Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion
The article deals with the history of New England at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, when the ideological and intellectual climate was undergoing serious transformation under the influence of scientific and Enlightenment ideas. The authors analyze the views of Rev. Cotto...
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| description | The article deals with the history of New England at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, when the ideological and intellectual climate was undergoing serious transformation under the influence of scientific and Enlightenment ideas. The authors analyze the views of Rev. Cotton Mather (1663-1728) on religion and science. The Puritan clergyman was one of the first in colonial America to understand the importance of scientific discoveries and to show that the new science and philosophy were an incentive to religion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-091a68cd26784ea3b77e889468cb8b1c2022-12-21T19:50:59ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of World History2312-81272312-833X2012-06-010232451114Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and ReligionI Yur'evna Khruleva0E Sergeevna Volkova1Moscow State UniversityMoscow State UniversityThe article deals with the history of New England at the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th centuries, when the ideological and intellectual climate was undergoing serious transformation under the influence of scientific and Enlightenment ideas. The authors analyze the views of Rev. Cotton Mather (1663-1728) on religion and science. The Puritan clergyman was one of the first in colonial America to understand the importance of scientific discoveries and to show that the new science and philosophy were an incentive to religion.http://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/viewFile/1114/587new englandmassachusettspuritanismcotton mather (1663-1728)enlightenment |
| spellingShingle | I Yur'evna Khruleva E Sergeevna Volkova Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion RUDN Journal of World History new england massachusetts puritanism cotton mather (1663-1728) enlightenment |
| title | Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion |
| title_full | Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion |
| title_fullStr | Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion |
| title_short | Reason and Beliefs: the Views of Cotton Mather on the Relationship between Science and Religion |
| title_sort | reason and beliefs the views of cotton mather on the relationship between science and religion |
| topic | new england massachusetts puritanism cotton mather (1663-1728) enlightenment |
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