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Scriptural geologist, the Glossary

Scriptural geologists (or Mosaic geologists) were a heterogeneous group of writers in the early nineteenth century, who claimed "the primacy of literalistic biblical exegesis" and a short Young Earth time-scale.^[1]

63 relations: Abraham Gottlob Werner, Adam Sedgwick, Age of Earth, Andrew Ure, Biblical archaeology, Biblical literalism, Book of Genesis, Bridgewater Treatises, Charles Darwin, Church of England, David N. Livingstone, Dean of York, Edward Hitchcock, Eugenie Scott, Exegesis, Extinction, Flood geology, Flood myth, Fossil, Frederick Nolan (theologian), Gap creationism, Genesis creation narrative, Genesis flood narrative, Geological Society of London, Geology, George Bugg, George Fairholme, George Young (Presbyterian minister), Georges Cuvier, Granville Penn, Harvard University Press, Henry Cole (minister), Hugh Miller, Intellectual history, James Hutton, James Mellor Brown, John Murray (science lecturer), John Playfair, Lucretius, Martin J. S. Rudwick, Natural philosophy, Neptunism, Nicholas Wiseman, Old Earth creationism, Oxford University Press, Principles of Geology, René Descartes, Robert Jameson, Scientific community, Scientific law, ... Expand index (13 more) »
Catastrophism
Obsolete geology theories
Young Earth creationism

Abraham Gottlob Werner

Abraham Gottlob Werner (25 September 174930 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism.

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Adam Sedgwick

Adam Sedgwick (22 March 1785 – 27 January 1873) was a British geologist and Anglican priest, one of the founders of modern geology. Scriptural geologist and Adam Sedgwick are Catastrophism.

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Age of Earth

The age of Earth is estimated to be 4.54 ± 0.05 billion years This age may represent the age of Earth's accretion, or core formation, or of the material from which Earth formed.

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Andrew Ure

Andrew Ure FRS (18 May 1778 – 2 January 1857) was a Scottish physician, chemist, scriptural geologist, and early business theorist who founded the Garnet Hill Observatory.

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Biblical archaeology

Biblical archaeology is an academic school and a subset of Biblical studies and Levantine archaeology.

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Biblical literalism

Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Bridgewater Treatises

The Bridgewater Treatises (1833–36) are a series of eight works that were written by leading scientific figures appointed by the President of the Royal Society in fulfilment of a bequest of £8000, made by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater, for work on "the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as manifested in the Creation." Despite being voluminous and costly, the series was very widely read and discussed, becoming one of the most important contributions to the Victorian literature on the relationship between religion and science. Scriptural geologist and Bridgewater Treatises are religion and science.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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David N. Livingstone

David Noel Livingstone (born 15 March 1953) is a Northern Ireland-born geographer, historian, and academic.

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Dean of York

The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral.

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Edward Hitchcock

Edward Hitchcock (May 24, 1793 – February 27, 1864) was an American geologist and the third President of Amherst College (1845–1854). Scriptural geologist and Edward Hitchcock are Catastrophism.

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Eugenie Scott

Eugenie Carol Scott (born October 24, 1945) is an American physical anthropologist who has been active in opposing the teaching of young Earth creationism and intelligent design in schools.

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Exegesis

Exegesis (from the Greek ἐξήγησις, from ἐξηγεῖσθαι, "to lead out") is a critical explanation or interpretation of a text.

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Extinction

Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member.

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Flood geology

Flood geology (also creation geology or diluvial geology) is a pseudoscientific attempt to interpret and reconcile geological features of the Earth in accordance with a literal belief in the Genesis flood narrative, the flood myth in the Hebrew Bible. Scriptural geologist and flood geology are Catastrophism, Obsolete geology theories, Pseudoscience and young Earth creationism.

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Flood myth

A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Scriptural geologist and flood myth are Catastrophism.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Frederick Nolan (theologian)

Frederick Nolan (1784–1864) was an Irish Anglican theologian.

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Gap creationism

Gap creationism (also known as ruin-restoration creationism, restoration creationism, or "the Gap Theory") is a form of old Earth creationism that posits that the six-yom creation period, as described in the Book of Genesis, involved six literal 24-hour days (light being "day" and dark "night" as God specified), but that there was a gap of time between two distinct creations in the first and the second verses of Genesis, which the theory states explains many scientific observations, including the age of the Earth.

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Genesis creation narrative

The Genesis creation narrative is the creation myth of both Judaism and Christianity.

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Genesis flood narrative

The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6–9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth.

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Geological Society of London

The Geological Society of London, known commonly as the Geological Society, is a learned society based in the United Kingdom.

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Geology

Geology is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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George Bugg

George Bugg (1769–1851) was an Anglican deacon and curate for several churches in England and a scriptural geologist who wrote a two volume book called Scriptural Geology.

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George Fairholme

George Fairholme (1789–1846) was a land owner, banker, traveller, naturalist and scriptural geologist, born in Lugate, Midlothian, Scotland on 15 January 1789.

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George Young (Presbyterian minister)

George Young (15 July 1777 – 8 May 1848) was a Scottish divine, scholar and flood geologist.

