God’s Mechanics: How Scientists and Engineers Make Sense of Faith
When and Where
Thursday, September 29, 2022 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Alumni Hall 400
St Michael's College
121 St Joseph Street, Toronto
Speakers
Br. Guy J. Consolmagno, SJ, Director, Vatican Observatory (“The Pope’s Astronomer”)
Description
How does religion work in a society shaped by science and technology?
How do scientists and engineers practice their religions?
How in particular does a Jesuit brother, and an MIT graduate with a PhD in planetary science, make sense of his Catholicism?
God‘s Mechanics examines the personal religious life and theology of scientists and engineers based on conversations in California’s Silicon Valley and a first-person confession from a Jesuit scientist and astronomer at the Vatican Observatory.
Sponsors
- University of St. Michael’s College Christianity and Culture Program
- Toronto Jesuit History Research Group
- Toronto Chapter of the Society of Catholic Scientists
- John Templeton Foundation
Map
121 St Joseph Street, Toronto