History & Controversy

Galileo: Science & Faith

Carroll, Dr William

The real story behind the most famous clash of Faith and Science.

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Is the Church against Science and Reason? The Galileo controversy has become a paragon of faith’s supposed hostility towards science. Galileo believed that the earth rotated around the sun but did not have sufficient evidence to prove it. The Inquisition believed that unless such evidence existed the sun should continue to be considered to rotate around the earth.
This booklet explains the facts of the Galileo case and traces the subsequent development of the myth that the Catholic Church has always been the enemy of science. This history proves that even in the Galileo case, the Church remained true to its belief that faith and reason belong together.

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Price: £1.95 / $3.00

A6 Paperback    68 Pages

Dimensions: 10.5x14.8cm

Product Code: H509

ISBN-13: 9781860825460

ISBN-10: 186082546X

CTS Concise Histories

Publication Date: 14/01/2009

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