The Trinity and an Entangled World

A book of essays concentrating on relational ontology in physical science and theology and arising from two conferences sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation. This is an interesting interdisciplinary collection, beginning with John Polkinghorne's reflections on the demise of atomistic views epitomised by Democritus. The basis of this approach is that relations between entities are ontologically more fundamental than the entities themselves, as opposed to the position that insists that entities are ontologically primary and that relations derive from them. The development of quantum physics has encouraged such a view and it is applied in some fascinating contributions on Trinitarian theology, including one from Kallistos Ware, who spoke at our conference in Bath. The discussion is summed up by Sarah Coakley, Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, reflecting on relation and causation.