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      God and the Scientist: Exploring the Work of John Polkinghorne

      Fraser Watts

      Presents a celebration, survey and critique of the theological work of arguably the most important and most widely-read contributor to the modern dialogue between science and theology: John Polkinghorne. Including…

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      God and the Scientist: Exploring the Work of John Polkinghorne

      Fraser Watts

      Presents a celebration, survey and critique of the theological work of arguably the most important and most widely-read contributor to the modern dialogue between science and theology: John Polkinghorne. Including…

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      Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion

      John Polkinghorne

      Reality is multi-layered, asserts the Reverend John Polkinghorne, and in this insightful book he explores various dimensions of the human encounter with reality. Through a well-reasoned and logical process, Polkinghorne…

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      Science and Religion in Quest of Truth

      John Polkinghorne

      The distillation and summation of a lifetime’s research by ‘Britain’s leading scientist-theologian’ (Keith Ward). The book draws together all the key insights and arguments from his previous books and presents…

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      Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality

      John Polkinghorne

      A scientist-theologian approaches the dialogue between science and religion from a little-explored perspective in which theology shapes the argument and sets the agenda for questions to be considered.

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      Faith, Science and Understanding

      John Polkinghorne

      In this captivating book, one of the most highly regarded scientist-theologians of our time explores aspects of the interaction of science and theology. John Polkinghorne defends the place of theology…

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      Living with Hope: A Scientist Looks at Advent, Christmas, & Epiphany

      John Polkinghorne

      In these refreshingly unconventional meditations, scientist John Polkinghorne connects the perspectives of science and religion in honest and thoughtful reflections for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Giving new meaning to the…

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      Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue

      John Polkinghorne

      Polkinghorne argues that the habits of thought that are natural to the scientist are the same habits of thought that can be followed also in the search for a wider…

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      Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship

      John Polkinghorne

      Despite the differences of their subject matter, science and theology have a cousinly relationship, John Polkinghorne contends in his latest thought-provoking book. From his unique perspective as both theoretical physicist…

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      Meaning in Mathematics

      Is mathematics invented or discovered? Why does this seemingly abstract discipline provide the key to unlocking the deep secrets of the physical universe? Famous mathematicians, mathematical physicists and philosophers of…

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      The Way the World Is: The Christian Perspective of a Scientist

      John Polkinghorne

      In this brief and highly accessible book for general readers, distinguished physicist-turned-theologian John Polkinghorne presents a reasoned account of the Christian view of the world as seen by the one…

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      Trinity and an Entangled World: Relationality in Physical Science and Theology

      Twentieth-Century science discoverd that the physical world is profoundly relational—that, thanks to the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, there is a holistic connectivity at the deepest level of physical reality. This…

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      Belief in God in an Age of Science

      John Polkinghorne

      John Polkinghorne, theoretical physicist and theologian, explores the possibilities of believing in God in an age of science. In this study, Polkinghorne focuses on the collegiality between science and theology…

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      The Quantum World

      John Polkinghorne

      Reprint of a volume first published in 1984 (Longman), presenting quantum mechanics for the general reader. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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      One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology

      John Polkinghorne

      Focuses on Polkinghorne’s theory, which states that science and religion are two aspects of the same world.

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      Beyond Science: The Wider Human Context

      John Polkinghorne (University of Cambridge)

      John Polkinghorne examines the nature of scientific inquiry itself and the human context in which science operates. The book looks to issues of meaning and value, as well as more…

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      Science and Religion: Edwin Salpeter, Owen Gingerich and John Polkinghorne

      Mark Turin,Alan Macfarlane

      Creative Lives and Works is a collection of interviews conducted by one of England’s leading social anthropologists and historians, Alan Macfarlane. The current volume is on three foremost physicists and…

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      Quantum Leap: How John Polkinghorne found God in science and religion

      Professor Dean Nelson,Karl Giberson

      Key issues in science and religion through the life and work of John Polkinghorne.

