From Physicist to Priest: An Autobiography - Softcover

Polkinghorne, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556359101 ISBN 13: 9781556359101

Publisher: Cascade Books, 2008

Synopsis

'I am a scientist-theologian, someone who is both a physicist and a priest - a statement that sometimes arouses the kind of curiosity or suspicion that might follow the claim to be a vegetarian butcher.' Cambridge don, curate in a working-class area of a big city, vicar of a country parish in Kent, contributor to governmental committees, prize-winning author of more than thirty-five books, KBE and much more, John Polkinghorne tells his remarkable life story in a direct and modest yet profound narrative. He looks back on his journeys into both disciplines from a human angle, including the formative experiences and key relationships he experienced as a child, an undergraduate, graduate and beyond into university teaching, family life, priesthood and writing. He describes his developing thoughts and understanding of the value and interdependence of each of the major disciplines and, by so doing, brings a down-to-earth touch to the big questions that each approach raises.

About this title

About the Author

John Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS, is fellow and retired president, Queens' College, Cambridge University. He was founding president of the International Society for Science and Religion and in 2002 was awarded the Templeton Prize. He is the author of many books, including Science and Creation, Exploring Reality, Reason and Reality, The God of Hope and the End of the World, Belief in God in an Age of Science and Quantum Physics and Theology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cascade Books
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556359101
• ISBN 13: 9781556359101
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192