Ann Gauger on Her New Book, God’s Grandeur: The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Today’s ID the Future spotlights the richly stimulating new book, God’s Grandeur: The Catholic Case for Intelligent Design. Edited by biologist Ann Gauger, the anthology explores the evidence for intelligent design from a Catholic perspective, with contributions from an impressive range of Catholic scientists, philosophers, and theologians, including Gauger; internationally renowned paleontologist Günter Bechly; philosopher Jay Richards; molecular biologist Michael Behe; Rector of the European University in Rome Fr. Pedro Barrajón, LC; Aquinas and Evolution author Michael Chaberek; philosopher J. Budziszewski; professor of neurosurgery Michael Egnor; and noted Dante scholar Anthony Esolen. Listen in as Gauger gives a quick flyover of the book’s content, tells how she found her way into the intelligent design fold, and explains why Catholics should Read More ›

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0:00.0	ID the future
0:04.8	ID the future a podcast about evolution and intelligent design
0:12.3	hello and thanks for tuning in. I'm Andrew McDermott. Today I'm delighted to welcome
0:16.8	back Dr. Ann Gager, a senior fellow with Discovery Institute's Center for Science
0:21.4	and Culture, and received her undergraduate degree from MIT
0:25.7	and her PhD in Developmental Biology from the University of Washington. She held a postdoctoral
0:31.7	fellowship at Harvard University where her work focused on the molecular motor Kainesin.
0:37.0	Her research has examined the limits of protein evolution, the origin of humans, and the evolution of metabolism.
0:44.0	Her work has been published in nature, development,
0:47.0	the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and biocomplexity.
0:51.0	And welcome back.
0:52.0	It's good to be here. You know folks, Anne is the editor of a
0:56.3	new book and this is what we're going to talk about today. It's called God's Granger,
1:00.4	the Catholic case for intelligent design.
1:03.0	A book out this spring from Sophia Institute Press.
1:06.0	It's an anthology featuring chapters by an array of distinguished Catholic scientists, philosophers, theologians, and lay people.
1:15.2	The book refutes the scientific materialist thinking that even some Christian scientists
1:19.7	and theologians espouse.
1:22.1	It also delves into the positive case for intelligent design
1:25.2	by laying out key scientific evidence in cosmology, origin of life, and biology.
1:31.1	The book also helps to clear up common misunderstandings about how Catholic theology relates to debates over science, evolution, and intelligent design.
1:40.0	It's a formidable tool then to reconcile science and faith in today's culture.
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