On the Shelf

Can a passion for science lead to a passion for religion? Aileen O'Donoghue, a physics professor at St. Lawrence University, seems to think so. In her new book, The Sky Is Not a Ceiling, which hits the bookshelves today, she tells how her love of astronomy led to a stronger faith. O'Donoghue, a frequent contributor to National Public Radio, mixes both scientific and spiritual matters into a work that Catholic periodical America describes as "a healthy antidote to the popular atheism of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins." —Stephen Mapes