Tom McLeish: Faith, Wisdom and Science by University of Cambridge

Eleanor Puttock interviewsTom McLeish (Professor of Physics at Durham University, an Anglican Reader and a Fellow of the Royal Society) following his talk at Theos (Think Tank on Religion and Society) about his acclaimed book "Faith and Wisdom in Science"

They examine his scientific reading of the Old Testament’s Book of Job as a centrepiece to make the case for science as a deeply human and ancient activity as well as reflecting on Einstein's law of relativity and the need for religion in the scientific understanding of the modern world.

Drawing on stories from the modern science of chaos and uncertainty, alongside medieval, patristic, classical and Biblical sources, Tom challenges much of the current “science and religion” debate as operating with the wrong assumptions and in the wrong space.

To find out more about Theos go to: http://www.theosthinktank.co.uk

To find out more about Tom Macleish go to: http://bit.ly/1NYkD5x

To listen to Tom's full talk go to: http://bit.ly/1NY93as

To find out about The faraday institute for Science and Religion go to: www.faraday.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk