Research Guide on the History of Science and
Religion
Brad Weslake∗
September , 
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Department of Philosophy
University of Rochester
Box 
Rochester, NY
USA -
[email protected]
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Contents
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Annotated Bibliographies
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Anthologies
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Encylopædias
. Science and Religion .
. Science . . . . . . . .
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Pre-Revolution
.. Revolution . .
. Religion . . . . . . . .
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Journals
. Science and Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Annotated Bibliographies
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Helpful annotated bibliographies are contained in Lindberg and Numbers (, pp.
–), Brooke (, pp. –), Shapin (, pp. –), and Henry (,
pp. –). Hessenbruch () is a bibliographic guide organised by topic, with
brief essay overviews.
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Anthologies
Helpful anthologies on the interaction between science and religion include Lindberg
and Numbers (), Lindberg and Numbers (), Dixon, Cantor, and Pumfrey
() and Harrison ().
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 Encylopædias
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Science and Religion
A very helpful reference work is Ferngren (), selections from which are reprinted
in Ferngren ().
. Science
The definitive scholarly reference work (still in progress) is The Cambridge History of
Science (Vol. : Park and Daston , Vol. : Porter , Vol. : Nye , Vol.
: Bowler and Pickstone , Vol. : Porter and Ross ). The best single volume
reference work is Olby et al. ().
.. Pre-Revolution
Schmitt and Skinner () covers philosophy from the middle of the fourteenth century to the emergence of modern philosophy.
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Revolution
Applebaum () is the definitive encyclopæpedia.
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Religion
The definitive scholarly reference work is The Cambridge History of Christianity (Vol.
: Mitchell and Young , Vol. : Casiday and Norris , Vol. : Noble and
Smith , Vol. : Rubin and Simons , Vol. : Angold , Vol. : Hsia
, Vol. : Brown and Tackett , Vol. : Gilley and Stanley , Vol. :
McLeod ).
 Surveys
. Science and Religion
Brooke () remains the definitive treatment. A more recent pair of volumes together
cover a longer period of history, with Grant () examining the period from Aristotle
to Copernicus and Olson () examining the period from Galileo to Darwin. Both
include some helpful primary sources.
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. Science
.. Pre-Revolution
Lindberg () is a magisterial survey of science before the scientific revolution.
.. Revolution
There are a number of excellent surveys on the scientific revolution, including Shapin
(), Jardine () and Dear (). However, most useful for the interaction between science and religion is Henry (), which is both very concise and includes
separate chapters on magic and science and religion and science respectively. Cohen
() is a study of the historiographic issues surrounding the scientific revolution.
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Journals
Science and Religion
Journals dedicated to the interaction between science and religion include Science and
Christian Belief and Zygon.
. Science
Journals containing work on the history of science include Annals of Science, The
British Journal for the History of Science, Centaurus, Early Science and Medicine, History of Science, Isis, Journal of the History of Biology, Medical History, Notes and Records
of the Royal Society of London, Osiris, Perspectives on Science, Science in Context and
Studies In History and Philosophy of Science Part A.
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Religion
Journals containing work on the history of religion include Church History, History of
Religions, Journal of Early Christian Studies, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, The Journal
of Religion, and Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
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