Faith, Science and UnderstandingYale University Press, 2008. 10. 1. - 224페이지 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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... tion in the interaction between science and theology. First, critical realism is defended in the face of the apparent disconti- nuity involved in moving from Newton's inverse square law of gravitation to Einstein's geometry of curved ...
... tion that God should never be considered as acting as a cause among causes. I suggest that divine self-limitation, implied in the act of allowing the being of the creaturely other, can be held to extend to the divine condescension ...
... tion of 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 ...
... tion , but I do not accept this quick dismissal . For one thing , 3. R. Dawkins , The Selfish Gene ( Oxford University Press , 1976 ) , 215 . notions of postmortem judgement do not altogether look like dreams 17 THEOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY.
... tion into the understanding and significance of religious ex- perience . Theological metaphysics must respect the integrity of these primary disciplines . It is not its role to instruct them or to correct their conclusions , but to ...