IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/jorssa/v151y1988i1p137-159.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Probability, Statistics and Theology

Author

Listed:
  • D. J. Bartholomew

Abstract

Probability and statistics find application across the whole range of the sciences and humanities. Their use in the field of religion is not new but has received a fresh impetus from the significant role played by chance in modern physics and biology. Added to this is the increasing use of probability and statistical methods by philosophers, historians and biblical scholars. This paper traces the statistical thread which connects a varied set of issues all concerning the origin, nature and purpose of the world we live in.

Suggested Citation

  • D. J. Bartholomew, 1988. "Probability, Statistics and Theology," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 151(1), pages 137-159, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:151:y:1988:i:1:p:137-159
    DOI: 10.2307/2982190
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2982190
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2307/2982190?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. David Levy & Sandra J. Peart, 2010. "Richard Whately and the Gospel of Transparency," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 69(1), pages 166-187, January.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:151:y:1988:i:1:p:137-159. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/rssssea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.