This page lists a number of conferences on topics related to themes discussed within FaSCoRe activities. We are not connected to the institutions or groups organising these conferences, and inclusion in this list does not constitute an endorsement of the conferences or the ideas presented.
Jul. 2021 "Interaction of Science and Faith in a Challenging World" (UK)
The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion – Summer Course
Online and in Cambridge, UK
4 – 9 July 2021
Speaker: Prof Alister McGrath
More information coming soon.
Jul. 2020 "Natural Theology" (UK)
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion – Summer Conference
The University of Oxford, UK
July 2020
The conference theme is confirmed as Natural Theology.
Watch this space for more details.
May 2020 "European Leadership Forum" (Poland)
European Leadership Forum – Annual Conference
23-28 May 2020
Watch this space for more details.
Jul. 2019 "Evolution and Theodicy" (UK)
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion – Summer Conference
The University of Oxford, UK
July 2019
The conference theme is confirmed as Evolution and Theodicy.
Watch this space for more details.
May 2019 "European Leadership Forum" (Poland)
European Leadership Forum – Annual Conference
18-23 May 2019
Watch this space for more details.
Feb. 2019 "Science and Orthodoxy around the World" (Greece)
Science and Orthodoxy around the World
Third International Conference
February 2019
Watch this space for more details.
Oct. 2018 "Green Churches Forum" (Canada)
Green Churches Network – Annual Forum
Our Lady of the Cape Shrine, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada
19-20 October 2018
This bilingual interdenominational event will bring together pastoral staff and volunteers from various Churches of Eastern Canada as well as partner groups, in order to stimulate ecological initiatives in the churches.
For the first time, the Forum will take place over two days. Friday will offer an opportunity to explore eco-theology and its pastoral applications. On Friday evening, a dinner-show will be enjoyed by all. Saturday will focus on practical examples of green initiatives, and what “going green” means for a church. Participants will be invited to take concrete action.
These conferences are interdisciplinary and open to all interested researchers, practitioners and policy makers. They aim to bring together current research on poverty, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of poverty alleviation. All abstracts that are submitted to be included in the conference program will be reviewed.
Sep. 2018 "Our Sacred Earth: Spiritual Ecology, Values-led Economics, Education and Society" (Italy)
Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative And School of Economic Science
Fourth Joint Conference
Our Sacred Earth: Spiritual Ecology, Values-led Economics, Education and Society
Villa Boccella, Tuscany, Italy
28 August – 1 September 2018
With a burgeoning human population and ever increasing demands being made on the natural world, there is an urgent need for a new understanding of the human role and relationship with the Earth. This requires a deepening understanding of what it is to be human and how human imagination, energy, creativity and spirituality can work with natural forces for the mutual benefit of people and planet.
Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative (GCGI) and the School of Economic Science (SES) are convening this conference to consider what principles, policies and practices can lead humanity to a mutually enhancing relationship between people and the Earth? How can human society work for the benefit of all?
Sep. 2018 "Interdisciplinary Poverty Research: Space and Poverty" (Austria)
2018 Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research
Focus Theme: Space and Poverty
Organized by the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research of the University of Salzburg
University of Salzburg, Austria
13-14 September 2018
These conferences are interdisciplinary and open to all interested researchers, practitioners and policy makers. They aim to bring together current research on poverty, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of poverty alleviation. All abstracts that are submitted to be included in the conference program will be reviewed.
Possible topics for the focus theme sessions are, among others,
– spatial dimensions of poverty,
– poverty in urban and rural spaces,
– homelessness and housing,
– migration and poverty,
– poverty and spatial mobility
– spatial planning and poverty,
– privatization of public spaces,
– spatial exclusion/inclusion and segregation, architecture and poverty,
– theories of geographies of poverty and inequality,
– poverty and environmental issues (access, perception, recognition),
– energy, water, food poverty
– measurements of poverty and spatial context
– mapping poverty.
Keynote Speakers
– Sylvia Chant (LSE)
– Eveline Dürr (Munich)
– Suzanne Fitzpatrick (Heriot-Watt)
– Mark Shucksmith (Newcastle)
Aug. 2018 "Kenyan Christian and Scientific Affiliation - Annual Conference" (Kenya)
Kenyan Christian and Scientific Affiliation – Annual Conference
Location TBA, Kenya
August 2018 (Exact date TBC)
Topics discussed in this two-day conference include
African culture, Science and Christian faith
How KCSA can make a difference through public engagement.
