Faith, Science and Understanding (Yale Nota Bene)
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2001
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208 pp., xvi. First published in 2001; this copy, Stated: "First published as a Yale Nota Bene book in 2001" with '1' in number line.Contents divided into 9 sections in 3 Parts: I. ISSUES: (1) "Theology in the University"; (2) "Motivations for Belief"; (3) "The Role of Revelation"; (4) "Design in Biology?" (5) "Second Thoughts": "Critical Realism"; "Quantum Cosmology and the Anthropic Principle"; "Panentheism"; "Dual Aspect Monism"; "Chaos Theory"; II. DIVINE AGENCY: (6) "Natural Science, Temporality and Divine Action"; (7) "God in Relation to Nature: Kenotic Creation and Divine Action"; III. SIGNIFICANT THINKERS: (8) "Contemporaries": "Wolfhart Pannenberg's Engagement with the Natural Sciences"; "Thomas Torrance's Engagement with the Natural Sciences"; "Paul Davies' Engagement with Theology"; (9) "Science and Theology in England"; Index, pp. 207-208. Glossy black wrappers with title lettering in white at top front cover, Author name in smaller white letters across upper middle front cover; cover illustrated with colored insets and birds, superimposed upon the black background. Lightly age-toned edges and text, else virtually As New: Tight binding (NO creases); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear. NO previous owner names.…
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- Title
- Faith, Science and Understanding (Yale Nota Bene)
- Author
- Polkinghorne, John
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, New Haven and London
- Publication year
- 2001
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300091281
- ISBN 13
- 9780300091281
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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.
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