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Creation through Evolution: New Perspectives from Thomistic Philosophy and Theology
Written and revised over the past three years, Creation through Evolution contains ten new essays that directly respond to the most common philosophical and theological objections put forward by Catholics who are skeptical about evolutionary theory.
Significantly, the authors use the conceptual framework of St. Thomas Aquinas as a starting point to engage in the faith and science dialogue and they take the Catechism of the Catholic Church as their starting point. The contributors believe that the solutions proposed by these essays to the disputed questions raised by skeptics are novel and robust. The contents of the essays were presented at colloquia at the University of Oxford and Providence College and were revised in response to criticisms and comments raised by the other participants at these meetings.
The chapters were written to respond to Catholic skeptics of Darwinian evolution. They are meant to be read not only by scholars but also by graduate and undergraduate students. Creation through Evolution will be of interest to the informed Catholic reader who is struggling to reconcile evolutionary theory with the claims of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Significantly, the authors use the conceptual framework of St. Thomas Aquinas as a starting point to engage in the faith and science dialogue and they take the Catechism of the Catholic Church as their starting point. The contributors believe that the solutions proposed by these essays to the disputed questions raised by skeptics are novel and robust. The contents of the essays were presented at colloquia at the University of Oxford and Providence College and were revised in response to criticisms and comments raised by the other participants at these meetings.
The chapters were written to respond to Catholic skeptics of Darwinian evolution. They are meant to be read not only by scholars but also by graduate and undergraduate students. Creation through Evolution will be of interest to the informed Catholic reader who is struggling to reconcile evolutionary theory with the claims of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
322 pages, Paperback
Published July 11, 2025
About the author
Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco
6 books3 followersAustriaco first attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a Bachelor of Science Engineering (B.S.E.) in 1989. He went on to earn a Ph.D in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1996. In 1997, he entered the Order of Friars Preachers, from where he was able to attend the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies where he earned his Master of Divinity degree and licentiate in theology. From there he also earned his Doctorate in Sacred Theology, through the University of Fribourg, 2005.
In 2001 he joined the National Catholic Bioethics Center as a scientific adviser. Since 2005, Austriaco has served on the faculty of Providence College as a tenured associate professor of biology. In the same year he became an investigator at the National Health Institute-Rhode Island Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Program. One year later, in 2006, he was hired as a staff ethicist at The Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York.
In addition to his other work and publications, Austriaco is the founder and chief researcher at the Austriaco Lab. The laboratory is located at Providence College and is composed of both students and faculty. The laboratory researches programmed cell death (PCD) such as cell senescence and apoptosis. Research is done on yeast cells, which are genetically manipulated and observed in order to better understand PCD.
In 2001 he joined the National Catholic Bioethics Center as a scientific adviser. Since 2005, Austriaco has served on the faculty of Providence College as a tenured associate professor of biology. In the same year he became an investigator at the National Health Institute-Rhode Island Idea Network of Biomedical Research Excellence Program. One year later, in 2006, he was hired as a staff ethicist at The Dominican Friars Health Care Ministry of New York.
In addition to his other work and publications, Austriaco is the founder and chief researcher at the Austriaco Lab. The laboratory is located at Providence College and is composed of both students and faculty. The laboratory researches programmed cell death (PCD) such as cell senescence and apoptosis. Research is done on yeast cells, which are genetically manipulated and observed in order to better understand PCD.
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