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Vatican Observatory and CTNS Collaboration

Collaboration with the Vatican Observatory The Vatican Observatory/CTNS Project: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action (VO/CTNS: 1990-2005). Beginning in 1990, the Vatican Observatory and CTNS co-sponsored a series of international research conferences on a variety of topics in “theology and science” that touch in varying ways on the overall theme, “scientific perspectives on divine action.” The series produced six scholarly volumes with contributions from over fifty distinguished scientists, philosophers and theologians. CTNS Founder and Director Robert John Russell served as the...
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The Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science

The Ian G. Barbour Chair is the cornerstone of the CTNS Mission, ensuring its central educational program into the future. In an age when science is often seen to conflict with religion, the Chair will continue to bring the natural sciences into the classrooms of Graduate Theological Union doctoral and seminary students in constructive new ways. It will ensure that future generations of faculty and students may enter into the constructive dialogue between faith and science and be empowered for research, teaching and ministry. The Chair will also provide leadership for ongoing CTNS research...
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About CTNS

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) is an international program dedicated to the creative mutual interaction of science and religion through research, teaching and public service. The central scientific focus of CTNS is on developments in physics, cosmology, evolutionary biology, and genetics, with additional topics in the neurosciences, the environmental sciences, and mathematics. With regard to the theological task, CTNS engages in both Christian and multi-religious reflection. The Christian theological agenda focuses on the various doctrinal loci of systematic theology...
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VO/CTNS Books

In 1988 the Vatican Observatory published a watershed volume on theology, philosophy and science resulting from an international research conference held in Rome: Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Quest for Common Understanding. This volume included a unique address by Pope John Paul II on theology and science. Based on this volume the Vatican Observatory and CTNS began a twenty year collaboration of further research. The collaboration has produced seven scholarly volumes to date. These volumes include: The five-volume series whose underlying theme is "Scientific Perspectives on Divine...
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Science and Religion Course Program

The Science and Religion Course Program was an eight-year initiative to encourage the teaching of science and religion in seminaries, colleges, and universities worldwide. The Course Program was initially administered by Gordon College and focused primarily on scholars in North America and England. From 1998-2002, CTNS administered and broadened the program in a variety of ways, which centered principally on three aims: (1) to strengthen the base of scholars currently teaching in this field, (2) to broaden the impact of science and religion on leading research universities and theological...
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Course Award Winners 1995-2002

Nearly eight hundred US $10,000 Course Awards were distributed to institutions and professors across the globe over the history of the entire SRC program. Though the program has ended, the community of scholars and the legacy of pedagogical resources that the Course program created continue to influence ongoing dialogues between science and religion. This program was made possible by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Course Award Winners by Year
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2019-2020 Russell Family Research Fellowship in Religion and Science

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Thursday, March 5th 2020, 7:00pm
Living Into our Shared Humanity: Exploring the Religious Significance of Astrobiology   Adam Pryor, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas     Playful Encounters of the Third Kind: How Science and Religion Dialog Intersects with Interfaith Advocacy Fellowship Forum with Adam Pryor, Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7pm Richard S. Dinner Board Room Graduate Theological Union (Flora Lamson Hewlett) Library 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California, USA  This event is free and open to the public.   What if We're not Alone: Considering the Significance of Non-...
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2019-2020 Russell Family Research Fellowship in Religion and Science

Adam Pryor, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas is the 2019-2020 Russell Fellow

The 2019-2020 Russell Family Research Fellow is Adam Pryor, Assistant Professor of Religion, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas   Fellowship Events: Playful Encounters of the Third Kind: How Science and Religion Dialog Intersects with Interfaith Advocacy Fellowship Forum with Dr. Adam Pryor, Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7pm Richard S. Dinner Board Room Graduate Theological Union (Flora Lamson Hewlett) Library 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California, USA  This event is free and open to the public.   What If We're Not Alone: Considering the Significance of Non-Intelligent Alien Life for...
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What If We're Not Alone: Considering the Significance of Non-Intelligent Alien Life for Constructive Christian Theology

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Saturday, March 7th 2020, 1:00pm
Annual Russell Family Research Conference with 2019-2020 Fellow, Adam Pryor; Respondents: Braden Molhoek, Hyung-Joo Lee, Jamie Fowler and Ted Peters Saturday, March 7, 2020, 1pm Dinner Board Room Graduate Theological Union (Flora Lamson Hewlett) Library 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California, USA  Registration required. (Lunch is not provided). For more information please see the conference page, the registration page, or contact Melissa Moritz, mmoritz@gtu.edu. Thank you!
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Playful Encounters of the Third Kind: How Science and Religion Dialog intersects with Interfaith Advocacy