Rich Christians in a community of people dying of hunger
Relevance of African practices
female genital mutilation (FGM)
infanticide
wife inheritance
Perspective on job acquisition and promotion, prosperity, handling of public resources.
More details comming soon.
Aug. 2018 "Practicing Science: Virtues, Values, and the Good Life" (UK)
Developing Virtues in the Practice of Science – Capstone Conference
University of Notre Dame London Gateway, London, UK
9-12 August 2018
The capstone conference for the three-year Developing Virtues in the Practice of Science project will take place at the Notre Dame London Global Gateway, steps from Trafalgar Square. The project funded by a grant from the Templeton Religion Trust is spearheaded by a multi-disciplinary research team from the University of Notre Dame: Celia Deane-Drummond, Darcia Narvaez, and Tom Stapleford.
Jul. 2018 "Bioethics and Biotechnology" (US)
American Scientific Affiliation – Annual Conference
Gordon College, Wenham, MA, USA
27-30 July 2018
The 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation.
Confirmed Plenary Speaker:
– Nigel M. de S. Cameron
– Noreen Herzfeld
– Douglas A. Lauffenburger
– Jeff Schloss
Jul. 2018 "Evolutionary ethics: The nuts and bolts approach" (UK)
Evolution, ethics, and human origins: A deep-time perspective on human morality
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
20-21 July 2018
A growing body of evidence from the sciences suggests that our moral beliefs have an evolutionary basis. To explain how human morality evolved, some philosophers have called for the study of morality to be naturalized, i.e., to explain it in terms of natural causes by looking at its historical and biological origins. The present literature has focused on the link between evolution and moral realism: if our moral beliefs enhance fitness, does this mean they track moral truths? In spite of the growing empirical evidence, these discussions tend to remain high-level: the mere fact that morality is evolved is often deemed enough to decide questions in normative and meta-ethics.
This conference starts from the assumption that the details about the evolution of morality do make a difference, and asks how. We welcome philosophical papers that engage with the sciences, and empirical papers that engage with philosophical themes to naturalize ethics. We are looking for speakers from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to, philosophy, developmental and comparative psychology, cognitive anthropology, archaeology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral economics. We are particularly interested in papers that bridge philosophy with one or more of these disciplines.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
– Evolutionary debunking arguments that engage with the empirical literature
– Companions in guilt arguments
– Modeling the cultural evolution of morality
– Gene-culture co-evolution of morality
– Archaeological studies of cooperation and care
– Developmental psychology of morality and its philosophical implications
– The plausibility of historical ethical theories as gauged by the sciences
– Experimental philosophy of morality
– Cross-cultural differences in moral systems
Jul. 2018 "Cambridge Scholars Network" (UK)
Cambridge Scholars Network – Annual Meeting
Cambridge, UK
8-14 July 2018
The Cambridge Scholars Network (CSN) is a week-long event for young, evangelical PhD students. It occurs each July near Cambridge in England, and is designed to encourage participants to consider their disciplines and calling from a biblical standpoint. To this end, the CSN seeks to help young scholars:
– Establish a spiritual context for academic study
– Develop the critical thinking skills necessary for successful academic work
– Think through various apologetics issues
The CSN programme includes text discussions, lectures, personal mentoring by senior academics, and fellowship with fellow scholars.
Jul. 2018 "Transhumanism, Posthumanism and Super-Naturalism" (UK)
Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion – Summer Conference
University of Oxford, UK
6-7 July 2018
Advances in genetics, robotics, informatics, and nanotechnology (GRIN) in the last several decades have sparked great speculation about the future of the human race. Just as the products of the human mind have transformed the earth, leading to the introduction of terms such as ‘noosphere’ and the ‘anthropocene,’ GRIN technologies offer hopes, and raise concerns, about far-reaching transformations of human persons, especially when new biotechnologies, such as CRISPR-Cas9, offer the prospects of precise manipulation of genomes. Human enhancement proponents contend that because of such prospects we may even need to redefine what our progeny should be called, introducing terms such as ‘posthuman’ or ‘transhuman.’
