John Polkinghorne and Bernard Lonergan on the Scientific Status of Theology

Abstract. On the basis of his acquaintance with theoretical elementary particle physics, and following the lead of Thomas Torrance, John Polkinghorne maintains that the data upon which a science is based, and the method by which it treats those data, must respect the idiosyncratic nature of the obje...

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Main Author: Hogan, Edward M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- 2009
In: Zygon
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 3, Pages: 558-582
Further subjects:B Bernard Lonergan
B John Polkinghorne
B Transcendence
B At the Origins of Modern Atheism
B Theological Method
B Accommodation
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