Faith, Science and Understanding pdf

约翰·卡尔顿·波尔金霍恩，英国理论物理学家、宗教思想家、作家和英国圣公会牧师，生于 1930 年 作为剑桥女王学院的院长，1988 年至 1996 年期间，波尔金霍恩撰写了五本关于物理学的书籍和二十六本关于科学与宗教之间关系的书籍。他的著作包括 1989 年的量子世界、2005 年的量子物理学和神学：一个意外的联系、2007 年探索真理：科学与宗教的交织、2009 年的真理问题、一个 Polkinghorn 阅读器（由 Thomas J. Ord 编辑）并提供了 Polkinghorn 的关键摘要最有影响力的书籍，1997 年被封为爵士，2002 年获得 100 万英镑的邓普顿奖，以表彰他在肯定生活的精神层面方面的杰出贡献。

Faith, Science and Understanding pdf 约翰·波尔金霍恩

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.