#035: Re-enchanting the Scientific Realm w/ Michaela Loomis

One of the false narratives of our time is that you have to make a decision between being a person of reason (science) or a person of faith. We're told that faith and reason are incompatible and in constant opposition.  On today's show a female-scientist-Dominican-lover of Christ puts that narrative to rest.
Nick and Tyler interview Michaela Loomis and get her take on how to re-enchant the scientific realm. Michaela is a graduate of West Point, has a Masters in Public Health, worked in research labs across the country, served as a missionary in Ireland and Peru, and is embarking on a career as a high school science teacher at a Catholic school. She is becoming a Third Order Dominican on May 29!
Show Highlights

• The difference between science and scientism.
• How science can be a form of contemplation.
• Why faith and reason can be in harmony rather than opposition.
• Michaela's conversion to the Catholic faith by falling in love with the Eucharist.
• An overview of JPII's Theology of the Body and why it belongs in high schools.
• What it means to be a Third Order Dominican and what you wear when you die!

Links

• Thomistic Evolution: A Catholic Approach to Understanding Evolution in the Light of Faith
• Hearts Ablaze - A podcast Michaela co-hosts about the many ways women can live out the Catholic faith. "Our mission here at Hearts Ablaze is to talk about how we can live in a way that sets others on fire for Christ – not because we fit into some box, mold, or formula, but because we are being precisely who He meant us to be..."

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