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For many decades now - and certainly during my adult life in academe - the Western intellectual world has not been convinced that theology is a pursuit that can be engaged in with intellectual honesty and integrity.

Arthur Peacocke

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Arthur Peacocke
Age: 81 †
Born: 1924
Born: November 29
Died: 2006
Died: October 21
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Arthur Robert Peacocke
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