Modern Science And Christian Beliefs
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: FEP missing
At the crossroads of two of humanity's most powerful intellectual traditions stands Modern Science and Christian Beliefs, a bold and rigorously argued work that confronts the perceived tension between empirical inquiry and religious faith head-on. Arthur F. Smethurst — Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral, theologian, and man of considerable academic distinction — presents a carefully reasoned case that modern scientific discovery need not stand in opposition to Christian doctrine, but may in fact illuminate and enrich it. Drawing on his dual authority as a churchman and a scholar versed in the sciences, Smethurst chronicles the evolving relationship between scientific thought and theological understanding, dismantling the myth of their inevitable conflict. Writing with the measured confidence of one who inhabits both worlds, Smethurst argues that the great advances of 20th-century science — from quantum physics to evolutionary biology — open rather than close the door to questions of ultimate meaning, purpose, and divine creation. His prose is lucid and authoritative, accessible to the general reader yet intellectually demanding enough to satisfy the scholar. This is a work that challenges both the secular scientist who dismisses faith as mere superstition and the devout believer who fears what the laboratory might reveal — a testament to the enduring power of dialogue between reason and revelation.
Author: Arthur F. Smethurst
Format: Hardback
Genre: Religion
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Acceptable
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: FEP missing
At the crossroads of two of humanity's most powerful intellectual traditions stands Modern Science and Christian Beliefs, a bold and rigorously argued work that confronts the perceived tension between empirical inquiry and religious faith head-on. Arthur F. Smethurst — Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Salisbury Cathedral, theologian, and man of considerable academic distinction — presents a carefully reasoned case that modern scientific discovery need not stand in opposition to Christian doctrine, but may in fact illuminate and enrich it. Drawing on his dual authority as a churchman and a scholar versed in the sciences, Smethurst chronicles the evolving relationship between scientific thought and theological understanding, dismantling the myth of their inevitable conflict. Writing with the measured confidence of one who inhabits both worlds, Smethurst argues that the great advances of 20th-century science — from quantum physics to evolutionary biology — open rather than close the door to questions of ultimate meaning, purpose, and divine creation. His prose is lucid and authoritative, accessible to the general reader yet intellectually demanding enough to satisfy the scholar. This is a work that challenges both the secular scientist who dismisses faith as mere superstition and the devout believer who fears what the laboratory might reveal — a testament to the enduring power of dialogue between reason and revelation.