TY  - BOOK
AU  - Polkinghorne,J.C.
TI  - Serious talk: science and religion in dialogue 
SN  - 1563381095
AV  - BL240.2 .P5764 1995
U1  - ARCH YNDC 261.5 P769S  20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - Valley Forge, Pa.
PB  - Trinity Press International
KW  - Jesus Christ
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Creation
KW  - Providence and government of God
KW  - Eschatology
KW  - Religion and Science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 112) and index; Christian belief in a scientific age -- Understanding quantum theory -- Taking science seriously -- Taking theology seriously -- Creation -- Providence -- Resurrection -- The end of all things -- Conclusion : taking reality seriously
N2  - Although now an Anglican priest and head of one of the prestigious colleges in Cambridge University, John Polkinghorne has spent most of his adult life working as a theoretical physicist. He is therefore uniquely qualified to set forth the relationship between science and religion in a way that takes the two disciplines seriously. Professor Polkinghorne argues that the habits of thought that are natural to the scientist are the same habits of thought that can be followed in the search for a wider and deeper kind of truth about the world. He calls this "bottom-up" thinking, that is, starting not with general principles but with the particularity of experience, and asking what is sufficient to explain the phenomena and give an understanding of what is going on. Serious Talk begins with the search for an acceptable meeting point for science and religion. Following this are examinations of specific theological issues approached in the spirit of such a meeting point: creation, the role of chance, God's engagement with time, the anticipation of a destiny awaiting humanity beyond death, and the end of the universe
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