Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship PDF

John Carlton Polkinghorn, britischer theoretischer Physiker, religiöser Denker, Schriftsteller und anglikanischer Priester, geboren 1930 Als Präsident des Queen's College Cambridge von 1988 bis 1996 verfasste Polkinghorne fünf Bücher über Physik und sechsundzwanzig Bücher über die Beziehung zwischen Wissenschaft und Religion. Zu seinen Büchern gehören Quantum World 1989, Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Connection 2005, Exploring Truth: The Intertwining of Science and Religion 2007, Questions of Truth 2009, A Polkinghorn Reader (herausgegeben von Thomas J. Ord) und Bereitstellung wichtiger Zusammenfassungen von Polkinghorns Büchern zu den einflussreichsten Büchern, wurde 1997 zum Ritter geschlagen und erhielt 2002 einen Templeton-Preis in Höhe von 1 Million Pfund Sterling für seine herausragenden Beiträge zur Bekräftigung der spirituellen Dimension des Lebens.

Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship pdf von John Polkinghorne

Despite the differences of their subject matter, science and theology have a cousinly relationship, John Polkinghorne contends in his latest thought-provoking book. From his unique perspective as both theoretical physicist and Anglican priest, Polkinghorne considers aspects of quantum physics and theology and demonstrates that the two truth-seeking enterprises are engaged in analogous rational techniques of inquiry. His exploration of the deep connections between science and Christology shows with new clarity a common kinship in the search for truth. Among the many parallels he identifies are patterns of historical development in quantum physics and in Christology; wrestling with perplexities such as quantum interpretation and the problem of evil; and the drive for an overarching view in the Grand Unified Theories of physics and in Trinitarian theology. Both theology and science are propelled by a desire to understand the world through experienced reality, and Polkinghorne explains that their viewpoints are by no means mutually exclusive.