Eugene Marion Klaaren (1937 – October 17, 2015) was a historian and professor of religion.
He held a BA from Hope College, an MA from Emory University, a BD from Western Theological Seminary, and a PhD from Harvard University.
His book Religious Origins of Modern Science: Belief in Creation in Seventeenth-Century Thought (Eerdmans, 1977) remains "an important one.
It is written in a scholarly and fairly dense style but is also accessible to non-specialists.
"[1] His Religious Origins book is based on his PhD thesis: "Belief in creation and the rise of modern science a study in the representative natural philosophy and theology of Robert Boyle and other seventeenth century figures" (1970).