TY - BOOK AU - Helm,Jürgen AU - Winkelmann,Annette TI - Religious Confessions and the Sciences in the Sixteenth Century T2 - Studies in Jewish History and Culture SN - 9789047400813 AV - BL240.3 .R45 2001 U1 - 291.1/75 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Leiden; , Boston PB - BRILL KW - Judaism KW - history KW - Congresses KW - Religion and Science KW - Church history KW - 16th century KW - History KW - Medieval and early modern period, 425-1789 KW - Religion and science N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - The present volume re-evaluates the role that religious confession played in the development and understanding of the sciences and medicine in the sixteenth century. It presents the results of an international, interdisciplinary conference held in Wittenberg in December 1998. Scholars from Israel, Italy, Great Britain and Germany discussed the ways in which religious conviction and the development of the natural sciences and medicine influenced each other in the sixteenth century. Contrary to the still widespread view that relations between religion and the sciences at the dawn of the 'scientific revolution' were ridden with bitter conflict, the studies here present a more differentiated picture. They indicate that scientists in the sixteenth century were pious and religiously observant, well-aware of their respective sacred tradition. No matter whether Jewish, Roman Catholic or Protestant, they found their specific ways and means to pursue studies on nature and in the medical sciences UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047400813 ER -