Have you taken a look at our “Religious Scientists” section here at VaticanObservatory.org? This feature is accessed through the Faith & Science Resource Center — or by just clicking the big link at the bottom of this post.
In this section you will find lots of scientists of faith, including three that are going to come up in next week’s post, which is going to be the first in a series about the speed of light and Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity: Allesandro Volta, Michael Faraday, and James Clerk Maxwell. These religious scientists played an important role in our ideas about electromagnetic waves (EM waves) and in our modern electronic and wireless technologies.
Our “Religious Scientists” section has been around for quite a while. A list of scientists of faith is hardly unique. There is a really nice listing at the Society of Catholic Scientists, for example. However, our listing offers something a little different from most others. That is, the entry for each scientist does not give you information about that scientist directly, but rather it points you to material from the Faith & Science Resource Center about that scientist. You can try it out for the three scientists mentioned above:
In other words, while our “Religious Scientists” section may appear pretty Spartan, it can actually lead to some pretty in-depth information (depending on the scientist). It also includes scientists who are people of faith but not Catholic — quite a few, in fact. The material in the section grows as new material is added to the Faith & Science Resource Center.
Please spend a little time browsing the “Religious Scientists”. If you like what you see, share the link with someone. And next week, as we get into the subject of Einstein’s Relativity, keep those scientists of faith in mind.
