“The widespread success of science is too significant an issue to be treated as if it were a happy accident that we are free to enjoy without enquiring more deeply into why this is the case. Critical realist achievements of… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of the… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
I'm a very passionate believer in the unity of knowledge. There is one world of reality - one world of our experience that we're… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
Well, it's because I gladly acknowledge some ideas that are part of process theology, but which I think are not tied to all the… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
“The doctrine of creation of the kind that the Abrahamic faiths profess is such that it encourages the expectation that there will be a… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
Science and religion...are friends, not foes, in the common quest for knowledge. Some people may find this surprising, for there's a feeling throughout our… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
I very much enjoyed my career in science. I didn't leave science because I was disillusioned, but felt I'd done my bit for it… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
“scientific discovery requires the boldness of provisional commitment to a point of view, while remaining aware that this may require subsequent modification in the… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
“In the scientific community, the adjective ‘theological’ is some- times used pejoratively to refer to a vague or ill-formulated belief. I believe this usage… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
“Claims for the occurrence of miraculous events will have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. There can be no general theory to cover… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
“the strangely elusive and counterintuitive character of the quantum world has encouraged some to suggest that the idea of entities like electrons which can… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share