The 2018 Summer Conference of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion will bring together scholars from the sciences and humanities to present, discuss, and debate these and related questions.
Jul. 2018 "Mind, Medicine & Morals: The ethics of psychiatry and mental health care" (UK)
Mind, Medicine & Morals: The ethics of psychiatry and mental health care
Anscombe Bioethics Centre at St Anne’s College, Oxford, UK
5-7 July 2018
It is a truism that mental health care does not receive the attention or resources devoted to care of physical health. This applies not only to clinical services and research but also to research and reflection on medical ethics and law. Healthcare ethics tends to focus on matters of life and death, especially at the beginning and end of life, and sometimes on the treatment of those whose cognitive capacity is diminished by illness or disability, but much less on mental health per se. The present conference seeks to redress this balance with discussion of a wide range of topics including:
• Resource allocation and mental health
• Ethical issues in forensic psychiatry
• Ethics of research in psychiatry
• Compulsory treatment of mental illness
• Mental illness and moral responsibility
• Assisted suicide for psychiatric reasons
• Mental health effects of sexual abuse
Speakers include: Professor David Baldwin, Professor Joost Baneke, Professor Patricia Casey, Dr Michael Dunn, Paul Farmer CBE (Chief Executive of Mind), Professor Jonathan Herring, Professor Sheila the Baroness Hollins, Professor David Albert Jones, Dr Mark Komrad, Professor Willem Lemmens, Professor Jim McManus, Bishop Richard Moth, Dr Rachael Pickering, Dr Julia Sinclair, Professor Ilina Singh, Dr Trevor Stammers, Dr Adrian Treloar and Professor Peter Tyler.
Jul. 2018 "Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences" (US)
Summer Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences
Center for Science and Culture, Seattle, WA, US
6-14 July 2018
Deadline for applications: April 3, 2018
The CSC Seminar on Intelligent Design in the Natural Sciences will prepare students to make research contributions advancing the growing science of intelligent design (ID). The seminar will explore cutting-edge ID work in fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, developmental biology, paleontology, computational biology, ID-theoretic mathematics, cosmology, physics, and the history and philosophy of science. The seminar will include presentations on the application of intelligent design to laboratory research as well as frank treatment of the academic realities that ID researchers confront in graduate school and beyond, and strategies for dealing with them. Although the primary focus of the seminar is science, there also will be discussion of the worldview implications of the debate over intelligent design.
Jul. 2018 "Science, Faith and Human Flourishing" (UK)
Faraday Institute for Science and Religion – Summer Course
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, UK
1-6 July 2018
Deadline for applications: May 31, 2018
This year’s summer course addresses a number of big questions that have enormous impact on how we understand the world around us and how we learn to flourish in a changing environment. What is the nature of the physical universe? How do human beings grow spiritually and morally, even in extreme circumstances? What is the nature of religious experience? How does the impact of robotics and AI technologies affect our understanding of what it means to be human? How do religious scientists relate their scientific understanding to their scriptures and traditions? What does it mean to talk of purpose in biology and how is this relevant to ordinary believers? In this five-day course, we will explore the relationship between science and religion from a variety of perspectives – scientific, historical, theological and philosophical. A team of world-renowned speakers from a range of disciplines will contribute to the dialogue from their own experience and expertise in the keynote lectures. Additional workshops on a range of topics will enable us to explore specific scientific topics in more depth. There will be the opportunity to explore Cambridge’s scientific heritage through a number of guided tours.
Speakers include:
Revd Dr Roger Abbott : The Role of Religion in Human Responses to Natural Disasters?
Prof. Stephanie Clarke : Is the Human Brain Hard-Wired for Faith?
Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt : The Psychology of Faith
Prof. Keith Fox
Dr Louise Hickman : Historical Perspectives on Natural Theology
Prof. Mike Hulme : Religious Engagements with Climate Change
Prof. Ian Hutchinson : What does science learn from theology and what does theology learn from science?
Dr Lydia Jaeger
Dr Hilary Marlow : The Biblical Ethics of Creation Care
Prof. Tim O’Connor : Ways of knowing in science and faith
Prof. Tim O’Connor : How can we have free will if our brains are determined?
Prof. Paul Shellard : Big Bang Cosmology and Creation Theology
Dr Amy Unsworth : What Do UK Religious Communities Think About Evolution?
