Preface
Essay 1: The Catholic Church—Midwife and Nursemaid to Science
SECTION 1: Prologue: the Greek World
SECTION 2: St. Augustine, a Theologian for our Times
SECTION 3: The Medieval Church, Midwife and Nursemaid to Science
SECTION 4: Science “versus” the Church?
SECTION 5: Science Background—The Physics of Motion
Essay 2: Ways of Knowing; The Limits of Science
SECTION 1: Faith and Revelation
SECTION 2: Rational Inquiry
SECTION 3: How Science Works
SECTION 4: What Science Can’t Tell Us
SECTION 5: Science Background—The Science of Energy: Thermodynamics and its Laws, a Historical Perspective
Essay 3: Cosmology and Creatio ex Nihilo
SECTION 1: Creatio ex Nihilo—Theology
SECTION 2: In the Beginning—Cosmology
SECTION 3: Intersections—Theology and Cosmology
SECTION 4: Science Background—Elements of Astronomy and Relativity
Essay 4: The Anthropic Principle—Are We Special?
SECTION 1: The Anthropic Principle and its Cousins
SECTION 2: Evidence from Physics
SECTION 3: Evidence from Chemistry and Planetary Science
SECTION 4: Evidence from Molecular Biology
SECTION 5: The Anthropic Principle: Evidence for “Intelligent Design”?
SECTION 6: Science Background: Elements of Chemistry and Molecular Biology; Probability
Essay 5: Evolution
SECTION 1: What is Catholic Teaching on Evolution?
SECTION 2: How Did life begin?
SECTION 3: Evolution, Theories and facts
SECTION 4: Science Background–Elements of Geology, Anthropology
Essay 6: Can Computers Have a Soul?
SECTION 1: Catholic Teaching about the Soul
SECTION 2: What Philosophers Say about Computer Souls
SECTION 3: Science Fiction Stories about Computer Souls
SECTION 4: Science Background: Elements of Neuroscience
Essay 7: Miracles
SECTION 1: What is a Miracle?
SECTION 2: Examples of Miracles
SECTION 3: How the Church Judges Miracles
SECTION 4: Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?
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