Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal

Author:

Romeiras, Francisco Malta

Format:

Book

Year:

2019

Publisher:

Brill

Place published:

Leiden

Language:

English

Abstract:

Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal offers an account of the Jesuits’ contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858. As well as promoting an education grounded on an “alliance between religion and science,” the Portuguese Jesuits founded a scientific journal that played a significant role in the consolidation of taxonomy, plant breeding, biochemistry, and molecular genetics. In this book, Francisco Malta Romeiras argues that the priority the Jesuits placed on the teaching and practice of science was not only a way of continuing a centennial tradition but should also be seen as response to the adverse anticlerical milieu in which the restoration of the Society of Jesus took place.

What (Subjects):

History -- History of Science

History -- Restoration

Education -- Colleges -- Teaching -- Sciences

Sciences -- Journals

Where (Locations):

Europe -- Portugal

When (Centuries):

19th century

20th century

Worldcat URL:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104067372

Publisher URL:

https://brill.com/view/title/39138?lang=en

Other link:

https://www.academia.edu/40307650/Jesuits_and_the_Book_of_Nature_Science_and_Education_in_Modern_Portugal

Number of Pages:

281

ISBN:

9004382356

9789004382350

DOI:

10.1163/9789004382367