Acclaimed physicist John Polkinghorne has just released his latest book, "Questions of Truth", together with a special promotional mini-site; www.questionsoftruth.org. The website contains extensive background material for the book, including contents, reviews and a collection of videos from the Launch Event and panel discussion held at the Royal Society.
 

From the QoT homepage:

Appreciating science does not make you an atheist. In fact, science and religion are both vital to our understanding of the universe, and there is no contradiction between up-to-date science and Christianity. John Polkinghorne, renowned scientist-turned-theologian, demonstrates this clearly in a new book with collaborator Nicholas Beale. Using a question-and-answer format, Questions of Truth outlines fifty-one important questions on science and religion and their responses by both Polkinghorne and Beale. Questions posed in the book include:

• Was the tsunami an act of God?
• Can God’s existence be proved?
• How did the universe begin?
• Is evolution fact or theory?
• Why is there cancer?
• When does an embryo become a person?
• Does religion inspire evil acts?
• Do we have souls?

For many years people from across the world have sent John Polkinghorne questions about science and belief. Polkinghorne and Beale have taken fifty-one of the most popular questions and provided captivating responses, while adding a glossary, three technical appendixes for those who want scientific detail, and suggestions for further reading. There is a foreword by a Nobel-prizewinner. The result is a unique resource that explores the rich harmonies between science and belief and is useful and relevant for Christians and non-Christians alike. Readers can follow their own paths through the book, selecting questions that interest them and looking at the additional material if they choose.

If anyone wants to know why we believe that small objects can be both waves and particles; that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead; that the theory of evolution (properly understood as science, not as dogma) is true; that God exists and loves us; that most of the matter in the universe is not composed of protons, neutrons, and electrons; that other people have minds; or why, even without treatment, HIV can take many years to develop into AIDS, then we have to answer, “Come and see.” – from the introduction