Quarks, Chaos and Christianity
John C PolkinghornePaperback 2006-09-01
Is science fact and religion just opinion?
Is there the mind of a Creator behind the universe?
Can a scientist pray?
John Polkinghorne has spent many years considering and writing about such questions, and now distils that insight and experience into a clear, lively and frank set of answers to these fundamental issues.
This new edition has been fully revised in the light of recent developments in scientific research, and provides a valuable entry point into this fascinating area and to the thought of this key thinker and theologian.
"The field is enormous but the book is written with the clarity and simplicity of someone who really knows his subject... It is exciting stuff. If you are the least bit interested then buy it."
The Reader
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Templeton Award winner and theoretical physicist John Polkinghorne explores the gap between science and religion. "Do we have to choose between the scientific and religious views of the world, or are they complementary understandings that give us a fuller picture than either on their own would provide?"" Quarks, Chaos, & Christianity" shows the ways that both science and religion point to something greater than ourselves. Topics include: chaos theory; evolution; miracles; cosmology; guest for God; how God answers prayer; our human nature; religious fact and opinion; scientists and prayer.
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Is science fact and religion just opinion?
Is there the mind of a Creator behind the universe?
Can a scientist pray?
John Polkinghorne has spent many years considering and writing about such questions, and now distils that insight and experience into a clear, lively and frank set of answers to these fundamental issues.
This new edition has been fully revised in the light of recent developments in scientific research, and provides a valuable entry point into this fascinating area and to the thought of this key thinker and theologian.
"The field is enormous but the book is written with the clarity and simplicity of someone who really knows his subject... It is exciting stuff. If you are the least bit interested then buy it."
The Reader
-Publisher.
Publisher Description
Templeton Award winner and theoretical physicist John Polkinghorne explores the gap between science and religion. "Do we have to choose between the scientific and religious views of the world, or are they complementary understandings that give us a fuller picture than either on their own would provide?"" Quarks, Chaos, & Christianity" shows the ways that both science and religion point to something greater than ourselves. Topics include: chaos theory; evolution; miracles; cosmology; guest for God; how God answers prayer; our human nature; religious fact and opinion; scientists and prayer.