In this book John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker explain how they understand faith in the living God. Between them, they offer a ""binocular vision from [their] twin perspectives to yield helpful insight in relation to the important issues."" Part of the fascination of this book is how two people with such different backgrounds approach central theological questions relating to the faith they both share. Their concerns are truth rather than polemics, reliability rather than simple certainty. They seek to anchor their thought in concrete particulars rather than abstract generalizations. They ask the questions that trouble the inquiring mind, and meet head-on the challenge as well as the reassurances of belief. This second edition provides a new Preface and updated bibliographies.""Two leading Christian thinkers, a physicist and a theologian, engage here in a truth-seeking conversation about their common faith in the living God. The book is short but its content is profound: a compelling witness to both the reasonableness and substantive richness of the Christian faith written for its troubled friends and its educated despisers alike.""--Miroslav Volf, director of Yale Center for Faith and Culture""Here is a stimulating dialogue on the articles of faith from two of the most gifted theologians of our time. Polkinghorne speaks in conversation with science and Welker with philosophical and cultural challenges. Though different in some ways,...