Prof. John Walton : Understanding Genesis in Context
Prof. John Wyatt : Could a Robot Ever Have Real Human Identity?
Prof. John Wyatt : Ethical Challenges at the Beginning and End of Life
Prof. Rene van Woudenberg : The Presuppositions of Science, the Bible and Christian Faith
Prof. Rene van Woudenberg : Scientism and the limits of Science
Jun. 2018 "Artificial Intelligence Turns Deep: Who’s in Control?" (US)
Institute on Religion in an Age of Science – Summer Conference
Star Island, Portsmouth, NH, USA
23-30 June 2018
The conference will review the current state and potential future developments of AI technologies and consider the following questions, from the perspectives of AI and related fields:
* What are the true benefits of AI for the future of society?
* How do we assure ourselves that all of society will truly benefit from AI?
* How can we avoid the various pitfalls that are now being debated concerning the control of AI in the future?
* What are the ethical, social, legal, and religious factors that ought to be considered to assure the benefits of AI for society?
* What is the appropriate role of religious wisdom and traditions in helping to maintain this control when considered in more secular ethical, social, and legal circumstances?
* How can religious wisdom and traditions, in particular, inform more secular deliberations about controlling the future of AI?
* What are the roles of religion and science in contributing to the dialogue to optimize the benefits of AI to society?
* How can we create an ongoing process to maintain human control of the future of AI?
Jun. 2018 "Socially Relevant Philosophy of/in Science & Engineering" (US)
4th Meeting of the Consortium for Socially Relevant Philosophy of / in Science & Engineering (SRPoiSE)
Historic Academy of Medicine at Georgia Tec, Atlanta, GA, USA
4-6 June 2018
Some of the key questions that the conference will likely address include (but are not limited to) the following:
– Which ethical, political, and social values are important to different stakeholders in debates about emerging technologies—including autonomous vehicles, surveillance technologies, gene editing techniques, and others? What are effective strategies for improving communication and consensus building about these values?
– Which values are important to different stakeholders in debates about scientific research on topics that are crucial for public policy making—including climate change predictions, risks assessments of agrochemicals, and others? What are effective strategies for improving communication and consensus building about these values?
– What is the appropriate role for academic experts, as well as non-experts, in democratic deliberation concerning responsible research and innovation?
– How might strategies promoting responsible research and innovation be incorporated into STEM education?
– Are concerns about a “war on science” in such areas as global climate change, vaccine research, and GMOs justified? If so, what can be done to curb anti-scientific thinking?
May 2018 "European Leadership Forum" (Poland)
European Leadership Forum – Annual Conference
Wisla, Poland
19-24 May 2018
The European Science Network is geared to serve two kinds of audiences:
(1) Scientists and Christians interested in science will obtain the knowledge, language, and courage to do science and speak about science within the framework of a Bible-informed Christian understanding of the cosmos.
(2) Christians of all backgrounds will be helped to understand and interact with scientific findings and claims in a way that is truly apologetic, integrating scientific facts into the Christian worldview in an affirmative, active way.
May 2018 "Being Human in the Age of Humans" (US)
Being Human in the Age of Humans: Perspectives from Religion and Ethics
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
17 – 20 May 2018
This conference focuses on new ways of envisioning what it means to be human in the Anthropocene, or the Age of Humans. The Anthropocene is the proposed name for the current geological age, viewed as the period in which human activity has become the dominant influence on the planet. The conference is one of a series of public events in a multi-year, multi-university project. The project is funded by a Humanities Without Walls initiative on “The Work of the Humanities in a Changing Climate.” As with the project as a whole, the conference focuses on key themes within Anthropocene scholarship and discourse that have received insufficient attention. For example, the Anthropocene strongly resonates with mythic and religious genres – declensionist or ascendant storylines, tales of hubris, forbidden knowledge, theodicy, and eschatology. These religious, philosophical, and ethical dimensions make the Anthropocene ripe for analysis by theologians and scholars of religion, and scholars in many related fields. It is important to understand how Anthropocene narratives function as religious-like propositions about human nature and the planet. Because Anthropocene discourse problematically treats humans as a single force driving global change, there is also a need to articulate alternative understandings of agency and responsibility. Along these lines, the scholarship generated by the conference will help to highlight indigenous perspectives on the Anthropocene, as well as the unique knowledge systems and adaptive strategies of indigenous communities.
