Johnpolkinghorne

M.Baker-Week 7 Timeline-John Polkinghorne

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  • Born in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

    Born in Weston-super-Mare, United Kingdom

    John Polkinghorne- English Physicist and Priest, who publicly championed the reconciliation of science and religion.
  • Trinity College, Cambridge

    Trinity College, Cambridge

    Spanning the years starting in 1952 to 1956, Polkinghorne earned his bachelors and masters degrees in mathematics and a doctorate in quantum field theory, from Trinity College, Cambridge
  • University of Edinburgh

    University of Edinburgh

    In 1956, after completing his doctorate from Trinity College, Cambridge, Polkinghorne was appointed Lecturer in mathematical physics, at the University of Edinburgh.
  • Cambridge Professor

    Cambridge Professor

    After taking a position as appointed Lecturer of Mathematics, at Cambridge, Polkinghorne was promoted to Professor of Mathematical Physics.
  • Began Theological Studies

    Began Theological Studies

    After receiving an additional doctorate in theoretical elementary particle physics, Polkinghorne resigned his fellowship of the Royal Society. Explaining that his research had come to an end, he then began theological studies at Westcott House, in Cambridge.
  • Ordained

    Ordained

    In 1982, Polkinghorne was ordained and assigned to a parish, in South Bristol.
  • Published "The Way the World Is"

    Published "The Way the World Is"

    The first of several works by Polkinghorne, on the relationship between science and religion.
  • Appointed President

    Appointed President

    In 1989, Polkinghorne was appointed president of Queens College, Cambridge, from which he would retired in 1996.
  • Published "The Faith of a Physicist: "

    Published "The Faith of a Physicist: "

    Published "The Faith of a Physicist: Reflections of a Bottom-up Thinker". Here Polkinghorne "sets out to discover to what extent we can use the search for motivated understanding, as a route to being able to make the substance of Christian orthodoxy our own".
  • Published "Faith, Science and Understanding"

    Published "Faith, Science and Understanding"

    Here, Polkinghorne explores aspects of integrating science and theology. Based on lectures he gave at the University of Nottingham and at Yale.
  • Published "Science and the Trinity: "

    Published "Science and the Trinity: "

    In 2004, Polkinghorne published Science and the Trinity: The Christian Encounter with Reality. Here Polkinghorne explains "In science, it is well articulated proposals that lead ultimately to conviction. What is true about the scientific understanding of the physical and biological world, is also true of theology's quest for an understanding of God."
  • Published "From Physicist to Priest"

    Published "From Physicist to Priest"

    An autobiographical work of Polkinghornes life as a Physicist and Priest, as well as a prize-winning author of more than thirty-five books.