Reason and reality / John Polkinghorne.
By: Polkinghorne, J. C.
Material type: BookPublisher: London : SPCK, 1991Description: 119 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0281044872.Subject(s): Religion and scienceDDC classification: 215Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 215 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00014112 |
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)