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Sto caricando le informazioni... Faith, Science and Understandingdi John Polkinghorne
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. A practicing theologian with a distinguished career in physics, Polkinghorne is uniquely qualified to write on theology and science. He describes this collection as a "further thoughts" volume that returns to issues raised in four earlier books. Beginning with a strong case for theology's place in the postmodern university, he draws attention to its methodological affinity with the natural sciences. In both, he insists on a "bottom up" approach that is more pragmatic than systematic, in which Biblical material and creation are read as evidence, not simply revelation. Polkinghorne locates himself in a group of "scientist-theologians" that includes Ian Barbour and Arthur Peacocke. Readers will find this location, which includes delineation of both parallels and divergences, most helpful. Polkinghorne includes critical reviews of Wolfhart Pannenberg and Thomas Torrance, two theologians who have ventured beyond theology to address science. The concluding chapter is a concise history of science and theology in England that corrects popular distortions connected especially with the reception and continuing influence of Darwin. Readers will find this an accessible and engaging discussion of an important and little understood disciplinary intersection as well as a congenial point of entry into Polkinghorne's influential work. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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