Intellectual History, Atlantic Dimensions: New Findings, New Approaches, in the Study of Religion, Science, and Culture

April 10, 2010

Introduction

Bernard Bailyn, Harvard University

Morning Session

William Newman, Indiana University

“Religious Motifs, Technical Skill, and the Concept of ‘Research’ in Early New England Alchemy.”

Sarah Irving, Florida State University

“Religion, Science and the Creation of the British Atlantic Public Sphere.”

Stephen Stein, Indiana University

“Jonathan Edwards’ Engagement with the Transatlantic Biblical Commentarial Tradition.”

Afternoon Session

Sabine MacCormack, University of Notre Dame

“Ancient Authorities and New Cultural Relativism: José de Acosta (1540– 1600) in Spain, Peru and Mexico.”

Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra, University of Texas at Austin

“Provincial Architecture, Global Imaginations: The Bible and the Jesuit Temple of Quito, 1650-1750.”

Reiner Smolinski, Georgia State University

“Cotton Mather and the Transatlantic Enlightenment: Spinoza, Newtonian Science, Higher Criticism, and German Pietism.”