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tdavis

First Name

Ted

Last Name

Davis

Brief Bio

I am Professor Emeritus of the History of Science at Messiah University. With Michael Hunter, I edited The Works of Robert Boyle, 14 vols. (Pickering & Chatto, 1999-2000), and Boyle’s treatise on God and the mechanical philosophy, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature (Cambridge University Press, 1996). My edition of The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry Rimmer was reissued by Routledge with new introductory material in 2021. I’ve also published dozens of articles and essays about religion and science in the Scientific Revolution and modern America, including a study of modern Jonah stories featured on two BBC radio programs. An edition of rare pamphlets on “Science and Religion” from the 1920s will be published by Johns Hopkins University Press. I have advised the National Museum of American History and the Museum of the Bible concerning exhibits related to science & religion.

Teaching Interests

Before doing graduate work to become an historian of science, I was science teacher at a Christian high school in Philladelphia. Having taught physics, chemistry, mathematics, and history at various levels, I especially enjoy teaching historical and contemporary aspects of Christianity and science.