School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK.
Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2020 Jun 26;378(2174):20190518. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0518. Epub 2020 Jun 8.
Sir George Gabriel Stokes is justly recognized for his substantial contributions to mathematics and physics, particularly optics and hydrodynamics. Yet Stokes also had a particularly noteworthy involvement in the religious life of Victorian Britain, and especially in the relationship between science and religion. As an outspoken evangelical, a prominent religious scientist, a lecturer on natural theology, and a lay writer on widely-debated theological topics such as eternal punishment, Stokes made contributions unsurpassed by any of his contemporaries. However, these have often been overlooked. This article redresses this situation, by explaining Stokes's religious life, his influence on debates over science and religion, his natural theology, and his promotion of the doctrine of conditional immortality. This article is part of the theme issue 'Stokes at 200 (Part 1)'.
乔治·加布里埃尔·斯托克斯爵士因其在数学和物理学方面的重大贡献而受到广泛认可，特别是在光学和流体力学领域。然而，斯托克斯在维多利亚时代英国的宗教生活中也有着特别显著的参与，尤其是在科学与宗教之间的关系上。作为一位直言不讳的福音派信徒、杰出的宗教科学家、自然神学讲师，以及关于永恒惩罚等广受争议的神学话题的通俗作家，斯托克斯的贡献在同时代人中是无与伦比的。然而，这些贡献往往被忽视了。本文通过解释斯托克斯的宗教生活、他对科学与宗教争论的影响、他的自然神学以及他对有条件永生教义的推动，纠正了这种情况。本文是“纪念斯托克斯诞辰 200 周年特刊（第一部分）”的主题文章之一。
