Abstract
Historical studies of the relationship between Western scientific thought and religious belief have focused primarily on the Anglo-American world, with relatively scant attention paid to the rich traditions of the European continent. University of Florida Historian of Science Frederick Gregory has begun to fill in this gap with his study of natural science and religion in 19th century German-speaking Europe. Gregory, with degrees in mathematics (Wheaton), theology (Gordon-Conwell) and history of science (Harvard) is eminently qualified to accomplish his main purpose and relate his findings to the American scene. Gregory's goals and methodology are clearly spelled out in an initial historiographic chapter. One touchstone in his analysis is the way that the participants conceived of truth through their espousal of either the correspondence (realism) or the coherence (fits a set of beliefs) theories of truth. He identifies four major schools of science-religion thought which were dominant in the post-Darwin period.