A physicist’s belief. John Polkinghorne’s consonance of theology and science

  • Andreas Losch

Abstract

This contribution is a translated, edited and much abbreviated version of chapter 2 in Andreas Losch, Jenseits der Konflikte. I thank the publisher Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht for the permission to make use of the material.

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Veröffentlicht
2018-07-26
Zitationsvorschlag
Losch, A. (2018). A physicist’s belief. John Polkinghorne’s consonance of theology and science. Rocznik Filozoficzny Ignatianum, 24(1), 97–116. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1321790
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