Books

Find below a selection of books written by members of the Vatican Observatory and our colleagues.

  • Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?: . . . and Other Questions from the Astronomers' In-box at the Vatican Observatory

    Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?… and Other Questions from the Astronomers’ In-box at the Vatican Observatory

    Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J, Paul Mueller

    June 26, 2018

  • Space Science and Astronomy Theatre

    Space Science and Astronomy Theatre

    Margaret Boone Rappaport, Christopher Corbally

    August 9, 2017

  • The Heavens Proclaim

    The Heavens Proclaim: Astronomy and the Vatican

    Vatican Observatory Publications, Guy J. Consolmagno, S.J.

    June 5, 2009

  • Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action: Twenty Years of Challenge and Progress

    Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action: Twenty Years of Challenge and Progress

    Robert John Russell, Nancey Murphy, William R. Stoeger

    2008

  • Physics and Cosmology: Scientific Perspectives on the Problem of Natural Evil

    Physics and Cosmology: Scientific Perspectives on the Problem of Natural Evil

    Nancey Murphy, Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger, S.J.

    2007

  • Physics, Philosophy, and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding

    Physics, Philosophy, and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding

    Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger S.J., J. Francisco J. Ayala, C.V. Coyne

    1988

  • Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology

    Two Books: Historical Notes on Some Interactions Between Natural Science and Theology

    Olaf Pedersen

    2007

  • Evolutionary and Molecular Biology- Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

    Evolutionary and Molecular Biology: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

    Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger S.J., Francisco J. Ayala

    January 18, 2006

  • Science and Theology: Ruminations on the Cosmos

    Science and Theology: Ruminations on the Cosmos

    Chris Impey, Catherine Petry

    January 13, 2004

  • The Vatican Observatory: In the Service of Nine Popes

    The Vatican Observatory: In the Service of Nine Popes

    Sabino Maffeo

    August 1, 2002

  • Wayfarers in the Cosmos

    Wayfarers in the Cosmos

    George V. Coyne, Alessandro Omizzolo

    2002

  • Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

    Neuroscience and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action

    Robert J. Russell, Nancey Murphy, Theo C. Meyering, Michael A. Arbib

    1999