Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship pdf

John Carlton Polkinghorn , fisico teorico britannico, pensatore religioso, scrittore e sacerdote anglicano, nato nel 1930 Come presidente del Queen's College di Cambridge dal 1988 al 1996, Polkinghorne è autore di cinque libri di fisica e ventisei libri sul rapporto tra scienza e religione. I suoi libri includono 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 (a cura di Thomas J. Ord) e forniscono riassunti chiave di Polkinghorn's libri più influenti, nominato cavaliere nel 1997 e insignito del Premio Templeton di 1 milione di sterline nel 2002 per i suoi eccezionali contributi all'affermazione della dimensione spirituale della vita.

Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship pdf da 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.