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BUY FROM PUBLISHER Available as an ebook at: Apple iBooks Barnes & Noble Nook CafeScribe Chegg Inc Copia Interactive eBooks Corp. ebrary EBSCO eBooks Kno PageFoundry ProQuest (formerly ebrary, EBL, MyILibrary) Scribd University Press Scholarship Online (UPSO)	Science and Salvation: Evangelical Popular Science Publishing in Victorian Britain by Aileen Fyfe University of Chicago Press, 2004 eISBN: 978-0-226-27646-5 \| Cloth: 978-0-226-27647-2 \| Paper: 978-0-226-27648-9 Library of Congress Classification BL245.F94 2004 Dewey Decimal Classification 261.55094109034 ABOUT THIS BOOK \| AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY \| REVIEWS \| TOC \| REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE ABOUT THIS BOOK Threatened by the proliferation of cheap, mass-produced publications, the Religious Tract Society issued a series of publications on popular science during the 1840s. The books were intended to counter the developing notion that science and faith were mutually exclusive, and the Society's authors employed a full repertoire of evangelical techniques—low prices, simple language, carefully structured narratives—to convert their readers. The application of such techniques to popular science resulted in one of the most widely available sources of information on the sciences in the Victorian era. A fascinating study of the tenuous relationship between science and religion in evangelical publishing, Science and Salvation examines questions of practice and faith from a fresh perspective. Rather than highlighting works by expert men of science, Aileen Fyfe instead considers a group of relatively undistinguished authors who used thinly veiled Christian rhetoric to educate first, but to convert as well. This important volume is destined to become essential reading for historians of science, religion, and publishing alike. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY Aileen Fyfe is a lecturer in the history of science and medicine at the National University of Ireland, Galway. REVIEWS "Fyfe has written an original and highly stimulating study that elucidates the fascinating ways in which evangelicals sought to embrace science on their own terms and to serve their own purposes. . . . Fyfe deepens our knowledge of the Victorian world and convincingly demolishes stereotypes of disengaged or disputatious evangelicals. Science and Salvation is replete with interesting episodes and thought-provoking asides. . . . Well researched, intriguing and rewarding." — William J. Astore, Endeavour "Fyfe's book has the same satisfying appeal as the detailed and illuminating works on popular reception of such leaders in the field of the history of nineteenth century science as Adrian Desmond and James Secord." — Timothy Larsen, The Library "One of the great merits of this book is to provide insights into ordinary people and popular conceptions of science. These are critically important for an understanding of the wider place of science in society." — Colin A. Russell, Notes & Records of the Royal Society "What makes Fyfe's study so outstanding is that she does not just address the ideological issues but examines how the evangelicals of the RTS practically addressed the problems they faced." — Frank A.J.L. James, Journal of Religion "For the student of Victorian publishing, Victorian religion, andVictorian science, this book is an essential read." — David Knight, Sharp News "Fyfe's close study enables her to contribute significantly to the historical trend away from theologically based armchair debates over science and religion." — Roger Cooter, American Historical Review "[Science and Salvation] manages to achieve something that is quite remarkable in a field that has been so thoroughly picked over--it reveals new characters, new stories, and new truths about the wonderfully Byzantiner religious context of nineteenth-century Victorian science." — Matthew Day, Church History TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction The Threat of Popular Science Christian Knowledge Reading Fish The Techniques of Evangelical Publishing The Ministry of the Press Reinterpreting Science Postscript Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of RTS Writers and Staff Appendix B: Volumes of the "Monthly Series" References Index REQUEST ACCESSIBLE FILE If you are a student who has a disability that prevents you from using this book in printed form, BiblioVault may be able to supply you with an electronic file for alternative access. Please have the disability coordinator at your school fill out this form. It can take 2-3 weeks for requests to be filled. See other books on: Christian Ministry \| Evangelicalism \| Evangelism \| Religion and science \| Salvation See other titles from University of Chicago Press

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REVIEWS

"Fyfe has written an original and highly stimulating study that elucidates the fascinating ways in which evangelicals sought to embrace science on their own terms and to serve their own purposes. . . . Fyfe deepens our knowledge of the Victorian world and convincingly demolishes stereotypes of disengaged or disputatious evangelicals. Science and Salvation is replete with interesting episodes and thought-provoking asides. . . . Well researched, intriguing and rewarding."

— William J. Astore, Endeavour

"Fyfe's book has the same satisfying appeal as the detailed and illuminating works on popular reception of such leaders in the field of the history of nineteenth century science as Adrian Desmond and James Secord."

— Timothy Larsen, The Library

"One of the great merits of this book is to provide insights into ordinary people and popular conceptions of science. These are critically important for an understanding of the wider place of science in society."

— Colin A. Russell, Notes & Records of the Royal Society

"What makes Fyfe's study so outstanding is that she does not just address the ideological issues but examines how the evangelicals of the RTS practically addressed the problems they faced."

— Frank A.J.L. James, Journal of Religion

"For the student of Victorian publishing, Victorian religion, andVictorian science, this book is an essential read."

— David Knight, Sharp News

"Fyfe's close study enables her to contribute significantly to the historical trend away from theologically based armchair debates over science and religion."

— Roger Cooter, American Historical Review

"[Science and Salvation] manages to achieve something that is quite remarkable in a field that has been so thoroughly picked over--it reveals new characters, new stories, and new truths about the wonderfully Byzantiner religious context of nineteenth-century Victorian science."

— Matthew Day, Church History