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J. C. (John Charlton) Hardwick
b. 1885
An English religious writer and longtime vicar of Partington, he wrote about big questions where faith, modern thought, and public life meet. His best-known book, Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson, explores how scientific ideas can challenge and reshape spiritual belief.
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Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson
by J. C. (John Charlton) Hardwick
About the author
Born in 1885, John Charlton Hardwick was an English religious writer who later served as vicar of Partington, Cheshire, from 1923 to 1953. The surviving public record on him is fairly slim, but several library and archival sources agree on those basic details.
Hardwick is best known for Religion and Science from Galileo to Bergson, published in 1920. In that book, he set out to examine the relationship between scientific knowledge and religious belief, tracing the conversation from the Renaissance into the modern era. The preface makes clear that he was interested less in building a complete history than in showing how people keep trying to interpret the universe in spiritual terms even as knowledge changes.
Other works linked to him include Freedom and Authority in Religion, A Letter to an Archbishop, No Casual Creed, What to Believe, and Lawn Sleeves: A Short Life of Samuel Wilberforce. Taken together, they suggest a writer engaged with theology, church life, and the pressures modern ideas placed on traditional belief.