Eugene Marion Klaaren

Eugene Marion Klaaren is a historian and professor of religion. He holds a BA from Hope College, an MA from Emory University, a BD from Western Theological Seminary, and a PHD from Harvard University. He is now an Emeritus Professor of Wesleyan University. His book "Religious Origins of Modern Science: Belief in Creation in Seventeenth-Century Thought" (Eerdmans, 1977) remains "an important one. It is written in a scholarly and fairly dense style but is also accessible to non-specialists." "Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Biliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature", Richard S. Boorks & David K. Himrod, Scarecrow Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, pp. 249-250 ] His "Religious Origins" book is based on his Ph.D. Thesis: "Belief in creation and the rise of modern science a study in the representative natural philosophy and theology of Robert Boyle and other seventeenth century figures" (1970). [ [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no:024800835 WorldCat listing] ]

elected works

*"Religious origins of modern science : belief in creation in seventeenth-century thought" (1977)
*"Dooyeweerd's criticism of Kant" (1960)

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External links

[http://www.wesleyan.edu/templates/dept/reli/skeleton_faculty.htt?function=f1&department=RELI&faculty=eklaaren Faculty Page]