Sir John Polkinghorne

Cosmic Questions Interviews

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• On Being a Missionary to Science and Theology
• How Science Informs Us
• How the Natural World is Appropriate for Life
• Evidence of 'Mind' behind the Universe
• God as ongoing Creator
• Our Place in the Universe
• How Theology Places Science in a Richer Context
• The Place of Human Experience

Science and the Spiritual Quest Interviews

• Biographical background
• On his transition from physicist to priest
• On his time as a priest in Bristol and Kent
• On preaching versus lecturing
• On his work in particle physics
• On beauty and wonder in nature
• On reductionism and relationality in science and theology
• On Creationism
• On the problem of evil and suffering
• On exciting new work on complex systems
• On the notion that people might one day be downloaded into computers
• On receiving the Templeton Prize and being founding president of the ISSR
• On the idea that religion is carried out in solitude
• On the need for multi-religious dialogue
• On Christianity, Judaism and Islam
• On the need for constructive dialogue between disparate views
• On progress in the dialogue between the sciences and religions
• On the significance of creation and purpose in the universe

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