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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 26 quotes by John Polkinghorne The Rev Dr John Charlton Polkinghorne, KBE, FRS (born 16 October 1930) is an English theoretical physicist, theologian, writer, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of Mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1979, when he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest in 1982. He served as the... Read full biography of John Polkinghorne → ← Ctrl 1 2 Of course, nobody would deny the importance of human beings for theological thinking, but the time span of history that theologians think about is a... → 0 However, as the Eastern churches have always maintained, through Christ creation is intended eventually to share in the life of God, the life of... → 0 Evolution, of course, is not something that simply applies to life here on earth; it applies to the whole universe. 0 Science cannot tell theology how to construct a doctrine of creation, but you can't construct a doctrine of creation without taking account of... → 0 Those theologians who are beginning to take the doctrine of creation very seriously should pay some attention to science's story. 0 The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life.... → 0 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 details of... → 0 I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation. 0 Whitehead reacted strongly against the idea of God as a cosmic tyrant, one who brings about everything. 0 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 after about... → 0 If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly... → 0 So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world. 0 Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent. 0 ← Ctrl 1 2 Add a quote!


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