May 2018 "From Sea to Sea to Sky" (Canada)
Canadian Scientific and Christian Affliliation – Annual Conference
Trinity Western University, Langley BC, Canada
11 – 14 May 2018
Speakers include –
Dennis Danielson – Copernicus & the Structure of the Universe
Janet Danielson – Six Pieces of a Reverberant Cosmos
Katharine Hayhoe – Faith & Climate Change
Robert B Mann – Physics & Theology
J Richard Midleton – Human Distinctiveness and the Origin of Evil in Biblical and Evolutionary Perspectives
Santa J Ono – Science & Faith and Public Leadership
Apr. 2018 "Lausanne/WEA - Creation Care Consultation" (Australia)
Lausanne/WEA – Creation Care Consultation (Oceana)
Tahlee Ministries, NSW, Australia
23-27 Apr. 2018
Consultation Goals:
– To explore the theme of creation care in the biblical narrative through the lenses of the different cultures in the Oceania region.
– For participants to be equipped to catalyze and facilitate evangelical creation care movements in their contexts and to encourage existing initiatives within the region.
– To exchange stories of creation care in action, share resources and knowledge, and foster new and existing partnerships.
– To develop a strong and active regional network of creation care practitioners and advocates.
The conference will assemble range of respected theologians, scientists and creation care practitioners both from within Oceania and from further afield.
Apr. 2018 "Disasters, Faith, and Resilience" (UK)
Faraday Short Course
Westminster College, Cambridge, UK
13-15 Apr. 2018
Deadline for applications: March 26, 2018
This course explores the causes and effects of disasters on those caught up in them, and the role that religious faith has on those affected. We cover disasters with undoubted human causes, including the Lockerbie air crash murders and epidemics, and so-called ‘natural disasters’, such as the New Orleans hurricane and the Haiti earthquake which killed 230,000 people. It transpires that ‘natural’ disasters often owe their major impact to human factors. An international panel of expert speakers will address theological aspects thrown up by our experience of disasters and suffering; scientific causes and possible responses to disasters; and the practical ways in which we might respond as individuals and as communities to disasters both at home and abroad. The weekend will be enriched by personal testimonies from those who have been through deep disasters in Haiti, New Orleans, Lockerbie and Africa.
Speakers include:
Revd Dr Roger Abbott : Disasters: What Good is God?!
Revd Christopher Ash : A Biblical Perspective on the Natural World
Dr Amy Donovan : Volcanic Disasters and Christian Response
Pastor Luc Honorat : Disaster: What Survivors Think, and How to Best Help.
Dr Linda Mobula : Physician, Heal Yourself! Epidemics and Compassion.
Dr Jonathan Moo : A Different Way of Viewing the World
Revd John Mosey : Disasters, Blame and Forgiveness.
Dr Ken Taylor : The Church Community in Disaster Recovery.
Prof. Bob White FRS : Disasters: Natural or Unnatural?
Mar. 2018 "Human Identity" (France)
Human Identity (L’identité humaine)
Conference of the French Network for Evangelical Scientists
and Evangelical Network for Human Sciences
Paris, France
20 Jan., 24 Mar. 2018
Combining efforts to understand neurological, sociological and theological implications of what it means to be human. Speakers (20th Jan): Stephanie Clarke, Wulfram Gerstner, Yannick Imbert, and John Wyatt.
Speakers (24th Mar.): Lydia Jaeger, Catherine Audéoud, Shafique Keshavjee, Paul Millemann.
Mar. 2018 "Integral Ecology for the Common Good" (Canada)
Integral Ecology for the Common Good: Catholic Perspectives on Science, Sustainability, and Justice
St. Thomas More College, Saskatchewan, Canada
22 – 23 Mar. 2018
This conference will draw an interdisciplinary group of scholars. We are interested in research focused on documenting and comprehending integral ecology according to a broad understanding of the term, seeking to understand how “everything is interconnected” (Laudato Si’, #138). We welcome contributions from scholars working in areas such as physics, sociology, chemistry, history, soil science, philosophy, mathematics, religious studies, health sciences, economics, biology, theology, English, environmental science, and political studies.
