Science, Technology and Religion
The Exchange Between Enlightenment Europe and Imperial China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12865764 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert V Davis (Carolina Urologic Research Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 149-169 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | HoST - Journal of History of Science and Technology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1646-7752 • E-ISSN: 1646-7752 |
| Publisher | De Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.2478/host-2021-0016 |
| OpenAlex | W4200537074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
The European Enlightenment fostered a sense of progress through a delineation of universal human rights as well as through a reductionist mathematization of nature. Science, technology and religion became a form of cultural currency between Europe and Imperial China. The Jesuits bartered mathematics, geographic surveys and military technology to win religious permissions with Chinese emperors. Other Europeans were convinced ancient Chinese texts corresponded to the Old Testament. China sent to Europe a Confucian model of a social ethic that demonstrated non-Christian civic virtues. This article examines this exchange using the intercourse in science, technology and religion as the metric
China · Creationism · Enlightenment · Epistemology · Political science · Reductionism · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |