The mind's magic lantern: David Brewster and the scientific imagination
In: History of European ideas, Band 47, Heft 7, S. 1094-1108
ISSN: 0191-6599
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In: History of European ideas, Band 47, Heft 7, S. 1094-1108
ISSN: 0191-6599
In: Journal of Scottish historical studies, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 189-210
ISSN: 1755-1749
In the first half of the nineteenth century a remarkable group of Scottish evangelicals set out to address the theological questions raised by the possibility of intelligent life on other worlds. These included the popular science writer Thomas Dick, reformer and political economist Thomas Chalmers, natural philosopher David Brewster, and geologist and journalist Hugh Miller. All concluded that only a universe where life was ubiquitous would be compatible with the power and wisdom of the Deity. Each of them proceeded to formulate an answer to the problem of how the incarnation and atonement of Christ could relate to beings on other planets. The writings of these figures present a fascinating case study on how an important group of evangelical thinkers attempted to meet the challenges posed by modern science, not by rejecting its findings, but by developing a new synthesis between it and their religious beliefs.
In: Public administration: an international quarterly, Band 82, Heft 3, S. 767-769
ISSN: 0033-3298
In: Political studies, Band 48, Heft 3, S. 613
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: Journal of public policy, Band 5, Heft 4, S. 562-564
ISSN: 1469-7815
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 230-247
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 58, Heft 2, S. 230-247
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 57, Heft 2, S. 269-287
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Band 56, Heft 2, S. 170-187
ISSN: 1460-2482
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 56, Heft 2, S. 170-187
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 56, Heft 2, S. 170-187
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 55, Heft 2: UK 2001: into a second term, S. 235-253
ISSN: 0031-2290
Selected developments in government and administration in 2001 are reviewed. The focus is in turn on the centre and machinery of government, the Treasury's relations with departments, the scrutiny of the executive by Parliament and its auditors, the civil service, and public service partnerships. The developments reveal a striking reassertion by the government of public services in twenty-first century Britain, continuing tensions in their delivery and a diversity of consumer relations. (Parliamentary Affairs / FUB)
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In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 55, Heft 2, S. 235-253
ISSN: 0031-2290
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Band 54, Heft 2, S. 206-222
ISSN: 0031-2290
Selected developments in government and administration in the year 2000 are reviewed. The focus is in turn on the centre of government, the Treasury's relations with departments, the scrutiny of the executive by Parliament and its auditors, the civil service, the devolution of service delivery and the National Health Service. The review reveals the underlying and intractable problems the government is facing in implementing policy and delivering public services. (Parliamentary Affairs / FUB)
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