Belief in God in an Age of Science

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NOTA BENE 'Polkinghorne [presents] a polished and logically coherent argument." -Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books There are few essential authors. Polkinghorne is among them." -Church Times


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religion/science John Polkinghorne brings unique qualifications to his exploration of the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science: he is internationally known as a theoretical physicist and as a theologian. In this thought-provoking book, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that the inquiries of these "intellectual cousins" are parallel. "Short, accessible, and authoritative."-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer "This book should be widely read."-Colin Tudge, New Statesman and Society "If you read one book on science and religion, this should be it."-Kirkus Reviews "Polkinghorne's argument for the proposition that God is real is cogent and his evidence is elegant."-New Scientist "Theologians and scientists... Tovább

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NOTA BENE 'Polkinghorne [presents] a polished and logically coherent argument." -Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books There are few essential authors. Polkinghorne is among them." -Church Times


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religion/science John Polkinghorne brings unique qualifications to his exploration of the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science: he is internationally known as a theoretical physicist and as a theologian. In this thought-provoking book, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that the inquiries of these "intellectual cousins" are parallel. "Short, accessible, and authoritative."-Carlin Romano, Philadelphia Inquirer "This book should be widely read."-Colin Tudge, New Statesman and Society "If you read one book on science and religion, this should be it."-Kirkus Reviews "Polkinghorne's argument for the proposition that God is real is cogent and his evidence is elegant."-New Scientist "Theologians and scientists alike will find food for thought here, and philosophers should take heed-for John Polkinghorne's intermarriage of scientific and theological insight may well presage a new 'post-secular' stage in Western thought."-Patrick Glynn, National Review Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Best Books in Religion of 1998 Selected by Booklist as one of the Top Ten Books in Religion in 1998 John Polkinghorne, k.b.e., f.r.s., is past President and now Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Canon Theologian of Liverpool, England. He is the winner of the 2002 Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. Among his many other books are Faith, Science, and Understanding and The Cod of Hope and the End of the World, both published by Yale University Press. Yale University Press New Haven & London Vissza