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Harvard astronomer Prof. Karin Öberg examines the compatibility of science and faith, addressing perceived conflicts through philosophical, doctrinal, psychological, and historical lenses while emphasizing Catholic intellectual tradition and the role of reason.
This lecture was given on March 28th, 2025, at Ohio State University.
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About the Speaker:
Karin Öberg is Professor of Astronomy at Harvard University. Her specialty is astrochemistry and her research aims to uncover how chemical processes affect the outcome of planet formation, especially the chemical habitability of nascent planets. She did postdoctoral work at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a NASA Hubble fellow, focusing on millimeter observations of planet-forming disks around young stars.
Keywords: Agnosticism, Big Bang Cosmology, Ethics, Evolution, Exodus, Incarnation, Miracles, Primary and Secondary Causality, Saint Augustine, Theology
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