Science and Faith

	Apologetics I: The Catholic Faith and Science Student Book BY FR. ROBERT SPITZER Sale Price: $29.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION This course explores the scientific evidence for God as well as philosophical proofs of His existence, the historicity of Jesus‘s miracles and Resurrection, the reasons to be Catholic, why an all-loving God would allow suffering, and medical evidence for our transphysical soul. Each chapter includes a study of primary sources from Church history, focus and reflection questions, complete instructions for interactive activities, art, and other visual reflections, Scripture readings, and biographies of Catholic scientists and saints. PLUS... each unit includes instructions for an activity to team-teach with a chemistry, biology, or other science teacher. Details ISBN or UPC 978-1-64413-748-2 Dimensions 11 × 8.5 × 1.5 in Weight 30 oz SKU 7482
	A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin BY GERARD VERSCHUUREN Sale Price: $17.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION The Shroud of Turin is celebrated as one of the holiest and most important relics of Christianity, with millions of pilgrims traveling to see the precious cloth in Italy on the rare occasions it has been displayed. Yet despite its enormous global popularity, the Shroud's authenticity is not without question. To address lingering uncertainties head-on, celebrated Catholic scientist Dr. Gerard Verschuuren explores and synthesizes the various scientific studies conducted on the Shroud —including those analyzing DNA, blood, carbon, pollen, textile, and anatomical issues — as well as its storied history. He then scrutinizes the motives of the individual scientists performing these studies, the assumptions they employed to arrive at their conclusions, and the instances in which they veered into areas outside the competence of the sciences. After this exhaustive and highly satisfying analysis, Dr. Verschuuren reveals the reasons why he believes the Shroud of Turin to be the actual burial cloth of Jesus Christ, the crucified Savior of mankind. And he celebrates it as a rare instance in which the science and faith communities can meet each other — and agree. Details Pages 192 ISBN or UPC 978-1-64413-320-0 Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .7 in Weight 9 oz SKU 3200
	A Catholic Scientist Proves God Exists BY GERARD VERSCHUUREN Sale Price: $18.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Challenging today's accepted “wisdom,” Catholic scientist Gerard Verschuuren, Ph.D., here demonstrates that the question of whether God exists is not one science can answer. Indeed, that would be like expecting a microscope to reveal the square root of sixteen! Verschuuren begins by explaining the five famous medieval proofs for the existence of God — based on reason alone — that have survived despite nearly a thousand years of efforts to refute them. With his wise help, you'll come to see that just as reason gives us access to the existence of numbers, so it is reason that gives us access to the existence of God. In fact, when we use our reason to investigate the existence of God, we encounter proofs that are more powerful, by far, than any that science could ever provide. Yes, Verschuuren is a Catholic; but he's also a long-standing scientist, schooled in using reason alone to draw forth from evidence the proofs to which it necessarily leads. Among the many truths that Verschuuren evinces here by reason alone are the following: Why science is not qualified to speak about the existence — or nonexistence — of God The many ways we can know for certain that God exists How we know that God is all-perfect How God can be all-knowing How we know He is all-powerful What it means to say that He is “all-present” Why the same God cannot be the God of all religions And much more that reveals the enormous power of reason — and the even greater power of God! Try it! Verschuuren's stunning proofs for God's existence — based on evidence alone — will open your eyes, stir your heart and, more importantly, deepen your faith in the wondrous Creator of Heaven and earth! Details Pages 176 ISBN or UPC 978-1-64413-104-6 Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .5 in Weight 10 oz SKU 1046
	Examination of Conscience for Adults Sale Price: $5.50 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION The Examination of Conscience for Adults is a comprehensive examination based on twelve virtues for the twelve months of the year. The object of this booklet is to initiate lay people into the practice of concentrating their efforts at self-perfection on one virtue a month. It provides a fairly complete list of mortal sins to be avoided, of venial sins to be corrected and of helps and counsels that may be practiced. Details Pages 39 ISBN or UPC FP236 Dimensions 8.5 × 6.5 × .5 in Weight 4 oz SKU FP236
	God’s Grandeur The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design BY ANN GAUGER Sale Price: $21.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION In an age of rising unbelief, top Catholic thinkers show how, more than ever, both science and reason affirm the words of the great Catholic poet Gerard Manley Hopkins: “The world is charged with the grandeur of God.” This book, edited by biologist Ann Gauger, clears up common misconceptions regarding intelligent design, showing why it is an argument not from ignorance but from knowledge and how the evidence for God’s design of the natural world is growing. Part 1 explores scientific evidence from experts in cosmology, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, and biology. In part 2, you will learn about the purpose of creation, transcendent beauty, and the distinctiveness of the human person. The third part lays out the theology behind creation and how it reflects God’s glory and concludes with Dr. Anthony Esolen’s essay on the “symphonic order” of the universe, masterfully drawing from science, mathematics, literature, and philosophy. You will also learn: What the Church really teaches about evolution How neo-Thomists wrongly apply Aquinas’s thinking to evolution Characteristics that distinguish humans from the rest of creation Why materialistic scientists resist the Big Bang Theory How to understand the biblical account of Creation How natural law and transcendental beauty point to the existence of God Specific scriptures from the Old and New Testaments that testify to the wonder of God’s creative hand Why Pope Benedict XVI cautioned that vague explanations about creation are insufficient Moreover, you will learn how the understanding of ancient philosophers and Aquinas regarding the mind-brain connection, coupled with modern neuroscience support intelligent design and the creation of man as not only a material being but a spiritual being. Each chapter includes extensive references, enabling further exploration. The entire book will strengthen you as never before in the belief that the world is the creation of an intelligent and intentional Designer—One whose greatest longing is for you to spend all eternity with Him. Details Pages 400 ISBN or UPC 978-1-64413-860-1 Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .75 in Weight 17 oz SKU 8601
