Science and Theology in the Reformation

Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy, that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the thought of Ph

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Nature and Order in the Theology of the Reformers
Natural Order or Order of Nature? Natural and Moral Philosophy in the Thought of the Reformers	p. 7
Lex naturae and ordo naturae in the Thought of Philip Melanchthon	p. 19
Providence and the Interpretation of the Heavens
'This Comet or New Star': Theology and the Interpretation of the Nova of 1572	p. 33
Special Providence and Sixteenth-Century Astronomical Observation	p. 48
Time Human or Time Divine: Theological Aspects in Opposing the Gregorian Calendar Reform	p. 61
Confession and Authority
From sola scriptura to astronomia nova: Authority, Accommodation and the Reform of Astronomy in the Work of Johannes Kepler	p. 77
On the Problem of Defining Lutheran Natural Philosophy	p. 94
Bibliography	p. 112
Index	p. 125
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