Is it possible to think like a scientist and yet have the faith of a Christian? Although many Westerners might say no, there are also many critically minded individuals who entertain what John Polk…
Looks at the history of natural theology, discusses the role of chance and symmetry, and compares the views of science and religion concerning the Creation.
John Polkinghorne in a sense stands between two worlds. On one hand, he was a noted scientist who specialized in mathematical physics. On the other he became a Anglican priest. In "One World", Polk…
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 theol…
Most often, the dialogue religion and science is initiated by the discoveries of modern science - big bang cosmology, evolution, or quantum theory, for example. In this book, scientist-theologian J…
He is a scientist-theologian, someone who is both a physicist and a priest - a statement that sometimes arouses the kind of curiosity or suspicious that might follow the claim to be a vegetarian bu…
Do we live in a world that makes sense, not just now, but totally and forever? If, as scientist now predict, the universe is going to end in collapse or decay, can it really be adivine creation? In…