TY - BOOK AU - Methuen, Charlotte TI - Science and theology in the Reformation : : studies in theological interpretation and astronomical observation in sixteenth-century Germany SN - 9780567032713056703271X AV - BL253 .M48 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - New York : PB - T & T Clark, KW - Astronomy - Germany - History - 16th century.Reform - Germany N1 - Introduction; 1. Natural order or order of nature? Natural and Moral Philosophy in the Thought of the Reformers.; 2. Lex naturae and ordo naturae in the thought of Philip Melanchthon.; 3. 'This comet or new star': theology and the interpretation of the nova of 1572.; 4. Special providence and sixteenth-century astronomical observation: some preliminary reflections.; 5. Time human or time divine: Theological aspects in opposing the Gregorian Calendar Reform.; 6. From sola scriptura to astronomia nova: novelty, authority, and the reform of astronomy in the work of Johannes Kepler.; 7. On the problem of defining Lutheran Natural Philosophy ER -