Title: Paths from science towards God : the end of all our exploring /
Authors: Peacocke, A. R.
Publisher: Oneworld,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Religion and science; Natural theology; Creation; Theology; Mysticism; Spiritual life; Apologetics; Cosmology Religious aspects.; Geloof en wetenschap.; Natuurwetenschappen.; Theologie.; Religion and Science
Abstract: The author, a distinguished biochemist who serves as a priest in the Church of England, calls for for a bold new synthesis of science and religion. Only through such a new synthesis, he asserts, can Christianity regain the plausibility it has lost through centuries of futile resistance to scientific progress.
Contents: Prologue: Genesis for the third millennium -- PART I: THE SPIRITUAL QUEST IN THE NEW WORLD OF SCIENCE: The contemporary challenge of science to religious beliefs -- Science and the future of theology -- PART II: EXPLORING FROM SCIENCE TOWARDS GOD: NEW VISTAS, CHALLENGES AND QUESTIONS: The world as it is -- The world in process -- God's interaction with the world -- The sound of sheer silence -- PART III: THE END OF ALL OUR EXPLORING: An open theology -- 'In him we live and move and have our being' -- The world as sacrament -- Arriving where we started -- Knowing the place for the first time -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: A contemporary Christian understanding of sacrament.