ZYGO Zygon® 0591-2385 1467-9744 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1991.tb00900.x GOD'S ACTION IN THE REAL WORLD1 Peacocke Arthur 02 12 1991 26 4 10.1111/zygo.1991.26.issue-4 455 476

Abstract. The scientific and theological enterprises are regarded as interacting and mutually illuminating approaches to reality. The theological consequences of the transformation of the scientific worldview through twentieth‐century physics and cosmology are considered with respect to notions of God's transcendence, time, continuous creation, determinism, and multiple universes. The theological implications of the worldview of biology are similarly assessed with respect to certain features of biological evolution: its continuity, its open‐endedness, its mechanism, and the role of “chance” and law. The model of human agency for the agency of God in the hierarchy of natural systems is examined. The article concludes with some reflections on a science‐informed understanding of God's relation to the world as transcendent, incarnate, and immanent.

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