Faith, Science and Astronomy Textbooks
Take a look at a new resource on the Vatican Observatory Faith and Science website!—brief reviews of astronomy textbooks from a “Faith and Science” perspective. You will find all this under “Educational Resources”. The idea for these reviews arose from questions that Vatican Observatory/V.O. Foundation folks have received over time, and from one question in particular.* A while back, someone used the contact link here on the blog to ask about astronomy textbooks. The questioner asked if we could recommend an introductory astronomy textbook that would be suitable for Catholic homeschooling. This question produced a bit of discussion at the V.O.F. What was the questioner looking for? What would make an astronomy text more or less “Catholic-suitable”? There are science textbooks, published for certain religious schools, that do not discuss, say, the Big Bang theory. But the V.O. is a scientific establishment—we are not going to recommend a book that dismisses a major scientific idea that has good reasoning and … Continue reading →