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Science and Creation : The Search for Understanding by John C. Polkinghorne is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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John C. Polkinghorne, internationally renowned priest-scientist, addresses fundamental questions about how scientific and theological worldviews relate to each other in this, the second volume (originally published in 1988) of his trilogy, which also included Science and Providence and One World.Dr. Polkinghorne illustrates how a scientifically minded person approaches the task of theological inquiry, postulating that there exists a close analogy between theory and experiment in science and belief and understanding in theology. He offers a fresh perspective on such questions as: Are we witnessing today a revival a natural theology—the search for God through the exercise of reason and the study of nature? How do the insights of modern physics into the interlacing of order and disorder relate to the Christian doctrine of Creation? What is the relationship between mind and matter?Polkinghorne states that the "remarkable insights that science affords us into the intelligible workings of the world cry out for an explanation more profound than that which it itself can provide. Religion, if it is to take seriously its claim that the world is the creation of God, must be humble enough to l

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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
John C. Polkinghorne
Publisher
Templeton Foundation Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9781599471006
Category
science
Subjects
Christian, Fiction, Science
Rating
3.81 / 5 (16 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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