{{move|'''Eugene Marion Klaaren}}Eugene Marion M. Klaaren ''' is a historian and professor of religion. He holds a B.A. from [[Hope College]], an M.A. from [[Emory University]], a B.D. from [[Western Theological Seminary]], and a Ph.D. 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." <ref name=brooks> ''Science and Religion in the English Speaking World, 1600-1727 A Biliographic Guide to the Secondary Literature'', Richard S. Boorks & David K. Himrod, [[Scarecrow Press]], 2001, ISBN 0-8108-4011-1, pp. 249-250 </ref> 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). <ref> [http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=no:024800835 WorldCat listing] </ref>
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