Mar. 2018 "Developing A Christian Mind: seeking wisdom" (UK)
Developing a Christian Mind – Summer Conference
New College, Holywell Street, Oxford
16-17 Mar. 2018
This conference meets within discipline streams and focuses in on key questions within each field of study, giving space to explore specific methodologies and approaches from a perspective of faith.
Disciplinary streams:
Humanities Stream
Natural Sciences Stream: Why Are We Here? Exploring the Place of Science.
Philosophy and Theology Stream: Pursuing Truth Through Reason and Story.
Social Sciences Stream: An Overview (Friday) and Climate Change (Saturday)
Mar. 2018 "Islam’s Quantum Challenge: Living Islam in the Age of Science" (US)
The Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science
Goshen College, Goshen, IN, USA
9-11 Mar. 2018
The annual Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science is designed to provide maximum interaction with a principal thinker in the dialog between religion and science.
A single invited speaker presents three lectures, two of which are open to the public. Small moderated discussion sessions provide conference participants an opportunity to address topics from the lectures in conversation with the speaker. This year’s conference talks are given by Dr. Muzaffar Iqbal.
Conference attendance is limited to fifty. Conference participants include pastors, and interested lay persons, as well as academic scientists, mathematicians, theologians, and students.
Feb. 2018 "Science and Faith: the view Up, In and Out" (UK)
Christians in Science – Annual Student Conference
The King’s Centre, Oxford, UK
17 February 2018
The 2018 Student Conference will focus on how being Christians and scientists shapes the way we think, work, speak and worship. We will consider how science and faith interact in our worship, our studies, and our life ‘in the lab’! We’ll be joined by four fantastic speakers – Prof Ard Louis, Prof John Bryant, Dr Ruth Bancewicz and Dr Jona Foster – who will take us through the day with their experience and insight.
Feb. 2018 "Lausanne/WEA - Creation Care Consultation" (SA)
Lausanne/WEA – Creation Care Consultation (Southern Africa)
African Enterprise Centre, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
19-23 Feb. 2018
The conference will be focusing on three themes:
– ‘God’s Word’: exploring the theme of creation care in the biblical narrative,
– ‘God’s World’: the state of the environment globally and especially in Southern Africa, including Climate Change, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, waste and pollution, marine issues,
– ‘God’s Work’: looking at practical examples of creation care we can learn from, and future responses we can engage in as Christian communities, to demonstrate God’s love for all creation and develop strong creation care networks nationally and regionally.
It will assemble a range of respected theologians, scientists and creation care practitioners both from within the region and further afield.
Feb. 2018 "Orthodox Christianity and the Reassessment of Scientific Knowledge" (Greece)
Science and Orthodoxy around the World – Second International Conference
Athens, Greece
9-10 Feb. 2018
Among several themes to be offered for discussion are the following:
• What are the current conceptual foundations of modern science and Orthodox Christianity? How do they differ? Are they compatible in any meaningful way?• What can Orthodox Christianity contribute to the contemporary reassessment of scientific knowledge?
• Can we suggest models of science that pay proper tribute to the enormous explanatory power of science while avoiding the excesses of scientism and reductionism?
• What is the contemporary Orthodox stance with regard to the moral and ethical aspects of science, and the manipulation of nature and humankind?
A number of distinguished scientists, theologians, historians, philosophers and thinkers from different countries gather in Athens for a lively and fruitful dialog between exponents of various viewpoints.
Jan. 2018 "ABC III Semana de Estudos Avançados" (Brasil)
Associação Arasileira de Cristãos na Ciência (ABC2)
Fazenda Confins Hotel, Confins, Brasil
31 January – 4 February 2018
The conference program will include exhibitions, question-and-answer sessions, and individual and group activities. The program is organized around four thematic days:
1 – exact sciences
2 – life sciences
3 – neurosciences
4 – technology
Each day, part of the program will be dedicated to understanding how theology, philosophy and history dialogue with the chosen theme.
