White, Andrew Dickson 1832-1918

A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
120 editions published between 1896 and 2011 in 9 languages and held by 2,298 libraries worldwide
"This book is presented as a sort of Festschrift--a tribute to Cornell University as it enters the second quarter-century of its existence, and probably my last tribute. The ideas for which so bitter a struggle was made at its foundation have triumphed. Its faculty, numbering over one hundred and fifty; its students, numbering but little short of two thousand; its noble buildings and equipment; the munificent gifts, now amounting to millions of dollars, which it has received from public-spirited men and women; the evidences of public confidence on all sides; and, above all, the adoption of its cardinal principles and main features by various institutions of learning in other States, show this abundantly. But there has been a triumph far greater and wider. Everywhere among the leading modern nations the same general tendency is seen. During the quarter-century just past the control of public instruction, not only in America but in the leading nations of Europe, has passed more and more from the clergy to the laity. Not only are the presidents of the larger universities in the United States, with but one or two exceptions, laymen, but the same thing is seen in the old European strongholds of metaphysical theology. At my first visit to Oxford and Cambridge, forty years ago, they were entirely under ecclesiastical control. Now, all this is changed. An eminent member of the present British Government has recently said, "A candidate for high university position is handicapped by holy orders." I refer to this with not the slightest feeling of hostility toward the clergy, for I have none; among them are many of my dearest friends; no one honours their proper work more than I; but the above fact is simply noted as proving the continuance of that evolution which I have endeavoured to describe in this series of monographs--an evolution, indeed, in which the warfare of Theology against Science has been one of the most active and powerful agents. My belief is that in the field left to them--their proper field--the clergy will more and more, as they cease to struggle against scientific methods and conclusions, do work even nobler and more beautiful than anything they have heretofore done. And this is saying much. My conviction is that Science, though it has evidently conquered Dogmatic Theology based on biblical texts and ancient modes of thought, will go hand in hand with Religion; and that, although theological control will continue to diminish, Religion, as seen in the recognition of "a Power in the universe, not ourselves, which makes for righteousness," and in the love of God and of our neighbour, will steadily grow stronger and stronger, not only in the American institutions of learning but in the world at large. Thus may the declaration of Micah as to the requirements of Jehovah, the definition by St. James of "pure religion and undefiled," and, above all, the precepts and ideals of the blessed Founder of Christianity himself, be brought to bear more and more effectively on mankind." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
48 editions published between 1905 and 2003 in English and Undetermined and held by 823 libraries worldwide
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Seven great statesmen in the warfare of humanity with unreason by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
23 editions published between 1907 and 1999 in English and German and held by 801 libraries worldwide

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White. Vol. 2 by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
4 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 751 libraries worldwide

Fra Paolo Sarpi by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
3 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and held by 751 libraries worldwide

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White. Vol. 1 by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 747 libraries worldwide

Fiat money inflation in France by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
74 editions published between 1876 and 2010 in English and held by 729 libraries worldwide

European schools of history and politics by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
11 editions published between 1887 and 1973 in English and held by 349 libraries worldwide

The French revolution and first empire : an historical sketch by William O'Connor Morris ( Book )
30 editions published between 1874 and 2005 in English and held by 299 libraries worldwide

The first Hague conference by Andrew Dickson White ( Book )
6 editions published in 1912 in English and held by 238 libraries worldwide