Anglican physicist and theologian John Polkinghorne is dedicated to showing how physics, biology, and geology can be employed by Christian (as well as other) theologians as they're doing theology. Using science in our task of interpreting, understanding, and making sense of our faith and practice is important for us in today's context, which is pervaded by scientific inquiry and worldview. The more we, as theologians, are able to traverse and keep up in the realm of science the better we'll learn the intricacies of the physical/material world (an unavoidable part of our daily lives and God's good creation) and the more conversant we'll be in our dialogues with members of the scientific community.
Dr. Polkinghorne is another one of those amazing people who is able to crossover between the theological and scientific disciplines with great ease; an ability I admire, to say the least. His new book, Theology in the Context of Science (Yale, 2009) examines what scientific topics like space and time can teach us about God, and how a scientific style of inquiry can benefit theologians.
See the brief interview with Dr. Polkinghorne the Religion News Service has recently published.
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