Speakers include
– Roberto Covolan,
– Guilherme de Carvalho,
– Leo Iwai,
– Raoni Barros,
– Jonathan Freitas,
– Gustavo Assi
Jan. 2018 "Christian Mind in the Emerging World" (Hong Kong)
Christian Mind in the Emerging World:
Academic faith integration in Asian contexts from a global perspective
Lumina College Research Institute, Hong Kong
25-27 January 2018
Core Topics:
1. Mission and objectives of Christian higher education today
2. How should academic faith integration be brought about in Asian contexts?
3. Integrations or the re-shaping of faith and learning in different academic disciplines, or in different professions.
4. Integration of faith and knowledge in science and technology.
5. The impact of faith-learning integration on individual learners, learning communities, institutions and society at large.
Scholars from a wide range of cross-cultural and cross-disciplinary circles are invited to submit papers, especially those who are committed to opening dialogues, or are interested to learn about the possible integration between faith and learning in higher education from a global perspective, without overlooking the Asian contexts where we are from.
Jan. 2018 "Christianity & the Life of the Mind: an introduction" (UK)
Developing a Christian Mind – Spring Conference
Jesus College, Oxford, UK
27 – 28 Jan. 2018
This, the first of the two annual conferences, offers an introduction to the relationship between core theological doctrines and academic disciplines. This event is for University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes postgraduates, postdocs, and academic staff, or by request.
Speakers:
– Alister McGrath
– Bethany Sollereder
– Ard Louis
– Elaine Storkey
– Nadia Falzone
– Steven Gunn
– Daniel Maughan
– Lorna Smith
– Stephen Tuck
– Michael Lloyd
– Glenn Nesbitt
Jan. 2018 "Natural Evil" (US)
The Christian Scientific Society – Southern California Meeting
Biola University, CA, USA
26 – 27 Jan. 2018
Speakers
– Dr. Mike Keas, Adjunct Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Biola University
– Dr. David Snoke, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pittsburgh
– Dr. Cornelius Hunter, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Science and Religion, Biola University
– Dr. Fazale Rana, Vice President of Research and Apologetics, Reasons to Believe
– Dr. Jerry Bergman, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Toledo Medical College
– Dr. Anjeannette Roberts, Research Scholar, Reasons to Believe
Jan. 2018 "Human Identity" (France)
Human Identity (L’identité humaine)
Conference of the French Network for Evangelical Scientists
and Evangelical Network for Human Sciences
Paris, France
20 Jan., 24 Mar. 2018
Combining efforts to understand neurological, sociological and theological implications of what it means to be human. Speakers (20th Jan): Stephanie Clarke, Wulfram Gerstner, Yannick Imbert, and John Wyatt.
Speakers (24th Mar.): Lydia Jaeger, Catherine Audéoud, Shafique Keshavjee, Paul Millemann.
Sep. 2017 "Religion and Poverty"
Annual Salzburg Conference in Interdisciplinary Poverty Research
University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
21-22 September 2017
The Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research of the University of Salzburg organizes an annual conference since 2013. These conferences are interdisciplinary and aim to bring together current research on poverty, inequality and social exclusion and to discuss policies and other measures of poverty alleviation.
The Keynote Speakers in 2017 will be Paul Cloke, Professor of Human Geography at the University of Exeter, Adam Dinham, Professor of Faith & Public Policy and Director of the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Emma Tomalin, Professor of Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds, where she is director of the Centre for Religion and Public Life.
Sep. 2017 "Creation Care and the Gospel"
Lausanne/WEA European Regional Conference
Les Courmettes, near Nice, France
10-14 September 2017
Europe today faces a range of environmentally-related challenges. It is crucial that Christians understand and act upon biblical teaching on our responsibility for God’s earth. Creation care is a gospel issue, and vital for the credibility of biblical Christian witness.
The conference will be held in English for main sessions and will focus on three major themes: ‘God’s Word’ (what the Bible has to tell us about caring for creation), ‘God’s World’ (up-to-date science and policy at a global and European level) and ‘God’s Work’ (how Christians can respond in practice and sharing from those who are doing so).
Aug. 2017 "Mental Well-being, Neuroscience and Religion"
Science and Religion Forum – Annual Conference
Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, United Kingdom
31 August – 2 September 2017
More details soon.
The conference will include a Short Paper session for which all attendees are encouraged to submit proposals. Short papers must be related to the main conference theme.
Jul. 2017 "Exploring New Heights for Science & Stewardship"
American Scientific Affiliation – Annual Conference
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
28-31 July 2017
The 72nd Annual Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation.
