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Journal articles
2009, 'Empire, Barbarism and Civilisation: Captain Cook, William Hodges and the Return to the Pacific', Journal of British Studies, 48, pp. 225 - 227
,2009, 'Review of G. Blainey, Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and his rivals (Melbourne, 2008)', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 25, pp. 215 - 216
,2009, 'Roman Catholicism and Modern Science. A History', Journal of Religious History, 33, pp. 258 - 258
,2009, 'The Political World of Jane Austen', Sensibilities, 39, pp. 24 - 40
,2009, 'The Royal Society, natural history and the peoples of the 'New World[s]'', British Journal for the History of Science, 42, pp. 539 - 562, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087409002210
,2008, 'Botany Bay Cargo: Church, State and the Shaping of European Australia1', History Compass, 6, pp. 54 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1478-0542.2007.00496.x
,2008, 'Introduction: Religion and empire, an historiographical perspective', Journal of Religious History, 32, pp. 159 - 178
,2008, 'Review of Boyd Hilton, `A Mad Bad, and Dangerous People? England 1783-1846 and K. Theodore Hoppen, The Mid-Victorian Generation`', Journal of Religious History, 32, pp. 129 - 130
,2008, 'Review of Jonathan I. Israel, Enlightenment Contested: Philosophy, Modernity, and the Emancipation of Man 1670-1752', Enlightenment and Dissent, 24
,2008, 'Review of Neil Chambers (ed.), The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820, 6 vols, London', Isis, 99, pp. 404 - 406
,2008, 'Review of Stephen Eric Bronner, Reclaiming the Enlightenment. Toward a Politics of Radical Engagement', Enlightenment and Dissent, 24
,2008, 'The new Oxford History of England. A mad, bad, & dangerous people? England 1783-1846', Journal of Religious History, 32, pp. 129 - 130
,2008, 'The new Oxford History of England. The mid-Victorian generation 1846-1886', Journal of Religious History, 32, pp. 129 - 130
,2008, 'The scientific correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820, vol 1-6', Isis, 99, pp. 404 - 406
,2007, '`Getting a Fix`: The Longitude Phenomenon', Isis, 98, pp. 769 - 778
,2007, 'Botany Bay Cargo: Church, State and the Shaping of European Australia', History Compass, 5, pp. 1 - 8
,2007, 'Exploration and science: Social impact and interaction', Minerva: A Review of Science Learning and Policy, 45, pp. 481 - 483
,2007, 'The Church and Galileo', Journal of Religious History, 31, pp. 207 - 208
,2007, 'When science and Christianity meet', Journal of Religious History, 31, pp. 357 - 358
,2006, 'Colonial botany: Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world.', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 28, pp. 142 - 146, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000235845400014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2006, 'Catholicism, Australian and a Wider World: The Historiographical Legacy of Patrick O`Farrell and Tony Cahill', Australasian Catholic Record, 83, pp. 131 - 139
,2006, 'Colonial botany: Science, commerce, and politics in the early modern world', International History Review, 28, pp. 142 - 146
,2006, 'The expanding historiography of British imperialism', Historical Journal, 49, pp. 577 - 592
,2005, 'Longitude and empire: how Captain Cook`s voyages changed the world', Journal of Pacific History, 40, pp. 359 - 360
,2005, 'William Stukeley. Science, religion and archaeology in eighteenth century England', Journal of Religious History, 29, pp. 192 - 193
,2004, 'Cook, the sea and culture in the Pacific', The Great Circle, 26, pp. 3 - 18
,2003, 'Roy Porter, 1946-2002 - In memoriam', AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL STUDIES, 34, pp. 172 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10314610308596245
,2003, 'Christian missions and the Enlightenment', Journal of Religious History, 27, pp. 244 - 245
,2002, 'The sciences in enlightened Europe', Annals of Science, 59, pp. 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/000337902317373228
,2002, 'Review of W. Clarke et al (Eds), The sciences in Enlightened Europe', Annals of Science, 59, pp. 211 - 213
,2001, 'Joseph Foveaux: Power and patronage in early New South Wales', INTERNATIONAL HISTORY REVIEW, 23, pp. 671 - 673, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000171244600036&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'Christianity under the Ancien-Regime, 1648-1789', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 239 - 240, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600032&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'Debating Darwin', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 240 - 241, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600034&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'Religion and society in England and Wales, 1689-1800', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 239 - 239, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600031&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'Science, religion and politics in restoration England. Richard Cumberland's De legibus naturae.', AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, 106, pp. 1044 - 1044, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2692464
,2001, 'Spiritual encounters: Interactions between Christianity and native religions in colonial America', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 239 - 239, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600030&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'The encyclopaedia of Christianity, Vol 1: A-D', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 237 - 237, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600027&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'The modern papacy since 1789', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 224 - 226, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as solar observatories', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 238 - 238, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600029&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'World philosophies', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 25, pp. 237 - 238, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169277600028&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'The letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A selection, 1768-1820', NATURE, 411, pp. 135 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/35075648
,2001, 'Nature's government: science, imperial Britain, and the 'improvement' of the world', ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW, 54, pp. 378 - 379, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169098600018&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2001, 'Knowledge, discovery and imagination in early modern Europe. The rise of aesthetic rationalism', CAHIERS ELISABETHAINS, pp. 133 - 135, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000169395500028&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2000, 'Cavendish: The experimental life', NATURE, 405, pp. 737 - 738, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000087620600023&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2000, 'Religious change in Europe, 1650-1914', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 24, pp. 224 - 225, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000087718900014&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2000, 'Motives for European exploration of the Pacific in the Age of the Enlightenment', Pacific Science, pp. 227 - 237
,1999, 'Inside the Vatican: The politics and organization of the Catholic Church', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 23, pp. 354 - 356, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000083069600012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1999, 'Saints and sinners: A history of the popes', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 23, pp. 354 - 356, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000083069600011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,1999, 'Religion and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-century England. Theological debate from Locke to Burke', ALBION, 31, pp. 310 - 311, http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4052772
,1999, 'Aspects of the Georgian Church: Visitation studies of the Diocese of York, 1761-1776', JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, 23, pp. 146 - 147, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000078459400020&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
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