The Catholic Scientist
The show explores important questions concerning the relationship between science and the Catholic faith. These include such topics as evolution, cosmology, neuroscience, quantum physics, and free will. The show also highlights the work of leading Catholic scientists as well as their reflections on how they integrate the worlds of science and religion in their life's work.
Episodes
Dr. Nowak, a Professor of Biology and Mathematics at Harvard University, discusses his thoughts on evolution and particularly the role of cooperation in the evolutionary process. He examines how evolution is both ordered and mathematical, which points toward the existence of a rational God who stands behind the evolutionary process.
Dr. Nowak's research focuses on the mathematical description of evolutionary processes, includin...
Dr. Nowak, a Professor of Biology and Mathematics at Harvard University, discusses his thoughts on the nature of mathematics as the language of science. He examines how the truths of mathematics point to the existence of immaterial realities and how mathematics reflects the mind of God.
Dr. Nowak's research focuses on the mathematical description of evolutionary processes, including the evolution of cooperation and human langua...
Dr. Stephen Barr, the President of the Society of Catholic Scientists and author of Modern Physics and Ancient Faith, discusses the history of the interaction between science and Christianity in the West. In particular, he discusses how the Catholic Church fostered the growth of science from the Middle Ages onward as well as how the myth of conflict between the Catholic Church and science arose.
Dr. Kenneth Kemp, an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, discusses human evolution in light of the first Papal encyclical to discuss human evolution, Humani generis. He also gives an overview of his most recent book, The Origins of Catholic Evolutionism, 1831–1950 (CUA Press), which details how the Church engaged with evolutionary thought in the 19th and early 20th century.
In the second of two episodes, Dr. Jonathan Lunine, Chief Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses the possibility of life existing elsewhere in the solar system and how scientists are able to get data from various NASA missions to address this question. Dr. Lunine is a member of the NationalAcademy of Sciences and is one of the founding board members of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
Dr. Jonathan Lunine, Chief Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses his career in planetary science as well as his faith journey as a scientist. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and is one of the founding board members of the Society of Catholic Scientists.
In this episode we bring you a talk Ross Douthat delivered at the Society of Catholic Scientists' 2025 Annual Conference. In the talk, Douthat discusses his latest book, Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious (Zondervan), and the arguments for why our experience of reality is more parsimoniously explained from a theist perspective than from an atheistic or materialistic perspective. He discusses the cultural moment we find ourse...
Dr. Stephen Barr shares the story behind the foundation of the Society of Catholic Scientists. Dr. Barr, the President of the Society of Catholic Scientists, discusses how he became interested in the relationship between science and the Catholic faith and why he felt compelled to work with other Catholic scientists to launch the Society in 2016.
Further information on the Society and the work it does can be found here. https://cath...
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