Mariano Artigas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mariano Artigas

Spanish physicist

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1938

Place of Birth: Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain

Date of Death: 23-Dec-2006

Profession: writer, physicist, Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, philosopher of science

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mariano Artigas (1938–2006) was a Spanish physicist, philosopher, and theologian.
He wrote The Mind of the Universe: Understanding Science and Religion and fifteen other books on science and religion. He was a member of the European Association for the Study of Science and Theology and the Académie Internationale de Philosophie des Sciences.
He was Consultor of the Pontifical Council for the Dialogue with Non-believers. In 2002, jointly with other professors, he created the Science, Reason and Faith Research Group (CRYF), based in the University of Navarra, where he taught.
The aim of the group is to promote the interdisciplinary study of issues where science, philosophy and theology intertwine.[1] He held Ph.D.s in physics, philosophy, and theology. He was ordained a priest on 9 August 1964, and incardinated to the Opus Dei prelature.
He was the Dean of the Ecclesiastical Faculty of Philosophy for the University of Navarre from 1988 to 1998.