The Faith of a Physicist
Polkinghorne, John C.
The Faith of a Physicist Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker. [electronic resource] : - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (222 pages). - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Cover.
Is it possible to think like a scientist and yet have the faith of a Christian? Although many Westerners might say no, there are also many critically minded individuals who entertain what John Polkinghorne calls a ""wistful wariness"" toward religion--they feel unable to accept religion on rational grounds yet cannot dismiss it completely. Polkinghorne, both a particle physicist and Anglican priest, here explores just what rational grounds there could be for Christian beliefs, maintaining that the quest for motivated understanding is a concern shared by scientists and religious thinkers ali.
9781400863655 1400863651
22573/ctt73b0kt JSTOR
Nicene Creed.
Nicene Creed.
Natural theology.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
SCIENCE / History
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Natural theology.
RELIGION / General
Electronic books.
BT999
215
The Faith of a Physicist Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker. [electronic resource] : - Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (222 pages). - Princeton Legacy Library . - Princeton legacy library. .
Cover.
Is it possible to think like a scientist and yet have the faith of a Christian? Although many Westerners might say no, there are also many critically minded individuals who entertain what John Polkinghorne calls a ""wistful wariness"" toward religion--they feel unable to accept religion on rational grounds yet cannot dismiss it completely. Polkinghorne, both a particle physicist and Anglican priest, here explores just what rational grounds there could be for Christian beliefs, maintaining that the quest for motivated understanding is a concern shared by scientists and religious thinkers ali.
9781400863655 1400863651
22573/ctt73b0kt JSTOR
Nicene Creed.
Nicene Creed.
Natural theology.
Faith and reason--Christianity.
SCIENCE / History
Faith and reason--Christianity.
Natural theology.
RELIGION / General
Electronic books.
BT999
215
