Theology differs from science in many respects, because of its different subject matter, a personal God who cannot be put to the test in the way that the impersonal physical world can be subjected to experimental enquiry. Yet science and… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
The test of a theory is its ability to cope with all the relevant phenomena, not its a priori 'reasonableness'. The latter would have proved a poor guide in the development of science, which often makes progress by its encounter… — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
It is the faithfulness of God that allows epistemology to model ontology. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
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 Image
I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. — John Polkinghorne Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
