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Author Polkinghorne, J. C., 1930-2021

Title Science and theology : an introduction / John Polkinghorne.

Publication Info. London : SPCK ; Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, 1998.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  261.55 P769S    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  261.55 P769S c.2  Check Shelf
Description vi, 144 pages ; 24 cm
Contents The Area of Interaction -- Some Historical Incidents -- The Nature of Science -- The Nature of Theology -- Varieties of Interaction -- Models, Metaphors and Symbols -- The Scientific Picture of the World -- Quantum Theory -- Cosmology -- Chaos and Complexity Theory -- Time -- Humanity -- Reductionism and Holism -- Consciousness -- The Self and the Soul -- The Fall -- Theism -- The Nature of God -- Natural Theology -- A Theology of Nature -- Creation -- A Wider Humane Reality -- Intimations of Hope -- Divine Action -- Single Action -- Primary Causality -- Process Thought -- Analogies with Human Agency -- An Open Universe -- Divine Temporality -- Miracle -- Theodicy -- Christian Theology -- Revelation -- Jesus Christ: Resurrection -- Christology -- The Trinity -- Eschatology -- Assimilation and Consonance -- The World Faiths -- The Sacred -- Dissonance -- Responses -- Science as a Meeting Point -- The Search for Knowledge and Wisdom -- The Two Disciplines -- Ethical Issues.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 134-141) and index.
Subject Religion and science.
Cover Title Science & theology
ISBN 0281051763 SPCK
0800631536 Fortress Press
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