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15 Op. cit. p. 43.
16 Op. cit. p. 5.
17 Op. cit. p. 10.
18 Op. cit. p. 17.
19 The Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1967 paperback, pp. 16–17.
20 Op. cit. p. 180.
21 Op. cit. p. 139.
22 Op. cit. p. 180.
23 Creation Revisited, Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1994, p. 143.
24 God, Chance and Necessity, Oxford, One World Publications, 1996, p. 49.
25 Op. cit. p. 27.
26 Op. cit. p. 29.
27 Op. cit. p. 29.
28 Op. cit. pp. 8–9.
29 However, the answer to some of these questions may constitute scientific evidence for the input of an external intelligence – a matter that I pursue in some detail in God’s Undertaker, see e.g. p. 11.
30 Op. cit. p. 174.
31 Larry King Live, 10 September 2010.
32 William Paley, Natural Theology, 1802, p. 7.
33 Cited by Clive Cookson, “Scientists who glimpsed God”, Financial Times, 29 April 1995, p. 20.
34 Miracles, London, Fontana, 1974, pp. 63, 90–91.
35 The Meaning of It All, London, Penguin, 2007, p. 23.
36 Letter of 24 January 1936 to a schoolgirl, Phyllis Wright.
37 New York Times, 12 March 1991, p. B9.
38 Op. cit. p. 124.
39 Op. cit. pp. 162, 164.
40 See, for instance, Robin Collins’ contribution in Bernard Carr (ed.), Universe or Multiverse?, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2007, chapter 26.
41 For an accessible account of the relationship of this statement to the “Inverse Gambler’s Fallacy” see Phil Dowe, Galileo, Darwin and Hawking, Grand Rapids, Wm B. Eerdmans, 2005, pp. 160ff.
42 See Bernard Carr, op. cit. p. 464.
43 Bernard Carr, op. cit. p. 487.
44 Premier Christian Radio, “Unbelievable” with Justin Brierley, 25 September 2010.
45 Op. cit. p. 784.
46 One World, London, SPCK, 1986, p. 80.
47 Private communication, reproduced with permission.
48 Op. cit. p. 118.
49 Tim Radford, The Guardian, 18 September 2010.
50 Bernard Carr, op. cit. p. 495.
51 Hannah Devlin, The Times, 4 September 2010.
52 ‘Science. Life. The Planet’, The Times, Eureka, Issue 12, September 2010, p. 23
53 Hannah Devlin, The Times, 4 September 2010.
54 The Road to Reality, London, Jonathan Cape, 2004, p. 1010.
55 Premier Christian Radio, “Unbelievable” with Justin Brierley, 25 September 2010.
56 Roger Penrose has developed his own theory in his new book Cycles of Time, Oxford, Bodley Head, 2010.
57 Op. cit. p. 51.
58 Op. cit. pp. 42, 46.
59 The Road to Reality, p. 785.
60 Review in Financial Times, 4 September 2010.
61 Op. cit. p. 46.
62 Roger Scruton, Modern Philosophy, London, Arrow Books, 1996 edition, p. 333.
63 “Found in space?” Interview with Paul Davies, Third Way, July 1999.
64 Op. cit. p. 171.
65 Op. cit. p. 180.
66 Op. cit. p. 172.
67 I consider this matter in greater depth in God’s Undertaker, pp. 182ff.
68 Austin Farrer, A Science of God, London, Geoffrey Bles, 1966, pp. 33–34.
69 To see what this looks like visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life.
70 See http://rendell-attic.org/gol/utm/index.htm.
71 Op. cit. p. 179.
72 Op. cit. p. 164.
73 The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul, London, Simon and Schuster, 1994, p. 3.
74 One World, pp. 92–93.
75 For further discussion see Alister McGrath, A Scientific Theology: Reality, Edinburgh, T & T Clark, 2002, pp. 157ff.
76 Op. cit. p. 30.
77 Op. cit. p. 32.
78 Op. cit. p. 33.
79 Op. cit. p. 34.
80 Op. cit. p. 32.
81 Op. cit. p. 70.
82 Op. cit. p. 72.
83 Science and Theology, London, SPCK, 1998, p. 58.
84 Op. cit. p. 171.
85 The God Delusion, p. 187.
86 The Language of God, pp. 51–52.
87 Acts 1:22.
88 Miracles, London, Fount Paperbacks, 1974, p. 148.
89 1 Corinthians 15:14.
90 James Gregory Lecture, University of Durham, 2007.
91 Miracles, p. 62.
92 Miracles, p. 63.
93 A Scientific Theology: Reality, p. 153.
94 The Problems of Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 78.
95 Miracles, p. 109.
96 Op. cit. p. 154. The reader interested in pursuing (the considerable) philosophical and scientific debate on the status of the laws of nature is encouraged to look at the relevant sections of McGrath’s work.
97 Bernard Carr (ed.), op. cit. p. 495.
98 From the introduction to The Natural History of Religion (with an Introduction by John M. Robertson), London, A. and H. Bradlaugh Bonner, 1889.
99 For an extensive discussion, see Paul Davies, The Eerie Silence: Are We Alone in the Universe?, London, Allen Lane, 2010.