Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Mark McCartney -- The Pythagoreans : number and numerology / Andrew Gregory -- Divine light / Allan Chapman -- Kepler and his Trinitarian cosmology / Owen Gingerich -- The Lull before the storm : combinatorics in the Renaissance / Robin Wilson and John Fauvel -- Mystical arithmetic in the Renaissance : from biblical hermeneutics to a philosophical tool / Jean-Pierre Brach -- Newton, God, and the mathematics of the two books / Rob Iliffe -- Maria Gaetana Agnesi, mathematician of God / Massimo Mazzotti -- Capital G for Geometry : Masonic lore and the history of geometry / Snezana Lawrence -- Charles Dodgson's work for God / Mark Richards -- P.G. Tait, Balfour Stewart, and The Unseen Universe / Elizabeth F. Lewis -- Faith and Flatland / Melanie Bayley -- Gödel's 'proof' for the existence of God / C. Anthony Anderson.

To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar opposites - mutually exclusive bedfellows competing for hearts and minds. There is little indication of the rich interaction between religion and science throughout history, much of which continues today. From ancient to modern times, mathematicians have played a key role in this interaction. This is a book on the relationship between mathematics and religious beliefs. It aims to show that, throughout scientific history, mathematics has been used to make sense of the 'big' questions of life, and theism is rich in both culture and character. Chapters cover a fascinating range of topics including the Sect of the Pythagoreans, Newton's views on the Apocalypse, Charles Dodgson's Anglican faith and Godel's proof of the existence of God.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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