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Reason and reality / John Polkinghorne.

By: Polkinghorne, J. C, 1930-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : SPCK, 1991Description: 119 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0281044872.Subject(s): Religion and scienceDDC classification: 215
Contents:
Introduction -- Rational inquiry -- Rational discourse -- The nature of physical reality -- Reason and revelation -- The use of scripture -- Cross-traffic -- Quantum questions -- The fall.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 215 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00014112
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In his trilogy - One World, Science and Creation and Science and Providence - Polkinghorne showed how new discoveries such as quantum theory and chaos theory opened the way to a new relationship between science and religion. In this book, he returns to the science-theology debate.

Bibliography:(pages 113-116) and index.

Introduction -- Rational inquiry -- Rational discourse -- The nature of physical reality -- Reason and revelation -- The use of scripture -- Cross-traffic -- Quantum questions -- The fall.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

John Polkinghorne, K.B.E., F.R.S., is past president and now fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Canon Theologian of Liverpool, England.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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