Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. I. Science and Religion: Conflict or Complexity? 1. The Conflict of Science and Religion / Colin A. Russell. 2. The Historiography of Science and Religion / David B. Wilson -- Pt. II. The Premodern Period. 3. Aristotle and Aristotelianism / Edward Grant. 4. Early Christian Attitudes toward Nature / David C. Lindberg. 5. Medieval Science and Religion / David C. Lindberg. 6. Islam / Alnoor Dhanani -- Pt. III. The Scientific Revolution. 7. The Copernican Revolution / Owen Gingerich. 8. Galileo Galilei / Richard J. Blackwell. 9. Early Modern Protestantism / Edward B. Davis and Michael P. Winship. 10. Causation / John Henry. 11. Mechanical Philosophy / Margaret J. Osler. 12. Isaac Newton / Richard S. Westfall. 13. Natural Theology / John Hedley Brooke -- Pt. IV. Transformations in Geology, Biology, and Cosmology, 1650-1900. 14. Geology and Paleontology / Nicolaas A. Rupke. 15. Natural History / Peter M. Hess. 16. Charles Darwin / James Moore. 17. Evolution / Peter J. Bowler. 18. Cosmogonies / Ronald L. Numbers -- Pt. V. The Response of Religious Traditions. 19. Roman Catholicism since Trent / Steven J. Harris. 20. Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism / Mark A. Noll. 21. Creationism since 1859 / Ronald L. Numbers. 22. The Scopes Trial / Edward J. Larson -- Pt. VI. The Theological Implications of Modern Science. 23. Physics / Richard Olson. 24. Twentieth-Century Cosmologies / Craig Sean McConnell. 25. Scientific Naturalism / Edward B. Davis and Robin Collins. 26. The Design Argument / William A. Dembski. 27. Ecology and the Environment / David N. Livingstone -- Pt. VII. Current Historiographical Issues. 28. Gender / Sara Miles and John Henry. 29. The Social Construction of Science / Stephen P. Weldon. 30. Postmodernism / Stephen P. Weldon.