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Isaac Jaquelot on the preeminence of physico-theology [PDF]
Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne, 2022 Isaac Jaquelot was a seventeenth-century ecclesiastic concerned about the rising tide of deism and atheism. In his theological treatises he wanted to prove, among others, the existence of God, the fact that God is a spiritual being, and that He created ...
Adam Drozdek
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Peter Ahlwardt’s Theology of Thunder [PDF]
Colloquia Theologica Ottoniana, 2020 Peter Ahlwardt, an eighteenth-century professor at the University in Greifswald, is primarily remembered as the author of the Bronto-theology, in which he presented his thunder-theology – an idea which belongs to a very strong physico-theology movement ...
Adam Drozdek
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Anthropo-theology of Johann Heinrich Schütte
Studia Teologiczne, 2023 Johann Heinrich Schütte was an eighteenth-century physician who was keenly interested in theology and, in the spirit of the then reigning physico-theology, he was convinced his profession can contribute to theology; he authored a book on anthropo ...
Adam Drozdek
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John Ray: “Divinity is my Profession”
Studia Theologica Varsaviensia, 2022 Summary. John Ray was primarily interested in his work as a naturalist. However, prompted by his conscience and the sense of his priestly obligation, he authored three books of religious character: one on physico-theology, one on sacred physics, and one
Adam Drozdek
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British Physico-Theological Poetry and Newtonian Physics
English Literature, 2022 The turn of the eighteenth century was a time in which science and literature were mutually enriching disciplines. Those years witnessed extraordinary advancements in natural philosophy.
Burgio, Benedetta
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Apian theology of Adam Gottlob Schirach
Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 2023 Adam Gottlob Schirach was an eighteenth-century pastor and apiarist from Upper Lusatia. As a cleric and a practicing scientist, he combined his theological and scientific interests in proving the existence and the attributes of God through the ...
Adam Drozdek
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Histories, 2023 The following article explores ideas of early ecological thinking within the natural sciences of early-19th-century Germany and discusses its possible roots.
Sophie Ruppel
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Christoph Christian Sturm’s Theological Reflections on Nature
Studia Paradyskie, 2023 Christoph Christian Sturm was an eighteenth-century German ecclesiastic keenly interested in naturalist knowledge. As a pastor, he used this knowledge for theological purposes: people can and should enhance their faith by investigating God’s works in ...
Adam Drozdek
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The five Biblical compendia of Johann Jacob Schmidt
Studia Koszalińsko-Kołobrzeskie, 2021 Johann Jacob Schmidt, a pastor in eighteenth century Pomerania, was an author of five Biblical compendia intended as a help for a detailed study of the Bible.
Adam Drozdek
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Maupertuis vs. physico-theologians
Śląskie Studia Historyczno-Teologiczne, 2021 The most popular proof used in the 18th century for the existence of God was the proof from design: the orderliness and beauty of nature pointed to the existence of the supernatural Designer.
Adam Drozdek
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