John Charlton Polkinghorne (16 October 1930 – 9 March 2021) was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of mathematical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1968 to 1979, when he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest in 1982. He served as the president of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1988 until 1996. Polkinghorne was the author of five books on physics and twenty-six on the relationship between science and religion; his publications include The Quantum World (1989), Quantum Physics and Theology: An Unexpected Kinship (2005), Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion (2007), and Questions of Truth (2009). The Polkinghorne Reader (edited by Thomas Jay Oord) provides key excerpts from Polkinghorne's most influential books. He was knighted in 1997 and in 2002 received the £1-million Templeton Prize, awarded
John Charlton Polkinghorne (16 de octubre de 1930 – 9 de marzo de 2021) fue un físico teórico inglés, teólogo y sacerdote anglicano. Una voz prominente y líder explicando la relación entre ciencia y religión, fue profesor de física matemática en la Universidad de Cambridge de 1968 a 1979, cuando renunció a su silla para estudiar para el sacerdocio, convirtiéndose en un sacerdote ordenado anglicano en 1982. Sirvió como presidente del Queens' College, Cambridge, desde 1988 hasta 1996. Polkinghorne fue el autor de cinco libros sobre física y veinticinco sobre la relación entre ciencia y religión; sus publicaciones incluyen The Quantum World (1989), Quantum Physics y The: An Unexpected Kinship (2005), Exploring Reality: The Intertwining of Science and Religion (2007), y Questions of Truth (2009).