Arthur Robert Peacocke ( Eng. Arthur Robert Peacocke ; November 29, 1924 - October 21, 2006 ) - British biochemist and theologian, winner of the Templeton Prize (2001).
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| Date of Birth | November 29, 1924 |
| Place of Birth | Watford , England |
| Date of death | October 21, 2006 (81 years old) |
| Place of death | England |
| A country |  England |
| Scientific field | molecular biology |
| Place of work | University of Birmingham , Oxford University |
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| Awards and prizes | Templeton Prize |
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Biography
He was educated at Watford School for Boys, Exeter College, Oxford (Bachelor of Arts ( 1945 ), Master of Arts ( 1948 ), Bachelor of Science ( 1947 ), Doctor of Philosophy ( 1948 ), Doctor of Science ( 1962 ), Doctor of Theology ( 1982 )) as well as at the University of Birmingham .
At the University of Birmingham, he stayed to teach (1948-1959). After 11 years, he was appointed professor of biochemistry at Oxford University and a tutor at St. Peter's College . In 1960, he received the right to preach in the Oxford diocese of the Church of England and held this position until 1971, when he was ordained a priest. From 1973 to 1984, he was Dean, Tutor, and Director of the Clair College Theology Research Program at Cambridge , receiving his Ph.D. (ScD) from the University of Cambridge . In 1984, during the year, was a professor of Judeo-Christian studies at Louisiana State University . In 1985 he returned to Oxford, becoming the director of the Ian Ramsey Center, and held this position also in 1988, 1995 and 1999. He was appointed honorary chaplain of the Church of Christ at Oxford in 1988 and honorary canon in 1994. In 1994, he became professor of interdisciplinary research at Georgetown University .
Arthur Peacock served as President of the Forum on Science and Religion from 1995 until his death, from 1986 a member of the Institute of Religion in the Age of Science, from 1987 to 1992. curator of the Society of Ordained Scientists, and from 1992 until his death, honored caretaker, member of the board of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT).
Arthur Peacock married Rosemary Mann on August 7, 1948. They had a daughter, Jane (born 1953), and a son, Christopher, who later became a philosopher.
Views
In his student years, he shared, by personal admission, the views of soft agnosticism . But on the advice of one professor, he began to study theology, thanks to which he developed his own program of dialogue between science and religion. Known as a supporter of [1] panentheism , emergent (sometimes emergent) monism and theistic naturalism. Connected, the three areas of his scientific and theological thought were the main contour of his proposed program of dialogue between science and religion.
Awards and titles
- Pierre Leconte du Nui Prize (1983)
- Degree of Honor from De Pau University (1983)
- Honorary Doctorate at Georgetown University (1991)
- Cavalier of the Order of the British Empire (1993)
- Templeton Prize Laureate (2001)
Publications
- Peacock A. From science to God. New facets of perception of spirituality. Fair-Press, 2002, 304 p. - ISBN 5-8183-0515-5
- Peacock A. Theology in the Age of Science. Models of being and becoming in theology and science. M., BBI, 2004.416 s. - ISBN 5-89647-096-7
- Peacock A. Evolution is a secret friend of faith. M., BBI, 2013.375 s. - ISBN 978-5-89647-272-8