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Quarks, Chaos & Christianity Questions to Science And Religion

John Polkinghorne

Templeton Award winner and theoretical physicist John Polkinghorne explores the gap between science and religion. "Do we have to choose between the scientific and religious views of the world, or are they complementary understandings that give us a fuller picture than either on their own would provi...

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On Being with Krista Tippett

In this book, Polkinghorne explains how scientific advancements, particularly in quantum physics and chaos theory, support religious insights and address questions regarding God's action in the world and the nature of prayer.

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we can take with absolute seriousness all that science can tell us and still believe that there is room left over for our action in the world and for God's action too.

— Episode: John Polkinghorne — Quarks and Creation

Episode: John Polkinghorne — Quarks and Creation

In this book, Polkinghorne explains how scientific advancements, particularly in quantum physics and chaos theory, support religious insights and address questions regarding God's action in the world and the nature of prayer.

"

we can take with absolute seriousness all that science can tell us and still believe that there is room left over for our action in the world and for God's action too.

this does not mean that prayer is just filling in a series of blank checks given us by Heavenly Father Christmas. Prayer is not magic. It is something much more personal for it is an interaction between humanity and God.

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