Creative Tension

The author of this original book is a Catholic priest who is professor of philosophy (with a PhD in cosmology) at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow, and whose discussions on the topic go back to the 1960s when Karol Wojtyla was Archbishop. The work falls into four parts: method, history, creation and science and transcendence. The theme throughout is science and its horizon, hence the place of science - and rationality - in a wider scheme of things. For Heller, religious faith is an extension of his faith in reason and he is fascinated by the intelligibility of the world in both mathematical and rational terms. Both are related to his understanding of the Logos. He finds kindred spirits in Teilhard de Chardin and Georges Lemaitre, both of whom have chapters devoted to their work.