Christopher Baglow, Ph.D.
Academic Director, Science & Religion Initiative; Professor of the Practice, Theology
303 Geddes Hall
574.631.4535
cbaglow@nd.edu
Dr. Chris Baglow leads the Science & Religion Initiative through creating programs, courses, talks, and publications that bring the Catholic faith and modern science into dialogue. His work is the culmination of 20 years of faith and science scholarship, publication and educational program creation, as well as a lengthy career in Catholic theological education spanning high-school, undergraduate, graduate and seminary teaching. In his seven years as Director, SRI has seen major growth, reaching thousands of Catholic leaders and educators from diocesan offices and parishes, but above all science and religion teachers from Catholic high schools, supported by three successive grants from the John Templeton Foundation. For this work, he was co-recipient of an Expanded Reason Award in Teaching from the Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (Madrid) and the Vatican Joseph Ratzinger Foundation (Rome) in 2018.
Chris presents on numerous topics at the intersection of faith and science to popular and scholarly audiences, ranging from the thematic (“Faith and Science: How and Why,” “Catholic Academic Integration - Science, Literature, History”) to the historical (“Little 'White' Lies: Understanding and Correcting Models of Conflict”) and topical (“Science and the Bible,” "Animals, the Human Animal and God," "E.T. and Catholic Theology," “The Widest Wisdom: Understanding the Christian Doctrine of Creation,” "Neanderthal Personhood? Human Uniqueness and Our Hominin Cousins," etc.). He is the author of Faith, Science and Reason: Theology on the Cutting Edge (2nd edition, Midwest Theological Forum, 2019) and Creation: A Catholic’s Guide to God and the Universe (Ave Maria Press, 2021). Most recently, he authored the transcripts for Wonder: The Harmony of Faith and Science, a Word on Fire film series directed by Manny Marquez and narrated by Jonathan Roumie.
Chris serves on the Board of Directors of the Society of Catholic Scientists as theological advisor. His work has appeared in Church Life Journal, Culture & Evangelization and Joie de Vivre. He chronicles his spiritual and intellectual journey and approach to the harmony of faith and science in an article entitled “Partners in Truth” in the Spring 2022 issue of Notre Dame Magazine, and his philosophy of teaching theology in the light of modern science here.