Belief in God in an age of science / John Polkinghorne.

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Polkinghorne, J. C, 1930-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Terry lecturesPublication details: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 133 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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058533210X
9780585332109
9780300174106
0300174101
1283950375
9781283950374

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Belief in God in an age of science.DDC classification:

261.5/5 21

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BL241 .P56 1998eb

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Contents:

Belief in God in an age of science -- Finding truth: science and religion compared -- Does God act in the physical world? -- The continuing dialogue between science and religion -- Critical realism in science and religion -- Mathematical postscript.

Summary: In this book, the author focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that these "intellectual cousins" are both concerned with interpreted experience and with the quest for truth about reality. He argues eloquently that scientific and theological enquiries are parallel.

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The first four chapters are based on the Terry Lectures, which the author gave at Yale University in Oct. 1996.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In this book, the author focuses on the collegiality between science and theology, contending that these "intellectual cousins" are both concerned with interpreted experience and with the quest for truth about reality. He argues eloquently that scientific and theological enquiries are parallel.

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English.

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