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      Faith in the Living God, 2nd Edition: A Dialogue

      John Polkinghorne (University of Cambridge),Michael Welker

      In this book John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker explain how they understand faith in the living God. Between them, they offer a binocular vision from [their] twin perspectives to yield…

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      Faith in the Living God, 2nd Edition: A Dialogue

      John Polkinghorne (University of Cambridge),Michael Welker

      In this book John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker explain how they understand faith in the living God. Between them, they offer a binocular vision from [their] twin perspectives to yield…

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      Questions of Truth: Fifty-one Responses to Questions about God, Science, and Belief

      John Polkinghorne,Nicholas Beale

      How did the universe begin? Can God’s existence be proven? Do humans matter more than animals? For many years people have sent the scientist-turned-priest John Polkinghorne these and other questions…

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      Scientists as Theologians

      Revd Professor John Polkinghorne

      Ian Barbour, Arthur Peacocke and John Polkinghorne are major contributors to the interaction between science and religion. As their thinking has developed, differences between them have emerged. This is John…

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      Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship

      Revd Professor John Polkinghorne

      A short and remarkably accessible book, which draws striking parallels between quantum mechanics and the search for an understanding of the nature of Jesus, in order to make the similarities…

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      Science and Religion in Quest of Truth

      Revd Professor John Polkinghorne

      The distillation and summation of a lifetime’s research by ‘Britain’s leading scientist-theologian’ (Keith Ward). The book draws together all the key insights and arguments from his previous books and presents…

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      Quarks, Chaos and Christianity: Questions to Science and Religion

      Revd Professor John Polkinghorne

      Is science fact and religion just opinion? Is there the mind of a Creator behind the Universe? Can a scientist pray? John Polkinghorne distils insight and experience into a clear…

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      The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker

      John C. Polkinghorne

      Is it possible to think like a scientist and have the faith of a Christian? Polkinghorne, a particle physicist and an Anglican priest, explores just what rational grounds there could…

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      Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction

      John Polkinghorne (Formerly Professor of Mathematical Physics at University of Cambridge)

      In simple language, without mathematics, this book explains the strange and exciting ideas that make the subatomic world so different from the world of the every day. It offers the…

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      Science and Providence: God’s Interaction with the World

      J. C. Polkinghorne

      Examines whether a personal, interacting God is a credible concept. Encouraging the belief that there is a compatibility between the insights of science and the insights of religion, this book…

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      A Physicist Examines Hope in the Resurrection: Examination of the Significance of the Work of John C. Polkinghorne for the Mission of the Church

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      John Polkinghorne, ordained member of the Royal Society, past President of Queen’s College Cambridge, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2002 Templeton Prize winner, theoretical physicist, and…

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      A Physicist Examines Hope in the Resurrection: Examination of the Significance of the Work of John C. Polkinghorne for the Mission of the Church

      John F Wilson

      John Polkinghorne, ordained member of the Royal Society, past President of Queen’s College Cambridge, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, 2002 Templeton Prize winner, theoretical physicist, and…

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      From Physicist to Priest: An Autobiography

      John Polkinghorne, F.R.S., K.B.E. (University of Cambridge)

      ‘I am a scientist-theologian, someone who is both a physicist and a priest - a statement that sometimes arouses the kind of curiosity or suspicion that might follow the claim…

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      On Space and Time

      This unique volume brings together world leaders in cosmology, particle physics, quantum gravity, mathematics, philosophy and theology, to provide fresh insights into the deep structure of space and time. Subjects…

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      Testing Scripture: A Scientist Explores the Bible

      John Polkinghorne,John Polkinghorne, F.R.S., K.B.E. (Queens' College, Cambridge University University of Cambridge University of Cambridge University of Cambridge University of Cambridge)

      One of the world’s leading authorities on issues of science and faith provides a fresh, honest, and analytical look at key themes of the Bible.

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