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Thursday, March 5th 2020, 7:00pm
Fellow's Public Forum Thursday, March 5, 2020, 7pm Richard S. Dinner Board Room Graduate Theological Union (Flora Lamson Hewlett) Library 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley, California, USA  In this talk, Adam Pryor will examine how the development of intellectual values that can occur through Religion and Science dialog overlap with the development of critical values and skills for Interfaith advocacy work. Focusing particularly on envy, humility, and belonging, he will reflect on how classic methods in the field of Religion and Science can open new avenues for thinking about contemporary...
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Myoung-ho Sin Awarded 2020 Townes Fellowship

Myoung-ho Sin awarded 2020 Townes Fellowship Award

CTNS is pleased to announce that Myoung-Ho Sin has been selected as the Charles H. Townes Fellow in Theology and Science for 2020. Myoung came to the GTU in 2016 with a background in Economic Engineering, Photonics and Digital Image Processing, a Masters in Divinity and a Masters in Early Reformation Theology from Honam Theological University and Seminary, Seoul, South Korea. He passed his GTU Oral Comps with distinction in 2019, and is currently writing his dissertation. Myoung’s dissertation begins by rebutting the challenge from Lynn White Jr. that “the anthropocentric view of...
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Theology and Science 18.1 Published

Theology and Science Issue 18, Number 1 (2020) was published in February

Check out the latest issue of Theology and Science. Online Access is available for current members. The editorials are open access to anyone. Volume 18, Number 1 / November 2020 Editorials Leveling the Posthuman Playing Field, by Francesca Ferrando Human Future in Space and Gene Editing: Waiting for Feminist Space Ethics and Feminist Space Philosophy, by Konrad Szocik In Memoriam Mgr. Denis Edwards (1943–2019), by Robert John Russell Articles Toward an Evangelical Evolutionary Theodicy, by Denis O. Lamoureux The Multiverse: What Philosophers and Theologians Get Wrong, by Neil A....
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Theology and Science Publication Delayed

We have received an email from Taylor & Francis, the publisher of Theology and Science.  Because of the impact of the coronavirus, Taylor & Francis has stopped printing journals temporarily though the online version will still be made available. Stay safe and we’ll get through this challenging period together!     Yours sincerely,  Bob
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NIH Director Francis Collins Interviewed by BioLogos

BioLogos Founder and NIH Director Francis Collins speaks with BioLogos and answers questions about COVID-19

On April 6th, Jim Stump of BioLogos spoke with Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of Health about the COVID-19 pandemic in a Livestream event called "Science and Faith in Pandemic Times" BioLogos has described the event as follows: "Francis Collins, the nation's leader of biomedical research, is interviewed about the COVID-19 pandemic. He shares the latest research on the virus and how it spreads, debunking some of the false information that is circulating. He responds to viewer questions, explaining the science in understandable terms and showing what we each can do to...
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Braden Molhoek offers a Reflection on Ethics and COVID-19

Braden Molhoek,  CTNS Program Associate and Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), has contributed to the GTU's "Spiritual Care and Ethical Leadership in Our Times" series with his reflection on "The Conflict and Ethics of We're In this Together."  

Braden Molhoek,  CTNS Program Associate and Lecturer in Science, Technology, and Ethics at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), has contributed to the GTU's "Spiritual Care and Ethical Leadership in Our Times" series with his reflection on "The Conflict and Ethics of We're In this Together."   His reflection is below. For a video recording please see: https://www.gtu.edu/projects/scel Trying to reflect on ethical concerns raised by COVID-19 feels like trying to untie the Gordian knot. There are profound connections between a variety of aspects that relate to the ongoing situation, from the...
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Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences established the Graduate Student Fellowship in 2005, in order to help support doctoral students of academic excellence at the Graduate Theological Union working in theology and science. The Fellowship was renamed the Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship on September 16, 2006 in recognition of Dr. Townes' work with physics graduate students at UC Berkeley and for his generous and longstanding support of CTNS. Dr. Townes was a Nobel Laureate in Physics for his role in the discovery of the maser and laser, Professor of Physics in the...