Rev Dr John Polkinghorne

[Incubator]

He was also knighted, but I have no idea where that fits in with his other honors. A brief bit of information on Rev Polkinghorne. He is a well respected theoretical physicist who is a Fellow of the Royal Society and also an Anglican priest. His work mainly focuses on showing how God could interact with the world and produce miracles as they are interpreted by traditional Christianity. The way he does this is by advocating a type of panentheism and something about quantum physics that I barely understand. The only book I've read by him was Belief in God in an Age of Science, which I thought was excellent, but a bit advanced for me as I constantly looked in the dictionary. I think if his view is correct, it essentially puts to rest the argument of God's "lack" of miracles in modern times as a case against Christianity.

Has anyone read the writings of Rev Polkinghorne? What did you think of them?

Here are some links for you to explore.
http://www.polkinghorne.org/
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/quarks/
http://www.meta-library.net/bio/sirjo-body.html
http://www.meta-library.net/ghc-div/polki-frame.html
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/143/21.0.html
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/006/9.64.html

[karen freeinchristman]

I have read Science and Christian Belief Theological reflections of a bottom-up thinker.

I think John Polkinghorne is wonderful!

He gives talks and participates in debates here in England often, but they are usually down in London so I haven't had a chance to see him. One of my friends has, though.

[fragmentsofdreams]

We used his Science & Theology in my Science and Christian Theology course. He does a good job at describing the various approaches to dealing with various areas of tension between science and theology.

[Incubator]

He gives talks and participates in debates here in England often, but they are usually down in London so I haven't had a chance to see him. One of my friends has, though.

I would love to go to a speaking event of his. My experience of him in video and audio show he is quite eloquent. Debates would be even better because I wonder what other scientists think about his theories. Do you know with whom he has debated?