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Catholic Cosmologies
From angels and demons to photons and quarks, we’ve always tried to look deeper into how the universe works. But every cosmology, from materialism to Catholicism, is based on assuming things that we may not even realize we are assuming: things we take on faith. And so our cosmologies can be as fun and quirky as the people who invented them! We’ll look into the stories behind how St. Paul, St, Augustine, Galileo and Kepler and Newton, and on up to Stephen Hawking, have all cast their own peculiar take on the big questions of the universe.
About the Speaker:
Brother Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, is an American research astronomer, physicist, religious brother and director of the Vatican Observatory.
Venue:
A3 Lecture Theatre
University of Canterbury Christchurch