The Physics Department will host a seminar, “From the Big Bang to the St. John’s Bible - The Role of Astonishment in a Scientist’s Journey to Integrate Faith and Reason,” presented by Gintaras Duda, PhD, on Thursday, Sept. 2. It is 12:30 to 1:20 p.m. in the Hixson-Lied Science Building Room G59.
This talk invites the audience to walk in the faith journey of a Catholic scientist/cosmologist. Cosmology seems at first to be a discipline and a subject matter most receptive to the contemplation of the big questions and of questions of faith. However, despite the fact that the Hubble Space Telescope shows us a beautiful and breathtaking universe, most leading cosmologists are atheists.
This struggle is a real one for scientists and their students: how does one reconcile the hard sciences and all of its mechanical precision with belief in a personal Christian God? Astonishment and wonder, for me, have been the route of this fundamental reconciliation: the fundamental openness of letting the beauty of the created order speak through the Book of Creation, writes Duda.
This talk will stress the fundamental need for theological and philosophical perspectives on some of the biggest questions in cosmology today. Per St. Aquinas, both roads to truth are necessary to fully comprehend our universe and our place in it.
To view the seminar virtually or for more information, please contact Jack Gabel at [email protected].
