One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology 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。

One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology pdf 约翰·波尔金霍恩

John C. Polkinghorne’s renowned trilogy on the compatibility of religion and science is back in print. One World (originally published in 1986) introduces issues in science and religion that Dr. Polkinghorne subsequently continued in Science and Providence and Science and Creation. The books have been widely acclaimed individually and as a series. In the new preface to One World, Dr. Polkinghorne assesses his original writing of this book, pointing to themes that have remained important to his thinking and topics that have been expanded and modified through recent scientific discoveries. In fact, he contends, in today’s postmodern culture “the issue of what we can know and how we can gain knowledge is one of even greater criticality than it was in 1986.” Both science and religion explore aspects of reality, providing “a basis for their mutual interaction as they present their different perspectives onto the one world of existent reality,” Polkinghorne argues. In One World he develops his thesis through an examination of the nature of science, the nature of the physical world, the character of theology, and the modes of thought in science and theology. He identifies “points of interaction” and points of potential conflict between science and religion. Along the way, he discusses creation, determinism, prayer, miracles, and future life, and he explains his rejection of scientific reductionism and his defense of natural theology. Science does not have an absolute superiority over other forms of knowledge, nor does religion have all the answers. Both are searching for “the truth.” Both explore the universe as it is and submit to the evidence before them. And both must be open to continual correction.We live in one world. Polkinghorne’s insights continue to illuminate it as a world in which science and religion can stimulate and benefit each other. “Why do I regard this book as so important? Primarily because it makes sense of the scientific enterprise and the pursuit of theology, and in doing so it makes sense of the universe. . . . For arguing this so persuasively and with clarity and caution we owe him grateful thanks.”—The Expository Times