ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1990.tb00872.x RELATING THE PHYSICS AND RELIGION OF DAVID BOHM Sharpe Kevin J. 02 03 1990 25 1 10.1111/zygo.1990.25.issue-1 105 122

Abstract. David Bohm's thinking has become widely publicized since the 1982 performance of a form of the Einstein‐Podolsky‐ Rosen (EPR) experiment. Bohm's holomovement theory, in particular, tries to explain the nonlocality that the experiment supports. Moreover, his theories are close to his metaphysical and religious thinking. Fritjof Capra's writings try something similar: supporting a theory (the bootstrap theory) because it is close to his religious beliefs. Both Bohm and Capra appear to use their religious ideas in their physics. Religion, their source for physical hypotheses, provides the motivation to develop and uphold them.

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