Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion pdf

John Carlton Polkinghorn, físico teórico británico, pensador religioso, escritor y sacerdote anglicano, nacido en 1930 Como presidente del Queen's College Cambridge de 1988 a 1996, Polkinghorne fue autor de cinco libros sobre física y veintiséis libros sobre la relación entre ciencia y religión. Sus libros incluyen 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 (editado por Thomas J. Ord) y proporciona resúmenes clave de Polkinghorn libros más influyentes, nombrado caballero en 1997 y galardonado con un premio Templeton de 1 millón de libras esterlinas en 2002 por sus destacadas contribuciones a la afirmación de la dimensión espiritual de la vida.

Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion pdf por John Polkinghorne

Reality is multi-layered, asserts the Reverend John Polkinghorne, and in this insightful book he explores various dimensions of the human encounter with reality. Through a well-reasoned and logical process, Polkinghorne argues that reality consists not only of the scientific processes of the natural world but also the personal dimension of human nature and its significance. He offers an integrated view of reality, encompassing a range of insights deriving from physics’ account of causal structure, evolutionary understanding of human nature, the unique significance of Jesus of Nazareth, and the human encounter with God.The author devotes further chapters to specific problems and questions raised by the Christian account of divine reality. He discusses, for example, the nature of time and God’s relation to it, the interrelationship of the world’s faiths, the problem of evil, and practical ethical issues relating to genetic advances, including stem cell research. Continuing in his pursuit of a dialogue between science and theology that accords equal weight to the insights of each, Polkinghorne expands our understanding of the nature of reality and our appreciation of its complexity.