Jesuits and the book of nature: science and education in modern Portugal
Jesuit Science and Education: A Brief History -- The Pombaline Expulsion and the Building of Anti-Jesuitism -- Carlos Rademaker and the Restoration of the Society of Jesus in -- Portugal -- For the Greater Credibility: Science and Education in Modern Portugal -- The Republican Exile and the Confisca...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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| Publicado em: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2019]
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Jesuit studies (volume 25)
Ano: 2019 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Jesuit studies
volume 25 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Portugal
/ Jesuits
/ Education
/ Natural sciences
B Portugal / Jesuits / Educational philosophy / Geschichte 1858- |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Jesuits
B Life science Study and teaching (Portugal) History 19th century B Thesis B Nature Religious aspects (Portugal) History 19th century |
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Sumário Texto da orelha Literaturverzeichnis |
| Resumo: | Jesuit Science and Education: A Brief History -- The Pombaline Expulsion and the Building of Anti-Jesuitism -- Carlos Rademaker and the Restoration of the Society of Jesus in -- Portugal -- For the Greater Credibility: Science and Education in Modern Portugal -- The Republican Exile and the Confiscation of the Natural History Collections -- The Journal Brotéria, the Book of Nature, and the Greater Glory of God -- The Journal Brotéria: Vulgarização científica and the Popularization of Science, Technology, and Medicine -- Taxonomy, Cytogenetics, and Plant Breeding in the Early Years of Estado Novo -- New Lenses to Read the Book of Nature: Biochemistry, Molecular Genetics, and Bioethics. "Jesuits and the Book of Nature: Science and Education in Modern Portugal offers an account of the Jesuits' contributions to science and education after the restoration of the Society of Jesus in Portugal in 1858. As well as promoting an education grounded on an "alliance between religion and science," the Portuguese Jesuits founded a scientific journal that played a significant role in the consolidation of taxonomy, plant breeding, biochemistry, and molecular genetics. In this book, Francisco Malta Romeiras argues that the priority the Jesuits placed on the teaching and practice of science was not only a way of continuing a centennial tradition but should also be seen as response to the adverse anticlerical milieu in which the restoration of the Society of Jesus took place"-- |
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| Descrição do item: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 212-253 |
| ISBN: | 9004382356 |