Science and salvation: evangelical popular science publishing in Victorian Britain
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Beteilige Person: Fyfe, Aileen (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2004
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-309) and index
The threat of popular science -- Christian knowledge -- Reading fish -- The techniques of evangelical publishing -- The ministry of the press -- Reinterpreting science
Aileen Fyfe examines the emergence of a popular science literature in early Victorian Britain, which was laregly stimulated by the Religious Tract Society. Anxious that science & faith were becoming seen as mutually exclusive, the RTS embarked on an ambitious publishing venture
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 325 p.)
ISBN:0226276465
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