Evidence of Purpose: Scientists Discover the Creator

Templeton, John Marks, Editor/ Contributors: Owen Gingerich, Russell Stannard, Paul Davies, Walter R. Hearn, Robert Russell, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, John C. Eccles, Daniel H. Osmond, David Wilcox

ISBN 10: 0826406491 / ISBN 13: 9780826406491

Published by The Continuum Publishing Company / Templeton Foundation, New York, 1994

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212 pp. NAP. Following the Editor's Introduction, pp. 7-20, Contents divided into 10 Essays: (1) Owen Gingerich, "Dare a Scientist Believe in Design?"; (2) Russell Stannard, "God's Purpose in and Beyond Time"; (3) Paul Davies, "The Unreasonableness of Effectiveness of Science"; (4) Walter R. Hearn, "Evidence of Purpose in the Universe"; (5) Robert John Russell, "Cosmology: Evidence for God or Partner for Theology?'; (6) Arthur Peacocke, "Science and God the Creator"; (7) John Polkinghorne, "A Potent Universe"; (8) John C. Eccles, "The Evolution of Purpose"; (9) Daniel H. Osmond, "A Physiologist Looks at Purpose and Meaning in Life"; (10) David Wilcox, "How Blind the Watchmaker?"; Endnotes, pp. 183-207; Contributors, pp. 209-216.Medium blue boards with brilliant silver lettering on spine. Glossy dustwrapper not price-clipped ($24.50) with Title lettering in large white letters at center front cover with blue and white illustration of stars and galaxies on top half front cover, above silver lower half front cover with Editor name lettering in small dark blue letters over silver at lower left bottom front cover; Subtitle in small white letters at top right front cover. (NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks.) Tight, crisp, FLAWLESS ensemble. Gift-Giving Condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evidence of Purpose: Scientists Discover the Creator
• Publisher: The Continuum Publishing Company / Templeton Foundation, New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826406491
• ISBN 13: 9780826406491
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

For nearly a century, the central theological message of science seemed to be that there was no need for theology: science could stand alone to explain the universe. But today, that message is changing. In this volume, a gallery of respected scientists describes new developments in their fields and their relationship with theological views of the universe. Contributors include Owen Gingerich, Russell Stannard, Paul Davies, Walter R. Hearn, Robert Russell, Arthur Peacocke, John Polkinghorne, John C. Eccles, Daniel H. Osmond, and David Wilcox.

About the Author

As a pioneer in both financial investments and philanthropy, Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness. Templeton started his Wall Street career in 1937 and went on to create some of the world’s largest and most successful international investment funds, eventually earning the label of “arguably the greatest global stock picker of the century” from Money magazine. In 1972, he established the world’s largest annual award given to an individual: the £1,000,000 Templeton Prize. The Prize is intended to recognize exemplary achievement in work related to life’s spiritual dimension. Templeton also contributed a sizable amount of his fortune to the John Templeton Foundation, which he established in 1987. Templeton passed away in 2008, but the Foundation that bears his name continues to award millions of dollars in annual grants in pursuit of its mission to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for research on what scientists and philosophers call the “big questions.”