wgigeih-raymo book Here’s a blog post to get things going. Tell us what books you’re reading right now–even if you haven’t finished. They don’t have to be something you checked out from Skidompha (although we hope so).

I am just finishing Chet Raymo’s When God is Gone Everything is Holy: The Making of a Religious Naturalist. Raymo, a retired scientist has written extensively on the intersection of science and spirituality–and this book is a fine continuation of his earlier work.

“Raymo steps into the fray between science and religion and seeks to delineate a new perspective, forged from both the rigorous standards of the academy and the reverence for creation born of the Catholic sacramental tradition. As a scientist, Raymo holds to the skepticism that accepts only verifiable answers, and replies to life’s ultimate questions with the agnostic response, “I don’t know.” But as a “religious naturalist,” he never ceases his pursuit of “the beautiful and terrible mystery that soaks creation, diminished by any name we give it.” “Faith no longer matters to me,” he says, ’so much as attention, celebration, wonder, and praise.”" –from the author’s website.

Science Musings, is Raymo’s portal to blog on exciting things that are happening in science. Other on-site resources will appeal to visitors who value reliable empirical knowledge of the world, yet retain a sense of reverence and awe for the complexity, beauty, and sometimes terror of nature. If you like Loren Eiseley’s stuff, you’ll probably like Raymo, too.  –Mal