Cosmic Theology of Johann Gottlieb Walpurger

Abstract

Johann Gottlieb Walpurger was a representative of a physico-theological movement in Germany. He was interested in proving the existence of God and the nature of His attributes from the investigation of nature in general and of insects and bees in particular. Not a researcher himself, he relied on the publishes scholarly records to represent the state of the art knowledge about the physical world. However, his main emphasis was on the spiritual application of the knowledge gained from science.