Faith, Science and Understanding pdf

John Carlton Polkinghorn, physicien théoricien britannique, penseur religieux, écrivain et prêtre anglican, né en 1930. En tant que président du Queen's College de Cambridge de 1988 à 1996, Polkinghorne est l'auteur de cinq livres sur la physique et de vingt-six livres sur la relation entre science et religion. Ses livres incluent 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 (édité par Thomas J. Ord) et fournissant des résumés clés de Polkinghorn's livres les plus influents, fait chevalier en 1997 et récompensé d'un prix Templeton d'un million de livres sterling en 2002 pour ses contributions exceptionnelles à l'affirmation de la dimension spirituelle de la vie.

Faith, Science and Understanding pdf par John Polkinghorne

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.