Beginning of All Things: Science and Religion

Translated by John Bowden

In an age when faith and science seem constantly to clash, can theologians and scientists come to a meeting of minds? Yes, maintains the intrepid Hans Küng, as he brilliantly argues here that religion and science are not mutually exclusive but complementary.

Focusing on beginnings — beginnings of time, of the world, of man, of human will — Küng deals with an array of scientific precepts and teachings. From a unified field theory to quantum physics to the Big Bang t...