Particles of Faith: A Catholic Guide to Navigating Science - Softcover

Trasancos, Stacy A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594716579 ISBN 13: 9781594716577

Publisher: Ave Maria Press, 2016

Synopsis

What is the origin of life? Hasn't the Catholic Church always been hostile to science? Can a Christian accept the scientific theory of evolution?

How can you, as a Catholic, explain what the Church teaches about the relationship between science and faith? Scientist, writer, and scholar Stacy Trasancos gives us ways we can talk about how science and our Catholic faith work together to reveal the truth of Christ through the beauty of his creation.

As a scientist who was led to Catholicism through her work, Stacy Trasancos has confronted some of the basic questions we all face. In Particles of Faith, she teaches us how to explain the symbiotic beauty between our curiosity expressed through science and our love of Christ and his Church.

Trasancos uses her own story, as well as encyclicals such as Pope Francis's Lumen Fidei, the deep reflections of theologians such as St. Thomas Aquinas, and the exacting work of Catholic scientists like Rev. Georges Lemaître (who proposed the game-changing Big Bang theory), to show how science and faith are interwoven and meant to guide us on the path to truth.

By the time you finish reading Particles of Faith, you'll be able to answer questions about, generate discussion on, and explain why science helps deepen your faith.

About this title

About the Author

Stacy Trasancos has a Ph.D. in chemistry from Penn State University and worked as a senior research chemist for DuPont before converting to Catholicism. She later earned two M.A.s, one in dogmatic theology and one in systematic philosophy, and uses these studies to integrate modern science with these broader approaches to understanding the world and our place in it. She is working on a second doctorate, a D.Phil. (philosophy) at St. Patrick's Pontifical University in Ireland. Dr. Trasancos teaches science and theology courses for Seton Hall University, Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and Belmont Abbey College, is a Fellow of the Word on Fire Institute, and frequently appears on Catholic radio, podcasts, and television.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ave Maria Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1594716579
• ISBN 13: 9781594716577
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192