Paths from Science Towards God: The End of all Our Exploring

by Arthur R. Peacocke

Overview

Author is winner of 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, worth $1 million dollars.

By applying the principles of scientific thought to theological matters, Arthur Peacocke argues that the divine principle is at work behind all aspects of existence - both spiritual and physical. This study tackles head-on such fundamental issues as how evolution can be reconciled with creation, and the relationship between Newton, causality and divine action. He concludes with an optimistic new theology for our brave new world,

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780744599
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	10/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	634 KB

About the Author

Arthur Peacocke has published over 200 papers and twelve books, including the best-selling Theology for a Scientific Age, for which he received a Templeton Foundation Prize in 1995. He worked in the field of physical biochemistry for over 25 years, is a Priest and Canon in the Church of England, and until recently was Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for the Study of Science and Religion at Oxford University. In 2001 he won the Templeton Prize for Progress in the Study of Religion, a $1 million prize awarded annually.

Table of Contents

Part 1: The spiritual Quest in the New world of Science
1. The contemporary challenge of science to religious beliefs 5
2. Science and the future of theology 18

Part 2: Exploring fomr science towards God: New vistaas, challenges and questions
3. The world as it is 39
4. The world in process 65
5. God's interaction with the world 91
6. The sound of sheer silence 117

Part 3: The end of all our exploring
7. An open theology 129
8. 'In him we live and move and have our being' 135
9. The world as sacrament 144
10. Arriving where we started 154
11. Knowing the place for the first time 163