Synopses & Reviews
Twentieth-century science discovered that the physical world is deeply relational. In fact, the phenomenon of quantum entanglement implies that even the subatomic world cannot simply be treated atomistically. With that in mind, thirteen distinguished scholars from physics and theology here explore the role of relationality in both science and religion.
Besides containing expert accounts both scientific and theological this volume provides careful assessment of the significance that these insights have for the interdisciplinary discussion of a consonant relationship between science and religion a topic of considerable importance. The Trinity and an Entangled World offers a uniquely authoritative and illuminating discussion and will prove to be an important contribution to the literature concerned with science and religion.
Synopsis
Twentieth-Century science discoverd that the physical world is profoundly relational---that, thanks to the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, there is a holistic connectivity at the deepest level of physical reality. This new way of comprehending the universe---which brings to mind the mystery at the heart of Trinitarian theology---has inspired thirteen distinguished scholars from physics and theology to explore the role of relationality in both science and religion.
Besides containing insights from both expert scientists and theologians, The Trinity and an Entangled World considers the way in which these parallel insights can contribute to a harmonious dialogue between science and religion.
About the Author
John Polkinghorne is president emeritus of Queens' College, Cambridge. A physicist and Anglican priest he is the author of many books on science and religion, including The Faith of a Physicist and Belief in God in an Age of Science.
Table of Contents
The demise of Democritus / John Polkinghorne -- The entangled world : how can it be like that? / Jeffrey Bub -- Quantum physics : ontology or epistemology? / Anton Zeilinger -- A self-contained universe? / Michael Heller -- An introduction to relational ontology / Wesley J. Wildman -- Scientific knowledge as a bridge to the mind of God / Panos A. Ligomenides -- Relational nature / Argyris Nicolaidis -- The holy Trinity : model for personhood-in-relation / Kallistos Ware -- (Mis)adventures in Trinitarian ontology / Lewis Ayres -- Relational ontology : insights from patristic thought / John Zizioulas -- Relation : human and divine / Michael Welker -- A relational ontology reviewed in sociological perspective / David Martin -- Afterword: "Relational ontology, " Trinity, and science / Sarah Coakley.