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Early life
John Charlton Polkinghorne (born 16 October 1930) is an English theoretical physicist, theologian, writer and Anglican priest. He is a primary espouser on the relationship between science and religion. -
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John Polkinghome timespan.
A brief timespan of John Polkinghome's significant contributions to the field of science and religion. -
Theories and beliefs.
He believes that science and religion deal with facets of the same reality. He maintains that there are five points of comparison in how science and theology pursue truth: moments of enforced radical revision, a period of unresolved confusion, new synthesis and understanding, continued wrestling with unresolved problems, deeper implications. -
Theories on the existence of God
Polkinghorne considers that "the question of the existence of God is the single most important question we face about the nature of reality" He then poses the question "After all, if there is no God, then God is incalculably the greatest single creation of the human imagination." And finally suggests that God is the ultimate answer to Leibniz's great question "why is there something rather than nothing?" -
John Polkinghome discussing the compatability between science and religion.
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Affiliations
John Polkinghorne is an ordained Anglican priest. He was knighted in 1997 and in 2002 received the million pound Templeton Prize, awarded for exceptional contributions to affirming life's spiritual dimension.