	In the Beginning A Catholic Scientist Explains How God Made Earth Our Home BY GERARD VERSCHUUREN Sale Price: $18.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION The taste of fresh berries, the quiet cadence of waves lapping a lakeshore, the song of an owl in the night, the glory of a sunset: so many details manifest the reality that Earth is not merely the place where we are, but that it is truly our home and is meant to be our home. Most modern scientists dismiss this notion as romantic nonsense, arguing instead that Earth and, indeed, the entire universe is actually a cosmic accident, the mystifying result of billions of years of random events. Here in this work of basic science written for nonspecialists, scientist Gerard Verschuuren confronts those men and women on their own territory force for force, atom for atom, cell for cell, and even planet for planet. With clear, well-documented explanations, he shows that the latest findings of modern cosmology, physics, chemistry, geology, and other sciences tell a remarkably different story. Instead of the vaunted randomness of our immense universe, scientists have recently discovered indisputable patterns in the structures of matter and energy. Over the eons, these distinctive patterns drove the universe inexorably toward formation of the Earth as what we experience it to be: our secure, exceptional, and singularly welcoming home. In these pages, you'll learn, among other things: Why the universe is so old . . . and so vast! Earth's unique chemical and geological characteristics that make it a hospitable place for mankind How the moon became critical to life on Earth How volcanism, mass extinctions, and even changes in the Earth's orbit prepared the way for mankind Evidence that evolutionary changes are not, as the atheists claim, random Why the Catholic Church has always distinguished the Book of Scripture from the Book of Nature How science presupposes the existence of God without even realizing it! The limitations of the scientific method and how those limitations trip up scientists The many hidden, unscientific dogmas of science The errors of Stephen Hawking and other popular cosmologists Why science wrongly denies that the universe was made for mankind Evidence that we live in a purpose-driven world (and why science is blind to it) And much more! Details Pages 192 ISBN or UPC 978-1-622826-728 Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .7 in Weight 9 oz SKU 6728
	A Catholic Scientist Harmonizes Science and Faith BY GERARD VERSCHUUREN Sale Price: $18.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION Modernity, academia, and the media perceive and relentlessly advance a dichotomous, contradictory relationship between faith and science. However, from the time of Aristotle, it has been demonstrated that man is a rational being who reasons intellectually in a way that animals and technology cannot. Man is also a religious being, correlating himself to what is above and seeking answers to the ultimate questions of transcendence. In his definitive book A Catholic Scientist Harmonizes Science and Faith, Dr. Gerard Verschuuren draws from the reflections of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, Dr. Peter Kreeft, and numerous scientists, such as Albert Einstein and Gregor Mendel, who reveal the essential connection between reason and religion. Dr. Verschuuren confirms the necessity of reasoning in scientific theory. Relying on true stories from scientific developments in medicine, astronomy, and physics, he asserts that the scientific method alone can't explain the origins of the universe. By the same token, he decries blind faith and shows how science doesn't threaten the Church. On the contrary: it confirms those truths that Christians have always believed. That is why the Father of Lies has always sought to pit faith against reason and science against revelation. Dr. Verschuuren explains how the progress of doubt, from agnosticism to atheism to antitheism, is not a result of increased scientific knowledge. Rather, it's part of a diabolical attack on the Faith. The devil means to enthrone a new religion — scientism — in Christianity's place. This attack can be repelled only by true religion and real science working together, hand in hand, as they always have. Clarifying the assumptions upon which science and religion are based, this cogent book reflects on how: Authentic reasoning inevitably leads us closer to God and belief in His attributes Both science and faith are guided by logic and deal with facts Faith needs science to avoid fideism, and science requires belief The New Atheism, including the views of Stephen Hawking and Richard Dawkins, is erroneous Our thoughts should be controlled by reality and objective truth Christianity helped produce modern scientific advancements There is no "double truth" between evolution and faith and between the Big Bang theory and faith
	How Science Points to God BY GERARD VERSCHUUREN Sale Price: $14.95 ORDER HERE - ORDER INFORMATION We are told that science and religion are wholly incompatible and that those of us who profess faith in God are unwilling to bend our wills to the truth. In this highly gratifying book, scientist Dr. Gerard Verschuuren flips this assertion around, showing time and time again how it is not the Christians, but rather the scientists, who are unwilling to incline their wills to the truth when it presents itself. Dr. Verschuuren helps us to recognize science's limited scope, how it is restricted to what can be dissected, measured, and counted. It is not the only pathway to knowledge. Science operates within the realm of nature. It cannot, therefore, make aesthetic judgments or moral judgments or draw conclusions about the supernatural, which is, by definition, beyond the realm of nature. Science is likewise ill-equipped to explore ethereal concepts such as beauty and love. It explores only the how, never the why. But science can, and does, point us in the direction of the Creator. With clear, well-documented explanations, Dr. Verschuuren carefully guides you through the fields of science, identifying the many “hints” and “signs” of God's existence in genetics, neuroscience, behavioral science, semantics, logic, and math. Taken together, these hints provide an overwhelming case for the existence of God that is practically impossible to deny. How Science Points to God teaches you to approach scientific processes and discoveries with a mind of faith, bringing you to a far deeper understanding of who we are and how we came to be. In this way, science is moving us toward ultimately proving the existence of God, while inspiring and intensifying our faith along the way. Details Pages 208 ISBN or UPC 978-1-64413-151-0 Dimensions 8.5 × 5.5 × .8 in Weight 10 oz SKU 1510