Science and Theology: An Indroduction / Faith, Science, and Understanding

From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Science and Theology: An Introduction [hereafter ST]. By John Polkinghome. London; Minneapolis: SPCK/Fortress Press, 1998. vi + 144 pp. $20.00 (paper).

Faith, Science, and Understanding [hereafter FSU]. By John Polkinghome. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2000. xvi + 208 pp. $19.95 (cloth); $11.95 (paper).

As the shared, spiritual aspiration of both science and theology, the pursuit of "knowledge for knowledge's sake" suggests-insists scientist-cum-- theologian John Polkinghorne-the location at which these two rancorous cousins might now meaningfully converse (FSU, p. xii). ...

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