Stanley L. Jaki (1924–2009)
Auteur de The Savior of Science
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Gyor, Hungary, Stanley Jaki was ordained a Benedictine priest in the Catholic Church in 1948 and earned his doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Institute of San Anselmo in Rome in 1950. Seven years later he earned a second doctorate in physics from Fordham University in New York. In the afficher plus years since, the primary focus of his historical, philosophical, and theological research and writing has been the relationship between theology and modern science. Exiled from his native country, Jaki has been visiting fellow at Princeton University, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Center for Theological Inquiry in Princeton. He gave the Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, 1974--76, and was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1987. Jaki is also distinguished university professor of theology at Seton Hall University. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Stanley L. Jaki
Planets and Planetarians: A History of Theories of the Origin of Planetary Systems (1977) 10 exemplaires
Culture and Science 4 exemplaires
Les tendances nouvelles de l'ecclesiologie (Bibliotheca Academiae Catholicae Hungaricae, sectio philosophico-theolo 2 exemplaires
Lectures in the Vatican Gardens 2 exemplaires
Uncodified Conspiracy and Other Essays 1 exemplaire
Olbers Studies: With Three Unpublished Manuscripts by Olbers (History of Astronomy Series) (1991) 1 exemplaire
From objective scientists to objective science 1 exemplaire
Why Believe in the Church? 1 exemplaire
The Garden of Eden: Why? Where? When? How Long? 1 exemplaire
Myths and Facts about Newman 1 exemplaire
The Mirage of Conflict between Science and Religion 1 exemplaire
Thomas and the universe 1 exemplaire
Maritain and Science 1 exemplaire
The Drama of Guadalupe 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Creation, Christ and Culture: Studies in Honour of T. F. Torrance (1976) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 23 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1924-08-17
- Date de décès
- 2009-04-07
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
Hungary (birth) - Lieu de naissance
- Győr, Hungary
- Lieu du décès
- Madrid, Spain
- Études
- Pontifical Institute of St Anselmo, Italy
Fordham University - Professions
- priest
professor - Organisations
- Benedictine Order
Seton Hall University - Prix et distinctions
- Templeton Prize (1987)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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- 100
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- Membres
- 1,371
- Popularité
- #18,761
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 134
- Langues
- 4
- Favoris
- 2
Renowned historian and philosopher of science Stanley Jaki boldly illumines one of the best-kept secrets of science history the vital role theology has historically played in fruitful scientific development.
Beginning with an overview of failed attempts at a sustained science by the ancient cultures of Greece, China, India, and the early Muslim empire, Jaki shows that belief in Christa belief absent in all these culturessecured for science its only viable birth starting in the High Middle Ages. In the second part of the book Jaki argues that Christian monotheism alone provides the intellectual safeguards for a valid cosmological argument, restores the sense of purpose destroyed by theories of evolution, and secures firm ethical guidelines against fearful abuses of scientific know-how.… (plus d'informations)