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One world:

the interaction of science and theology
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SPCK, 1986 - Religion - 114 pages

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Contents

The Nature of Theology
26
The Nature of the Physical World
43
Points of Interaction
62
Copyright

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One World: The Interaction of Science and Theology
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About the author (1986)

John Polkinghorne, K.B.E., F.R.S., is past president and now fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge, and Canon Theologian of Liverpool, England.

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TitleOne world: the interaction of science and theology
AuthorJ. C. Polkinghorne
PublisherSPCK, 1986
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized19 Jun 2009
ISBN0281041881, 9780281041886
Length114 pages
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Religion / Religion & Science
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