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. .
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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.
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Nicene Creed. Nicene Creed.
Natural theology. Faith and reason--Christianity. SCIENCE / History Faith and reason--Christianity. Natural theology. RELIGION / General