Science and Theology: An Introduction

by John R. Polkinghorne

Overview

In this short masterpiece, eminent scientist and theologian John Polkinghorne offers an accessible, yet authoritative, introduction to the stimulating field of science and theology. After surveying their volatile historical relationship, he leads the reader through the whole array of questions at the nexus of the scientific and religious quests.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281051762
Publisher:	SPCK Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 1.50(h) x 9.50(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction		1	(4)
The Area of Interaction		4	(21)
Some Historical Incidents		4	(5)
The Nature of Science		9	(9)
The Nature of Theology		18	(2)
Varieties of Interaction		20	(2)
Models, Metaphors and Symbols		22	(3)
The Scientific Picture of the World		25	(24)
Quantum Theory		25	(9)
Cosmology		34	(6)
Chaos and Complexity Theory		40	(5)
Time		45	(4)
Humanity		49	(17)
Reductionism and Holism		50	(6)
Consciousness		56	(6)
The Self and the Soul		62	(1)
The Fall		63	(3)
Theism		66	(18)
The Nature of God		66	(3)
Natural Theology		69	(7)
A Theology of Nature		76	(3)
Creation		79	(2)
A Wider Humane Reality		81	(1)
Intimations of Hope		82	(2)
Divine Action		84	(12)
Single Action		85	(1)
Primary Causality		86	(1)
Process Thought		87	(1)
Analogies with Human Agency		87	(2)
An Open Universe		89	(1)
Divine Temporality		90	(2)
Miracle		92	(1)
Theodicy		93	(3)
Christian Theology		96	(24)
Revelation		98	(5)
Jesus Christ: Resurrection		103	(4)
Christology		107	(5)
The Trinity		112	(2)
Eschatology		114	(3)
Assimilation and Consonance		117	(3)
The World Faiths		120	(8)
The Sacred		120	(1)
Dissonance		121	(2)
Responses		123	(2)
Science as a Meeting Point		125	(3)
The Search for Knowledge and Wisdom		128	(6)
The Two Disciplines		128	(1)
Ethical Issues		129	(5)
Bibliography		134	(8)
Index		142