The Thomistic Institute Podcast
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July 3, 2026

Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal? - Prof. John O'Callaghan

Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal? - Prof. John O'Callaghan
The Thomistic Institute Podcast
Creation and the Big Bang: What's the Big Deal? - Prof. John O'Callaghan
Season 13

Prof. John O’Callaghan examines the Big Bang in relation to the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo and argues that cosmology and belief in God as creator address different kinds of explanation.


This lecture was given on February 27th, 2025, at University of South Carolina.


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About the Speaker:


Prof. John O'Callaghan is the Director Emeritus of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame as well as a permanent member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010. He served as the past President of the American Catholic Philosophical Association. His areas of scholarly interest include medieval philosophy, the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, and Thomistic metaphysics and ethics.


Keywords: Big Bang, Creation Ex Nihilo, Cosmology, Evolution, Genesis, Natural Science, Providence, Stephen Hawking, Thomism