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- catalog abstract "If cosmology connotes an understanding of the structure of both a physical and a transcendent universe, contends Erich Robert Paul, it is virtually impossible to understand Mormonism outside the dimensions of cosmological thinking. This unique study examines how Mormonism shaped its cosmic vision, by using and developing cosmological ideas, and what this process says about science, religion, and Mormonism itself. Historically, Mormons have cultivated a particularly active and positive interest in those matters, as was first evidenced by Joseph Smith. Focusing on the creation of a unique Mormon cosmology and on how cosmological thinking expanded in the nineteenth century, Paul chronicles the emergence of a rational scientism within the church hierarchy during the early years of the twentieth century, spurred by Mormon scientist-authorities B.H. Roberts, James E. Talmage, John A. Widtsoe, and Joseph F. Merrill, who urged a unique vision of reality that shaped a Mormon eschatology. He shows how authorities eventually retreated from the perception of reality as "true" and adopted a scientifically less secure position in order to protect their theology, an eventuality which ultimately resulted in a reactionary response to science within Mormonism. The final two chapters focus on this neoliteralist reaction to traditional Mormon thinking and on the intersection of Mormon "cosmic theology" and the rise of the secular science of exo-biology.".
- catalog contributor b3392949.
- catalog created "c1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "c1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
- catalog description "Historically, Mormons have cultivated a particularly active and positive interest in those matters, as was first evidenced by Joseph Smith. Focusing on the creation of a unique Mormon cosmology and on how cosmological thinking expanded in the nineteenth century, Paul chronicles the emergence of a rational scientism within the church hierarchy during the early years of the twentieth century, spurred by Mormon scientist-authorities B.H. Roberts, James E. Talmage, John A. Widtsoe, and Joseph F.".
- catalog description "If cosmology connotes an understanding of the structure of both a physical and a transcendent universe, contends Erich Robert Paul, it is virtually impossible to understand Mormonism outside the dimensions of cosmological thinking. This unique study examines how Mormonism shaped its cosmic vision, by using and developing cosmological ideas, and what this process says about science, religion, and Mormonism itself.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-257) and index.".
- catalog description "Merrill, who urged a unique vision of reality that shaped a Mormon eschatology. He shows how authorities eventually retreated from the perception of reality as "true" and adopted a scientifically less secure position in order to protect their theology, an eventuality which ultimately resulted in a reactionary response to science within Mormonism.".
- catalog description "The final two chapters focus on this neoliteralist reaction to traditional Mormon thinking and on the intersection of Mormon "cosmic theology" and the rise of the secular science of exo-biology.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Issues in Science and Religion. 1. Mormonism and Science. 2. Developments in Modern Science. 3. The Nature of Modern Science -- pt. 2. Mormonism and Cosmology. 4. Joseph Smith and Cosmology. 5. Cosmology and Mormon Thought. 6. Theology in Science: The Case of Orson Pratt. 7. Science in the Church Hierarchy. 8. Theology or Science: A Warfare of Ideas? 9. Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Mormon Cosmology -- Conclusion: Mormonism and Science in the Modern World.".
- catalog extent "xi, 272 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0252018958 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "c1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog subject "261.5/088283 20".
- catalog subject "BX8643.C68 P38 1992".
- catalog subject "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Doctrines.".
- catalog subject "Mormon Church Doctrines.".
- catalog subject "Mormon cosmology.".
- catalog subject "Religion and science History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Issues in Science and Religion. 1. Mormonism and Science. 2. Developments in Modern Science. 3. The Nature of Modern Science -- pt. 2. Mormonism and Cosmology. 4. Joseph Smith and Cosmology. 5. Cosmology and Mormon Thought. 6. Theology in Science: The Case of Orson Pratt. 7. Science in the Church Hierarchy. 8. Theology or Science: A Warfare of Ideas? 9. Extraterrestrial Intelligence and Mormon Cosmology -- Conclusion: Mormonism and Science in the Modern World.".
- catalog title "Science, religion, and Mormon cosmology / Erich Robert Paul.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".