History Of The Warfare Of Science With Theology In Christendom

By Andrew Dickson White
LL.D. (Yale), L.H.D. (Columbia), Ph.Dr. (Jena)
Late President and Professor of History at Cornell University
Two Volumes Combined
Published in New York by D. Appleton and Company, 1898
Copyright 1896 By D. Appleton and Company.
To The Memory Of
EZRA CORNELL
I Dedicate This Book.

Preface To This Edition
Author's Introduction
Original Table Of Contents, with Chapter Summaries
Chapter I. FROM CREATION TO EVOLUTION.
Section I. The Visible Universe.
Section II. Theological Teachings Regarding The Animals And Man.
Section III.Theological And Scientific Theories Of An Evolution In Animated Nature.
Section IV. The Final Effort Of Theology.
Chapter II. GEOGRAPHY.
Section I. The Form Of The Earth.
Section II. The Delineation Of The Earth.
Section III. The Inhabitants Of The Earth.
Section IV. The Size Of The Earth.
Section V. The Character Of The Earth's Surface.
Chapter III. ASTRONOMY.
Section I. The Old Sacred Theory Of The Universe.
Section II. The Heliocentric Theory.
Section III. The War Upon Galileo.
Section IV. Victory Of The Church Over Galileo.
Section V. Results Of The Victory Over Galileo.
Section VI. The Retreat Of The Church After Its Victory Over Galileo.
Chapter IV. FROM SIGNS AND WONDERS TO LAW IN THE HEAVENS.
Section I. The Theological View.
Section II. Theological Efforts To Crush The Scientific View.
Section III. The Invasion Of Scepticism.
Section IV. Theological Efforts At Compromise.
Chapter V. FROM GENESIS TO GEOLOGY.
Section I. Growth Of Theological Explanations.
Section II. Efforts To Suppress The Scientific View.
Section III. The First Great Effort At Compromise, Based on the Flood of Noah.
Section IV. Final Efforts At Compromise.
Chapter VI. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN EGYPTOLOGY AND ASSYRIOLOGY.
Section I. The Sacred Chronology.
Section II. The New Chronology.
Chapter VII. THE ANTIQUITY OF MAN AND PREHISTORIC ARCHAEOLOGY.
Section I. The Thunder-Stones.
Section II. The Flint Weapons And Implements.
Chapter VIII. THE FALL OF MAN AND ANTHROPOLOGY.
Section I. The "Fall Of Man" And Anthropology.
Chapter IX. THE FALL OF MAN AND ETHNOLOGY.
Section I. The "Fall Of Man" And Ethnology.
Chapter X. THE FALL OF MAN AND HISTORY.
Section I. The "Fall Of Man" And History.
Chapter XI. FROM THE PRINCE OF THE POWER OF THE AIR TO METEOROLOGY.
Section I. Growth Of a Theological Theory.
Section II. Diabolic Agency In Storms.
Section III. The Agency Of Witches.
Section IV. Franklin's Lightning-Rod.
Chapter XII. FROM MAGIC TO CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.
Section I. The Supremacy Of Magic.
Section II. The Triumph Of Chemistry And Physics.
Chapter XIII. FROM MIRACLES TO MEDICINE.
Section I. The Early And Sacred Theories Of Disease.
Section II. Growth Of Legends Of Healing.
Section III. The Mediaeval Miracles Of Healing Check Medical Science.
Section IV. The Attribution Of Disease To Satanic Influence.
Section V. Theological Opposition To Anatomical Studies.
Section VI. New Beginnings Of Medical Science.
Section VII. Theological Discouragement Of Medicine.
Section VIII. Fetich Cures Under Protestantism.
Section IX. The Scientific Struggle For Anatomy.
Section X. Theological Opposition To Inoculation, Vaccination, and The Use of Anesthetics.
Section XI. Final Breaking Away Of The Theological Theory In Medicine.
Chapter XIV. FROM FETICH TO HYGIENE.
Section I. The Theological View Of Epidemics And Sanitation.
Section II. Gradual Decay Of Theological Views Regarding Sanitation.
Section III. The Triumph Of Sanitary Science.
Section IV. The Relation Of Sanitary Science To Religion.
Chapter XV. FROM DEMONIACAL POSSESSION TO INSANITY.
Section I. Theological Ideas Of Lunacy And Its Treatment.
Section II. Beginnings Of a Healthful Scepticism.
Section III. The Final Struggle And Victory Of Science.
Chapter XVI. FROM DIABOLISM TO HYSTERIA.
Section I. The Epidemics Of "Possession."
Section II. Beginnings Of Helpful Scepticism.
Section III. Theological "Restatements".
Chapter XVII. FROM BABEL TO COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY.
Section I. The Sacred Theory In Its First Form.
Section II. The Sacred Theory Of Language In Its Second Form.
Section III. Breaking Down Of The Theological View.
Section IV. Triumph Of The New Science.
Section V. Summary.
Chapter XVIII. FROM THE DEAD SEA LEGENDS TO COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY.
Section I. The Growth Of Explanatory Transformation Myths.
Section II. Mediaeval Growth Of The Dead Sea Legends.
Section III. Post-Reformation Culmination Of The Dead Sea Legends.
Section IV. Theological Efforts At Compromise.
Chapter XIX. FROM LEVITICUS TO POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Section I. Origin And Progress Of Hostility To Loans At Interest.
Section II. Retreat Of The Church, Protestant And Catholic.
Chapter XX. FROM THE DIVINE ORACLES TO THE HIGHER CRITICISM.
Section I. The Older Interpretation.
Section II. Beginnings Of Scientific Interpretation.
Section III. The Continued Growth Of Scientific Interpretation.
Section IV. The Closing Struggle.
Section V. Victory Of The Scientific And Literary Methods.
Section VI. Reconstructive Force Of Scientific Criticism.
- End Notes for Both Volumes -