Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality
By John Polkinghorne, Yale University Press
Reviewed by Stephen M. Barr
"The story of science and religion since the Middle Ages has been one of estrangement rather than conflict. When the Aristotelian synthesis shattered, science and theology drifted apart, becoming at last disconnected universes of discourse.
Over the last few decades many theologians and some scientists have attempted a new “dialogue of science and religion” in order to end this estrangement. A leading figure in this dialogue has been John Polkinghorne, a respected theoretical particle physicist at Cambridge University who, in the early 1980s, left scientific research in mid-career to become an Anglican clergyman and devote himself to writing on science and theology.
The science-theology dialogue has chiefly dealt with natural theology and such basic issues as the existence of God, the order and intelligibility of the universe, the evidence for design and purpose in nature, and the limitations of a crassly reductionist materialism. It has brought greater understanding and even some agreement among people of diverse backgrounds and concerns, ranging from agnostic seekers to people of traditional faith."
You can find the complete book review at: First Things: The Journal of Religion, Culture, and Public Life, May 2005
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