Eugene Marion Klaaren

Eugene Marion Klaaren (1937-2015) 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 is now 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 Ph.D. 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]

Selected works

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

References

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. http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/hollandsentinel/obituary.aspx?pid=176158228

External links

• Faculty Page