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John Polkinghorne (October 16, 1930 - March 9, 2021)
John Polkinghorne was a physicist and priest born in England that contributed to the relation between science and religion. His first work, "The Way The World Is" puts religion into the perspective of science and relates them both together. Below is a short video of an interview of John Polkinghorne on relating science and religion. https://youtu.be/0myDDLLH1n4?si=RXKY2HezsOLZUYwJ Polkinghorne, J. C. "The Way the World Is: The Christian Perspective of a Scientist". Triangle, 1992. -
John Polkinghorne (October 16, 1930 - March 9, 2021)
Polkinghorne next published a book called "The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-Up Thinker" that describes that scientists and religious people are both looking for motivated understanding of the world and how it works, continuing to prove his point that science and religion are related and can exist in the world as we understand it. Polkinghorne, John Charlton. "Faith of a Physicist - Reflections of a Bottom-up Thinker". Princeton University Press, 2016. -
John Polkinghorne (October 16, 1930 - March 9, 2021)
One of his later writings, "Faith, Science, and Understanding" which was published in 2000, defends why theology should have a place in this world alongside science and explains what role revelation has in religion. Polkinghorne, J. C. "Faith, Science, and Understanding". Yale University Press, 2000. -
John Polkinghorne (October 16, 1930 - March 9, 2021)
The last book Polkinghorne published before his autobiography is "Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship" in 2007 that files through the similarities and differences of science and religion. Polkinghorne explains that science and religion could be considered cousins; that they are related, although not too closely. Polkinghorne, J. C. "Quantum Physics and Theology an Unexpected Kinship". Yale University Press, 2007.