Eugene Marion Klaaren

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Eugene Marion Klaaren (1937 – October 17, 2015) was a historian and professor of religion. He held a BA from Hope College, an MA from Emory University, a BD from Western Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Harvard University. He then became an Emeritus Professor of Wesleyan University. His book Religious Origins of Modern Science: Belief in Creation in Seventeenth-Century Thought (Eerdmans, 1977) remains "an important one. It is written in a scholarly and fairly dense style but is also accessible to non-specialists."[1] His Religious Origins book is based on his PhD thesis: "Belief in creation and the rise of modern science a study in the representative natural philosophy and theology of Robert Boyle and other seventeenth century figures" (1970).[2] Klaaren died in 2015. [3]

Eugene Marion Klaaren
Born1937 (1937)
DiedOctober 17, 2015 (aged 77–78)
EducationHope College BA,
Emory University MA,
Western Theological Seminary BD,
Harvard University PhD
Notable workReligious Origins of Modern Science: Belief in Creation in Seventeenth-Century Thought

Selected works

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  • Religious origins of modern science : belief in creation in seventeenth-century thought (1977)
  • Dooyeweerd's criticism of Kant (1960)

References

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  1. ^ Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 – A Bibliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature, Richard S. Boorks & David K. Himrod, Scarecrow Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, pp. 249–250
  2. ^ WorldCat listing
  3. ^ "Eugene Marion Klaaren Obituary (1937 - 2015) the Holland Sentinel". Legacy.com.
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