(The whole talk is valuable, but if you’re in a pinch, fast forward to 10:00 mins).Īn evolutionary psychology professor at Oxford University theorizes that religion was key to humans’ social evolution, reports Julie Zauzmer in The Washington Post. He addresses the major issue of science and faith. 24 talking about why Catholic young people are becoming NONES. and former rector of the Mundelein Seminary in Chicago, at the Los Angeles Religious Ed conference on Feb. Worth a look: Bishop Robert Barron, auxiliary bishop in L.A. In this Forbes article, learn about Catholic scientists who have formed a new group aimed at countering the myth that science and faith are incompatible.Ĭheck out these two quizzes: Are You Ready for Math Whiz Camp? (from The New York Times) and How Much Do You Know About Science Topics? (from the Pew Research Center). The much-hyped clash between science and religion is getting old. Tim Cook to MIT grads: “How will you serve humanity?” The Apple CEO urged MIT’s graduating class of 2017 to “work toward something greater than yourself.” Read more about his commencement address. Keeping the doors open for constructive dialogue between science and religion: This editorial in Nature magazine explores a meeting between the Pope, patients and researchers that acknowledges how religion and science can help each other. This article in Aeon explores why religion is not going away and science will not destroy it - despite the expectation by many that modern science would drive secularization. Check out this short review of the book from Forbes. New book this fall from Ignatius Press: Galileo Revisited: The Galileo Affair in Context by Dom Paschal Scotti. This edtiorial in Nature calls on researchers to gather the evidence to help map the implications. In a telecast conversation in October 2017, Pope Francis and astronauts proved how science and faith can serve each other, contends this piece in the Washington Examiner.Īutomation is changing employment across all industries. Conference participants shared that the “tenets of faith” are crucial to addressing environmental catastrophes, according to this New York Times article. In November 2017, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences hosted a three-day conference on public health and the planet. Pope Francis called for greater dialogue between the Church and the scientific community in remarks at the Pontifical Council for Culture’s plenary titled “The Future of Humanity: New Challenges to Anthropology,” held in November 2017. Nguyen, M.D., have received grant funding through our project. Louis de Montfort Nguyen, OSB, in the Catholic Sentinel. “The renewal and rekindling of the lost bond between Science & Faith is gaining momentum across the country,” writes Br. In America magazine, Christiana Zenner discusses three books published in 2017 that “chart some of the contours of science-religion dynamics.”