RE: [asa] Polkinghorne books, part II (free Q&A)

FYI: Polkinghorne Q&A, free:

http://www.starcourse.org/jcp/qanda.html#Preparing_to_be_a_Scientist-The
ologian

...Bernie

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Douglas Hayworth
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 9:20 AM
To: AmericanScientificAffiliation
Subject: [asa] Polkinghorne books, part II

I put out this query a couple weeks ago and got a very nice detailed
response from Don Nield. Does anyone else wish to recommend his/her two
or three top picks?

For Christmas I got some money for books, and I'm wanting (among other
things) to obtain and read a more complete collection of John
Polkinghorne's writings. I have _Belief in God in an Age of Science_
(thank you, Ted Davis, for the recommendation a couple years ago), but
I'm confused by the large number of offerings of classic, new and
reissued titles. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who has read all of
his works or at least has a good understanding of which two or three
titles comprise the most complete and up-to-date presentation of his
ideas.

I saw John Burgeson's book review of _One World_ in the latest PSCF. He
mentions the following triad of classic/new edition books:
1) One World (1986, 2007)
2) Science and Creation (1988, 2006)
3) Science and Providence (1989, 2005)

At the meeting in Edinburgh I saw many other titles that intrigued my
such as _The God of Hope and the End of the World_. I'm just not sure
how all these books are related. I suspect that many of the them are
largely redundant. Which of the newer ones really have something new or
substantially better developed than the earlier ones?

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Doug Hayworth

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