John Charlton Polkinghorne (Weston-super-Mare, - Cambridge, 9 de março de 2021) foi um físico, teólogo e sacerdote anglicano inglês.
Carreira Foi um proeminente e voz de liderança na explanação da relação entre religião e ciência, foi professor de física matemática na Universidade de Cambridge de 1968 a 1979, quando abdicou de sua cátedra para estudar para o sacerdócio, ordenado sacerdote Igreja Anglicana em 1982. Foi presidente do Queens' College (Cambridge), de 1988 a 1996.
Polkinghorne é autor de cinco livros sobre física, e 26 sobre a relação entre ciência e religião; dentre suas publicações constam The Quantum World (1989), Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship (2005), Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion (2007), and Questions of Truth (2009). Recebeu o Prêmio Templeton de 2002.
Morte Morreu em 9 de março de 2021, aos 90 anos, em Cambridge, cidade da Inglaterra.
Publicações
Polkinghorne publicou 34 livros, traduzidos em 18 línguas; 26 são sobre ciência e religião, a maioria para uma audiência popular.
Ciência e religião The Polkinghorne Reader : Science, Faith, and the Search for Meaning (Edited by Thomas Jay Oord) (SPCK and Templeton Foundation Press, 2010) and The Way the World is : The Christian Perspective of a Scientist (1984 – revised 1992) One World (SPCK/Princeton University Press 1987; Templeton Foundation Press, 2007) Science and Creation (SPCK/New Science Library, 1989; Templeton Foundation Press, 2006) Science and Providence (SPCK/New Science Library, 1989; Templeton Foundation Press, 2006) Reason and Reality: Relationship Between Science and Theology (SPCK/Trinity Press International 1991) Quarks, Chaos and Christianity (1994; Second edition SPCK/Crossroad 2005) The Faith of a Physicist – published in the UK as Science and Christian Belief (1994) Serious Talk: Science and Religion in Dialogue (Trinity Press International/SCM Press, 1996) Scientists as Theologians (1996) Beyond Science: The wider human context (CUP 1996) Searching for Truth (Bible Reading Fellowship/Crossroad, 1996) Belief in God in an Age of Science (Yale University Press, 1998) Science and Theology (SPCK/Fortress 1998) The End of the World and the Ends of God (Trinity Press International, 2000) with Michael Welker Traffic in Truth: Exchanges Between Sciences and Theology (Canterbury Press/Fortress, 2000) Faith, Science and Understanding (2000) SPCK/Yale University Press The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis editor, with contributors including Ian Barbour, Sarah Coakley, George Ellis, Jurgen Moltmann and Keith Ward (SPCK/Eerdmans 2001) / The God of Hope and the End of the World (Yale University Press, 2002) The Archbishop's School of Christianity and Science (York Courses, 2003) 'Science and Christian Faith' (Conversation on CD with Canon John Young. York Courses) Living with Hope (SPCK/Westminster John Knox Press, 2003) Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter With Reality (2004) (a particularly accessible summary of his thought) Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science & Religion (SPCK 2005) Quantum Physics & Theology: An Unexpected Kinship (SPCK 2007) From Physicist to Priest, an Autobiography SPCK 2007 Theology in the Context of Science SPCK 2008 Questions of Truth: Fiftyone Responses to Questions about God, Science and Belief, with Nicholas Beale; foreword by Antony Hewish (Westminster John Knox 2009) Questions of Truth website Reason and Reality: The Relationship Between Science and Theology (2011) SPCK Science and Religion in Quest of Truth (2011) SPCK 'Hawking, Dawkins and GOD' (2012) (Conversation on CD with Canon John Young. York Courses)
Ciência The Analytic S-Matrix (CUP 1966, jointly with RJ Eden, PV Landshoff and DI Olive) The Particle Play (W.H. Freeman, 1979) Models of High Energy Processes (CUP 1980) The Quantum World (Longmans/Princeton University Press, 1985; Penguin 1986; Templeton Foundation Press 2007) Rochester Roundabout: The Story of High Energy Physics (New York, Longman, 1989) Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction (2002) OUP Meaning in Mathematics (2011) OUP (edited, with contributions from Timothy Gowers, Roger Penrose, Marcus du Sautoy and others)
Capítulos "The Trinity and Scientific Theology" in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity, J.B. Stump and Alan G. Padgett (eds.), (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012) On Space and Time (CUP 2008) along with Andrew Taylor, Shahn Majid, Roger Penrose, Alain Connes and Michael Heller Spiritual Information: 100 Perspectives on Science and Religion (Templeton Foundation Press, 2005) ed Charles Harper Creation, Law and Probability (Fortress Press 2008) ed Fraser Watts with Peter Harrison, George Ellis, Philip Clayton, Michael Ruse, Nancey Murphy, John Bowker & others "Physical Processes, Quantum Events, and Divine Agency," in Quantum Mechanics: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action, Russell, R.J., Clayton, P., Wegter-McNelly, K., Polkinghorne, J. (eds.), (VATICAN: Vatican Observatory, 2001)
Leitura adicional
Google Scholar – List of papers by John Polkinghorne Some Polkinghorne quotes John Polkinghorne on the "consequences of quantum theory" (for theology), accessed 9 July 2012. Video interview with Polkinghorne, accessed 25 March 2010. Knight, Christopher C. (2012). "John Polkinghorne" in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity J.B. Stump and Alan Padgett (eds.) (Wiley-Blackwell). Macfarlane, Alan (2008). Interview of John Polkinghorne, 10 November 2008.
Polkinghorne, John. "Reductionism", Interdisciplinary Encyclopedia of Religion and Science, accessed 25 March 2010. Semple, Ian (2009). From physicist to priest: A quantum leap of faith, The Guardian, 9 April 2009; interview with Polkinghorne. Smedes, Taede A. Chaos, Complexity, and God: Divine Action and Scientism .Louvain: Peeters 2004, a theological investigation of Polkinghorne's (and Arthur Peacocke's) model of divine action. Runehov, Anne L.C. "Chaos, Complexity, and God: Divine Action and Scientism by Taede A. Smedes", Ars Disputandi, Volume 6, 2006. Southgate, Christopher, ed. (1999) God, Humanity and the Cosmos: A Textbook in Science and Religion T&T Clark. Relevant extracts. Steinke, Johannes Maria (2006) John Polkinghorne – Konsonanz von Naturwissenschaft und Theologie Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. Investigates Polkinghorne's theory of consonance, and analyses its philosophical background. Wright, Robert. Video interview, Slate, accessed 25 March 2010.
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