Creation and the World of Science: The Re-Shaping of Belief [Paperback]

Arthur Peacocke's 1978 Bampton Lectures were published asCreation and the World of Science, a key work in initiating the explosion of interest in the relation of religion and theology to the sciences. This new reprinting, with a special supplement bringing up to date the references and the exposition of the author's current views, makes it available again both to a new generation of students and investigators and to the wider public, as an eminently readable and accessible account of contemporary issues in the relation of science and religion.Arthur Peacocke's 1978 Bampton Lectures were published asCreation and the World of Science, a key work in initiating the explosion of interest in the relation of religion and theology to the sciences. This new reprinting, with a special supplement bringing up to date the references and the exposition of the author's current views, makes it available again both to a new generation of students and investigators and to the wider public, as an eminently readable and accessible account of contemporary issues in the relation of science and religion.New Preface1. The Two Books2. Cosmos, Man, and Creation3. Chance and the Life-Game4. Nature's Hierarchies - `Things Visible and Invisible'5. The `Selfish Gene' and `What Men Live By'6. Evolved Man and God Incarnate7. Man in Creation8. Creation and HopeNew SupplementA. R. Peacockewas formerly Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre, Faculty of Theology, University of Oxford.