Spiritual Evolution: Scientists Discuss Their Beliefs describes the intellectual and emotional journeys traveled by esteemed scientists worldwide. Authors share the personal steps they have taken to blend an understanding of the Divine with their scientific perspectives.
Charles Birch, S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Larry Dossey, Owen Gingerich, Peter E. Hodgson, Stanley L. Jaki, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, Russell Stannard, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker offer accounts of their spirituality and scientific inquiry. Noting the impact of religious upbringing, academic and spiritual mentors, personal devotional practice, and study, these authors make a compelling case for the blending of both scientific and spiritual worlds. They share insights that keep them attending church, engaging in prayer, and continuing the search to understand the Infinite.
Introduction by John Marks Templeton / vii
1. MY DAMASCUS / 1 Charles Birch
2. QUIET PATH, QUIET POOL / 17 S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
3. TRACKS IN SNOW / 27 Larry Dossey
4. ON UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF FAITH / 41 Owen Gingerich
5. WHAT I BELIEVE / 55 Peter E. Hodgson
6. COSMIC RAYS ANDWATER SPIDERS / 67 Stanley L. Jaki
7. THE CHRISTIANWAY / 99 Arthur Peacocke
8. PHYSICIST AND PRIEST / 113 John Polkinghorne
9. TOWARD A DISTINCTIVE MINISTRY / 121 Russell Stannard
10. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES AND EXPECTATIONS / 131 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
About the Authors and Editors / 135
Kenneth Seeman Giniger heads a New York publishing company and is chairman emeritus of the Layman's National Bible Association. He edited the best-selling Compact Treasury of Inspiration.
Sir John Templeton was born in Winchester, Tennessee, went to Yale, and then to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. He is known for his astute investment skills on Wall Street and through the Templeton Mutual Funds. In 1987 he founded the John Templeton Foundation, and he currently funds the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion.
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