Faith, Science and UnderstandingYale University Press, 2008. 10. 1. - 224ÆäÀÌÁö In this captivating book, one of the most highly regarded scientist-theologians of our time explores aspects of the interaction of science and theology. John Polkinghorne defends the place of theology in the university (it is part of the human search for truth) and discusses the role of revelation in religion (it is a record of experience and not the communication of unchallengeable propositions). Throughout his thought-provoking conversation, Polkinghorne speaks with an honesty and openness that derives from his many years of experience in scientific research. A central concern of Polkinghorne¡¯s collection of writings is to reconcile what science can say about the processes of the universe with theology¡¯s belief in a God active within creation. The author examines two related concepts in depth. The first is the divine self-limitation involved in creation that leads to an important reappraisal of the traditional claim that God does not act as a cause among causes. The other is the nature of time and God¡¯s involvement with it, an issue that Polkinghorne shows can link metascience and theological understandings. In the final section of the book, the author reviews three centuries of the science and theology debate and assesses the work of major contemporary contributors to the discussion: Wolfhart Pannenberg, Thomas Torrance, and Paul Davies. He also considers why the science-theology discussion has for several centuries been a particular preoccupation of the English. |
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... infinite inconsistencies. Most of the time, the problem can be ignored. General relativity is mostly applied to large systems, including the universe itself. Quantum theory is con- cerned with small-scale behaviour. The normal fields of ...
... infinite Reality beyond the community of humankind . Death is perhaps one of the most direct ways in which to broach the issue . In one sense , there could be no more obvious illustration of limitation and tran- sience than the thought ...
... infinite and continuing reality. To appropriate a phrase of Thomas Aquinas, that would be a reality 'that all call God'. Many things could be said about this essentially religious level of experience. Of course, I would want to say them ...
... infinite pretensions and a finite basis of experience. Fifth, there is the historical fact that from time to time, when theories are tested in hitherto unexplored regimes, they are found to need radical revision. In the end, even Newton ...
... infinite reality of God.5 That stretching has to be in the right direction. When we speak of God as per- sonal, we certainly mean something going beyond the finite limits of human personality. We use such language, not be- cause it is ...
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II DIVINE AGENCY | 103 |
III SIGNIFICANT THINKERS | 153 |
NINE Science and Theology in England | 195 |
Index | 207 |