed the mutual interaction of the books of nature and Scripture.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Kenneth J. Howell</note> <subject> <topic>Religion and science</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Nature -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">261.55</classification> <classification authority="ddc">H859-K34</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780268010454</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14843/51.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14843/51.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071418.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>