'[This book] covers what I believe to be the critical issues in the contemporary vigorous debate between science and theology, concentrating on what I judge to be the essential insights that are relevant to the issues raised. References are given to my earlier writings where chapters can be found that afford a more detailed engagement with particular issues, but I believe that on its own the present book lays out the core concepts that are fundamental in what is surely one of the most significant interdisciplinary interactions of our time, pursued in a wide quest for truthful understanding. The book concentrates on my own work, not at all because I think that I have said all that need be said, but simply because, after more than thirty years of reflection, this is what I have to offer.' From the Introduction
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John Polkinghorne is past President and now Fellow of Queens' College Cambridge. Former Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University, he is a priest and Canon Theologian of Liverpool Cathedral. He won the Templeton Prize for Science and Religion in 2002, and is the author of many books, including Quantum Physics and Theology, his autobiography, From Physicist to Priest, and Theology in the Context of Science, all published by SPCK.
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Science and Religion in Quest of Truth
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Science and Religion in Quest of Truth
This one will tax your brain cells but John Polkinghorne is worth it!
This one will tax your brain cells but John Polkinghorne is worth it!
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Polkinghorne preserves faith in the context of science
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By exposing the horizons of both science and religion, Polkinghorne opens the vocabulary of science to the concept of faith-as-commitment to an unknown, and he challenges religion to ground itself in the scientific quest. He is a true gu-ru: dispeller of darkness (gu) and bringer of light (ru).
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Not valuable unless you're already a believer.
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The author is a theoretical physicist and an Anglican priest. He attempts to reconcile these views, as they often disagree in fundamental ways. For example, about the eventual death of the universe billions of years into the future, he says (p. 102) "there is every theological expectation that the last word does not lie with death but with the ultimate reality of God." So he proposes that the highly uncertain existence of God with his hugely implausible properties is superior to well-established science. This shows that he, like most believers, prefers religious "truth" to actual truth.
The whole book is like that. He quotes the Bible because he thinks that highly defective book somehow contains universal truth. For example he takes the Gospels at face value, and the Exodus as well. The Exodus never happened, and the Gospels make much more sense if they are viewed as a religious tract rather than history.
He discusses his view that God is without a time dimension, although many theologians do not agree. He does not say how a timeless entity would cause things to happen in temporal sequence. There are many more examples of Christian "thinking." (Most theologians prefer the "eternal" property to the timeless one, but eternity is impossible to prove. As someone said, "Prediction is difficult, especially about the future."
In summary, the book has far too many unanswered questions and unjustified assumptions. He should have stuck to physics, where there is at least a possibility of establishing fact rather than just repeating typical Christian opinion. The best thing about this book is that it is only 134 pages.
The whole book is like that. He quotes the Bible because he thinks that highly defective book somehow contains universal truth. For example he takes the Gospels at face value, and the Exodus as well. The Exodus never happened, and the Gospels make much more sense if they are viewed as a religious tract rather than history.
He discusses his view that God is without a time dimension, although many theologians do not agree. He does not say how a timeless entity would cause things to happen in temporal sequence. There are many more examples of Christian "thinking." (Most theologians prefer the "eternal" property to the timeless one, but eternity is impossible to prove. As someone said, "Prediction is difficult, especially about the future."
In summary, the book has far too many unanswered questions and unjustified assumptions. He should have stuck to physics, where there is at least a possibility of establishing fact rather than just repeating typical Christian opinion. The best thing about this book is that it is only 134 pages.
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