Book review: History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom

A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom is a known "bad book", a proponent of the "Conflict thesis" which is now generally rejected. See for example thonyc who is a splendid source for this kind of stuff.

But I was curious and, pre-innoculated, felt unlikely to succumb to its whiles, and so felt safe to read it second hand. It is well enough written, in a popular style, but does bang on a bit. The game, if you feel inclined to play it, is to guess when Our Author is misrepresenting what happened, and using the new-found power of the internet then look it up. 

An example is Michael Servetus, from the thonyc link above. White tells us he was burnt at the stake, and strongly implies or perhaps even states that this was due to his scientific ideas. But, he was a heretic burnt for his views on the Trinity. And so on.

So in the end I can't recommend the book even for entertainment or even historical value.