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Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Scriptural geologist and Georges Cuvier are Catastrophism.

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Granville Penn

Granville Penn (9 December 1761 – 28 September 1844) was a great-grandson of Admiral Sir William Penn, a British author, and scriptural geologist.

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Harvard University Press

Harvard University Press (HUP) is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing.

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Henry Cole (minister)

Henry Cole (1792 – 28 June 1858 in Islington) was an Anglican curate at Woolwich, Kent, Islington, and Sunday evening Lecturer at St Mary Somerset in the City of London.

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Hugh Miller

Hugh Miller (10 October 1802 – 23/24 December 1856) was a Scottish geologist, writer and folklorist.

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Intellectual history

Intellectual history (also the history of ideas) is the study of the history of human thought and of intellectuals, people who conceptualize, discuss, write about, and concern themselves with ideas.

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James Hutton

James Hutton (3 June O.S. 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician.

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James Mellor Brown

James Mellor Brown (1796–1867) was a British cleric, known as a scriptural geologist.

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John Murray (science lecturer)

John Murray (c. 1786 – 1851) was a British science writer, lecturer, traveller and scriptural geologist during the early years of scientific development.

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John Playfair

John Playfair FRSE, FRS (10 March 1748 – 20 July 1819) was a Church of Scotland minister, remembered as a scientist and mathematician, and a professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

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Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus (–) was a Roman poet and philosopher.

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Martin J. S. Rudwick

Martin John Spencer Rudwick (born 1932) is a British geologist, historian, and academic.

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Natural philosophy

Natural philosophy or philosophy of nature (from Latin philosophia naturalis) is the philosophical study of physics, that is, nature and the physical universe.

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Neptunism

Neptunism is a superseded scientific theory of geology proposed by Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749–1817) in the late 18th century, who proposed that rocks formed from the crystallisation of minerals in the early Earth's oceans. Scriptural geologist and Neptunism are Obsolete geology theories.

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Nicholas Wiseman

Nicholas Patrick Stephen Wiseman (3 August 1802 – 15 February 1865) was an English Catholic prelate who served as the first Archbishop of Westminster upon the re-establishment of the Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales in 1850.

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Old Earth creationism

Old Earth creationism (OEC) is an umbrella of theological views encompassing certain varieties of creationism which may or can include day-age creationism, gap creationism, progressive creationism, and sometimes theistic evolution.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Principles of Geology

Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes Now in Operation is a book by the Scottish geologist Charles Lyell that was first published in 3 volumes from 1830 to 1833.

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René Descartes

René Descartes (or;; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.

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Robert Jameson

Robert Jameson Robert Jameson FRS FRSE (11 July 1774 – 19 April 1854) was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist.

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The scientific community is a diverse network of interacting scientists.

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Scientific law

Scientific laws or laws of science are statements, based on repeated experiments or observations, that describe or predict a range of natural phenomena.

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Sharon Turner

Sharon Turner (24 September 1768 – 13 February 1847) was an English historian.

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Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet

Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (2 June 1773 – 30 April 1858) was a Church of England clergyman.

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Stratum

In geology and related fields, a stratum (strata) is a layer of rock or sediment characterized by certain lithologic properties or attributes that distinguish it from adjacent layers from which it is separated by visible surfaces known as either bedding surfaces or bedding planes.

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TalkOrigins Archive

The TalkOrigins Archive is a website that presents scientific perspectives on the antievolution claims of young-earth, old-earth, and "intelligent design" creationists.

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The Great Devonian Controversy

The Great Devonian Controversy began in 1834 when Roderick Murchison disagreed with Henry De la Beche as to the dating of certain petrified plants found in coals in the Greywacke stratum in North Devon, England.

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Thomas Chalmers

Thomas Chalmers (17 March 178031 May 1847), was a Scottish Presbyterian minister, professor of theology, political economist, and a leader of both the Church of Scotland and of the Free Church of Scotland.

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Thomas Gisborne

Thomas Gisborne (31 October 1758 – 24 March 1846) was an English Anglican priest and poet.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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William Buckland

William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. Scriptural geologist and William Buckland are Catastrophism.

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William Conybeare (geologist)

William Daniel Conybeare FRS (7 June 178712 August 1857), dean of Llandaff, was an English geologist, palaeontologist and clergyman.

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William Smith (geologist)

William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country.

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William Wilberforce

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade.

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Young Earth creationism

Young Earth creationism (YEC) is a form of creationism which holds as a central tenet that the Earth and its lifeforms were created by supernatural acts of the Abrahamic God between about 6,000 and 10,000 years ago. Scriptural geologist and Young Earth creationism are Pseudoscience.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptural_geologist

Also known as Scriptural geologists.

, Sharon Turner, Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet, Stratum, TalkOrigins Archive, The Great Devonian Controversy, Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Gisborne, University of Cambridge, William Buckland, William Conybeare (geologist), William Smith (geologist), William Wilberforce, Young Earth creationism.

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See also

Catastrophism

Obsolete geology theories

Young Earth creationism

References