User:T. Anthony/List of Christian thinkers in science

The original list I intended is somewhat dead. Wikipedia articles never belong to just one person so it's natural things will evolve into something else. And maybe what I wanted was not doable. Regardless because this is going to be the sole "List of Christian thinkers in science" I may start actually working on it rather than having it as a preservation of 2010. It will differ from List of Christians in science and technology in terms of formatting and that I'm going to try to more strictly limit to scientists and mathematicians who did Christian philosophy, theology, apologetics, speaking, or science/religion writing.

Earliest times to the the Crusades
The earliest Christians to play a role in the History of science go back before the First Council of Nicaea. Christianity would grow in importance over the centuries. The Crusades is a stopping point for this section due to the role they may have played in connecting the Christian world to science elsewhere.

The Crusades to Copernicus
In this period Christians there was a revival of interest in Aristotle and efforts to respond to him and the knowledge of Eastern societies. The decline of the [[B

Copernicus to the founding of the Royal Society
Copernicus is sometimes seen as starting a Scientific revolution and therefore a different aspect of science history. While the founding of the Royal Society, in a kingdom that had broken with the Catholic Church, began learned scientific societies.

Royal Society to French Revolution
This section goes on to the French Revolution which led to the first major de-Christianization attempts in Europe to occur in many centuries. This culminated in the Cult of the Supreme Being. The period thus saw Christianity in transition and eventually conflict. Scientists themselves dealt with this in varied ways.

Napoleonic Wars to the modern era
The Napoleonic Wars increased secularism in the rest of Europe. This also reached the US in time and a 1914 study indicated belief in a personal God was a minority position among members of the National Academy of Sciences. As that implies, this period led Christians in science to face changes and increased challenges, the first major one being theories of evolution discussed early on by Lamarck in Philosophie Zoologique and culminating in On the Origin of Species. Then in the twentieth century new areas of physics, like Quantum mechanics arose. Christians in science in this period dealt with new discoveries in a variety of ways ranging from total rejection to full acceptance.

Living as of last edit
As suggested this section concerns significant Christian thinkers in science who are alive today. Those who lead organizations of Christians in science or who write works concerning how Christians of today respond to science. Interest in this has increased in recent decades due to continued controversies and recognition from awards like the Templeton Prize.

Other stuff by me

 * User:T. Anthony/Miscellany
 * User:T. Anthony/From Simple English
 * User:T. Anthony/Checkers