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Michael Beresford Foster (b. 1903; d. 1959) was a tutor in philosophy of [[Oxford University]]'s [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]]. For a period up until his death he was the chairman of the British [[Student Christian Movement]].<ref> biographical paragraph in [[The Christian Scholar]], Volume XLI, Number 3, September 1958, page 361 </ref> Works of his that remain important to the [[history of science]] include "The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science" ([[Mind (journal)|''Mind'']], Volume 43, 1934, p.446-468), "Christian Theology and Modern Science of Nature." ([[Mind (journal)|''Mind'']], Volume 44, 1935, pp. 439-466 (''part I'') and Volume 45, 1936, pp. 1-27 (''part II'')).
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These articles provide a philosophical analysis of the relation between various docrines of God and their respective philosophies of nature. [Foster] specifically connects the [[Voluntarism (metaphysics)|voluntaristic]] doctrine of God with early modern natural philosophy (Empiricism)...his articles are the basis of some later works which do apply his analysis to seventeenth-century England. <ref> ''Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Bibliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature'', Richard S. Brooks & David K. Himrod, [[Scarecrow Press]], 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, p.139 </ref>
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==Works==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=8wEfAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 ''Mystery and Philosophy''], Michael Beresford Foster, [[SCM Press]], 1957, pages 96
*"Man's Idea of Nature", ''[[The Christian Scholar]]'', Volume 41, Number 3, September 1958, pages 361-366
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4binHQAACAAJ&dq=The+Political+Philosophies+of+Plato ''The Political Philosophies of Plato and Hegel''], Michael Beresford Foster, Major Bronson Foster, [[Russell & Russell]], 1965 (originally published 1935), 207 pages
*"The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science" in "Daniel O'connor and [[Francis Christopher Oakley]] (eds.), [http://books.google.com/books?id=a9NqGQAACAAJ ''Creation: The Impact of an Idea''], 1969, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] <small> [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22Creation%3A+The+Impact+of+an+Idea%22+Foster&um=1 set of 36 contemporary book citations] </small>
==Citations==
In the 27 page essay "Religious Belief and the Content of the Sciences", Osiris, 2nd Series, Volume 16, ''Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive Dimensions''(2001),pp. 3-28 [[Oxford University]] theologian [[John Hedley Brooke]] states
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Links between a voluntarist theology of the Creation and the advocacy of experimental methods were given prominence by Michael Foster in a series of articles published in Mind during the 1930s. For a critical update on the resulting literature, see Cameron Wybrow, ed., ''Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903-1959)'' (Lampeter: Mellen, Press, 1992), and [[Margaret J. Osler]], ''Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1994).
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==Further reading==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=mDmsAAAACAAJ ''Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903-1959): The Classic Mind Articles and Others, with Modern Critical Essays''], Cameron Wybrow, Michael Beresford Foster, [[E. Mellen Press]], 1993, ISBN 0773492070, 347 pages
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<blockquote>
These articles provide a philosophical analysis of the relation between various docrines of God and their respective philosophies of nature. [Foster] specifically connects the [[Voluntarism (metaphysics)|voluntaristic]] doctrine of God with early modern natural philosophy (Empiricism)...his articles are the basis of some later works which do apply his analysis to seventeenth-century England. <ref> ''Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Bibliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature'', Richard S. Brooks & David K. Himrod, [[Scarecrow Press]], 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, p.139 </ref>
</blockquote>
==Works==
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=8wEfAAAAMAAJ&pgis=1 ''Mystery and Philosophy''], Michael Beresford Foster, [[SCM Press]], 1957, pages 96
*"Man's Idea of Nature", ''[[The Christian Scholar]]'', Volume 41, Number 3, September 1958, pages 361-366
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=4binHQAACAAJ&dq=The+Political+Philosophies+of+Plato ''The Political Philosophies of Plato and Hegel''], Michael Beresford Foster, Major Bronson Foster, [[Russell & Russell]], 1965 (originally published 1935), 207 pages
*"The Christian Doctrine of Creation and the Rise of Modern Natural Science" in "Daniel O'connor and [[Francis Christopher Oakley]] (eds.), [http://books.google.com/books?id=a9NqGQAACAAJ ''Creation: The Impact of an Idea''], 1969, [[Charles Scribner's Sons]] <small> [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22Creation%3A+The+Impact+of+an+Idea%22+Foster&um=1 set of 36 contemporary book citations] </small>
==Citations==
In the 27 page essay "Religious Belief and the Content of the Sciences", Osiris, 2nd Series, Volume 16, ''Science in Theistic Contexts: Cognitive Dimensions''(2001),pp. 3-28 [[Oxford University]] theologian [[John Hedley Brooke]] states
<blockquote>
Links between a voluntarist theology of the Creation and the advocacy of experimental methods were given prominence by Michael Foster in a series of articles published in Mind during the 1930s. For a critical update on the resulting literature, see Cameron Wybrow, ed., ''Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903-1959)'' (Lampeter: Mellen, Press, 1992), and [[Margaret J. Osler]], ''Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World'' ([[Cambridge University Press]], 1994).
</blockquote>
==Further reading==
[http://books.google.com/books?id=mDmsAAAACAAJ ''Creation, Nature, and Political Order in the Philosophy of Michael Foster (1903-1959): The Classic Mind Articles and Others, with Modern Critical Essays''], Cameron Wybrow, Michael Beresford Foster, [[E. Mellen Press]], 1993, ISBN 0773492070, 347 pages
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Foster, Michael}}