Science And The Doctrine Of Creation

Download or read book Creation and the World of Science written by A. R. Peacocke and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2004-03-18 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A. R. Peacocke's Creation and the World of Science, an expanded version of his 1978 Bampton Lectures, was widely recognized as a key work on the relation of the sciences to religion, in general, and Christian theology in particular. It has long been seen as a formative contribution to the wide-ranging investigations which now, internationally, constitute this intensely active field. This new reprinting contains the original and influential text and also contains a newsupplement containing key references to the literature of recent years as well as indicating the author's current position on central themes. It constitutes an essential reference and starting point for the contemporary discussion of key issues in the dialogue between the sciences and theology