ABSTRACT
John C. Polkinghorne, a theoretical physicist and Anglican priest. He argues the deepening interplay of science and theology, pointing out the similarities of the 'bottom-up' methods that science and theology can use for 'motivated belief'. Polkinghorne identifies himself as both a scientist and a person of faith, but he is clear about the limitations of both science and theology, and eager to encourage their collaboration. He perceives a 'cousinly relationship between the ways in which theology and science each pursue truth within the proper domains of their interpreted experience. In Theology in the Context of Science, Polkinghorne states 'the new natural theology does not attempt to rival science on its own explanatory ground, but rather it complements science by setting its discoveries in a more comprehensive context of understanding. Polkinghorne explains that superconductivity 'could not have been understood in 1911, since it is an intrinsically quantum mechanical phenomenon and modern quantum theory.
