Nov 09 2008
Blogging Around
- My friend Scott Danielson has a nice post that sumarizes the Catholic understanding of the relationship between faith and science: The Pontifical Academy on the Sciences. I’m particularly interested in reading Brother Guy Consolmagno’s book — and here’s to hoping that Scott will write a review of it soon.
- The former Rome correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, John Allen, has written an open letter to President-Elect Obama. You can read the letter, along with Fr. Z’s insightful commentary, over at What Does the Prayer Really Say.
- As one of my readers pointed out in a comment, this election has made me rethink my attitude toward politics. Until this election my interest in politics was, at best, curious. But this election made me realize that despite my natural dislike of politics, it’s time to start paying attention. And Thomas Peters over at American Papist has a nice post about what we must prepare for in the years ahead.
- Darwin Catholic discusses what Obama’s victory means for conservatives.
- I’ve been aware of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road for sometime, but haven’t gotten around to reading it. But this review over at Creative Minority Report makes me want to head out to the nearest bookstore soon.
Hi Jeff! Scott here from Rivets and Trees…I will definitely review that book, which is called Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist by Brother Guy Consolmagno. I reviewed it a long time ago on a blog far, far away, but I’ll do so again, because it’s a true godsend.I like to point interested people to an interview that he did for CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks in April 2006. It’s a great introduction to Brother Consolmagno and his thinking. Here’s the link: http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/archives/05-06/apr15.html