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Quarks, Chaos and Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion [Paperback]

John Polkinghorne (Author)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: SPCK Publishing; New Ed edition (21 Oct 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0281057664
  • ISBN-13: 978-0281057665
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.4 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Is science fact and religion just opinion? Is there the mind of a Creator behind the universe? Can a scientist pray? John Polkinghorne has spent many years considering and writing about such questions, and now distils that insight and experience into a clear, lively and frank set of answers to these fundamental issues. This new edition has been fully revised in the light of recent developments in scientific research, and provides a valuable entry point into this fascinating area and to the thought of this key thinker and theologian.

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John Polkinghorne is past President and now Fellow of Queens' College Cambridge. Former Professor of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge University, he is a priest and Canon Theologian of Liverpool Cathedral. He won the Templeton Prize for Science and Religion in 2002, and his many books have formed the core of SPCK's prestigious Science and Theology list. His books have been translated into eleven languages so far.

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John Polkinghorne was a better physicist than I will ever be, and was a vicar as well, so I feel reluctant to criticise this book. In many ways it is a good introduction to science for Christians, and a clear presentation of his views of the relationship between science and God.

His view of God's interaction with nature is one of rigid scientific laws, and God acting primarily in the chaotic uncertainty (like the famous Butterfly Effect, except purposefully) - a God of the Gaps model, but one where the gaps cannot be shrunk. He does accept some miracles, notably the resurrection, and describes them as being operations of the physical laws in a certain regime (usually where God is revealing things).

However, his view of Scripture is too weak, so he succeeds in meshing moderately liberal Christianity (accepting the incarnation and the resurrection) with science, while avoiding both the possibilities and the problems of a less watered down version of Biblical truth.

Having said that, I think it's still one of the best books I've read on the subject by a scientist. But it's not up to Schaeffer's No Final Conflict.

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Worth Reading 19 Jan 2003
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Worth reading, there is plenty to make you think, lots that makes sense, but a good deal that doesn't mesh with the God I know from experience and from the Bible. This is not to say that it is incorrect (although I suspect some of it is!), just not in line with my (limited) understanding and experience that I cannot just dismiss on the basis of human wisdom / philosophy.

Nevertheless - there is plenty in this book for people - probably Christians in particular - who feel the need to ignite some trains of thought on the subject. Even something so obvious as the difference between 'How' and 'Why' questions helps with understanding Science in the context of Christian understanding and experience.

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This book is a must for those scientists who also believe in Jesus Christ. I found that Polkinghorne's writings make it easier for me to allow science to be science and religion to be religion. The two are compatible and more science does not threaten my beliefs.
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