Jul. 2017 "Creation Care and the Gospel"
Lausanne/WEA East Asia Regional Conference
Presbyterian Bible College, Hsinchu City, Taiwan
24-28 July 2017
The conference will be a mix of plenary sessions (with simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, and English) and workshops (mainly in speakers’ native tongues with English interpretation) organized around three themes:
– God’s Word (what the Bible has to tell us about creation care),
– God’s World (what is happening in creation), and
– God’s Work (what we as God’s people are doing, and should be doing).
Jul. 2017 "Religion, Society and the Science of Life"
2017 Conference of Ian Ramsey Centre / International Society for Science & Religion
St Anne’s College, Oxford, United Kingdom
19-22 July 2017
We have questions.
– What are the implications of the incorporation of life into science—for religion, values, morality, and meaning?
– What are the philosophical, theological, and theoretical implications of life’s special status among the objects of science?
– What does the animalising of the human mean for the framing of human (or nonhuman) religion and societies?
– What is the religious and theological significance of nonhuman life—whether animal or xenobiological?
– Do theories of the evolutionary origins of religion help us better understand it in its political and spiritual dimensions?
– Does biology shed light on how we experience?
– Are biology and technology on a continuum, or are there breaks in the order of nature?
– How does the science of life open up new relationships with other humans, other species, and the planet?
And we have four days to answer them.
Jul. 2017 "Human Distinctiveness: Wisdom's Deep Evolution"
Human Distinctiveness: Wisdom’s Deep Evolution
Notre Dame London Global Gateway, London, United Kingdom
6-9 July 2017
How can we understand the human capacity for wisdom, where did it come from, and how did it emerge? This conference is the culmination of a transdisciplinary research project supported by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation and led by Celia Deane-Drummond (Theology) and Agustín Fuentes (Anthropology) at the University of Notre Dame.
Speakers include – Tim Ingold, Wentzel van Huyssteen, Fiona Coward, Niels Gregersen, Karen Kilby, Jennifer French, Jeremy Kendal, Maureen Junker-Kenny, and Aku Visala.
Jul. 2017 "Cambridge Scholars Network"
Cambridge Scholars Network – Annual Meeting
Moggerhanger Park, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
2-8 July 2017
The Cambridge Scholars Network (CSN) is a week-long, invitation-only seminar for young, evangelical PhD students. It occurs each July near Cambridge, England, and is designed to encourage participants to consider their disciplines and calling from a biblical standpoint. To this end, the CSN seeks to help young scholars:
– Establish a spiritual context for academic study,
– Develop the critical thinking skills necessary for successful academic work,
– Think through various apologetics issues.
The CSN programme includes text discussions, lectures, personal mentoring by senior academics, and fellowship with fellow scholars.
Jul. 2017 "Cambridge Perspectives on Science and Religion"
12th Annual Faraday Institute Summer Course
Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge, UK
2-7 July 2017
The big questions that this Course addresses are perennial ones. Does science tell us all we need to know about the world? What philosophical and theological questions does scientific progress raise? How have science and religion interacted in the past and how do they do so today? What are the ethical issues arising from new scientific and technological discoveries?
Come and enjoy the beautiful surrounding of a Cambridge College while you grapple with these and other questions in the dialogue between science and religion. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion. Every summer after the Course is over, delegates go away with a new network of friends and contacts in the science and religion field.
Jun. 2017 "Creation, Christian Faith and a Precious World "
A Rocha/Faraday Institute Course
Les Courmettes France
25 June – 1 July 2017
How did the universe come into existence? What can the natural world tell us about God? Why is our world habitable? How do natural events such as earthquakes or predation fit with the goodness of God? What does the Bible say about the relationship between human beings and the rest of creation?
The course will be taught by Dr Hilary Marlow of The Faraday Institute, Cambridge and Dr Jonathan Moo of Whitworth University who will cover the biblical aspects of creation, and Dr Chris Walley of A Rocha who will deal with the scientific issues surrounding our planet’s history and the challenges facing our world today. Dr Jean-François Mouhot, Director of Les Courmettes, will contribute on the social aspects of human relationships to nature.
Jun. 2017 "New Perspectives on Science and Religion in Society"
Science and Religion: Exploring the Spectrum – Annual Conference
Chancellors Conference Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom
29 June-1 July 2017
In the last decade there has been significant growth in social scientific scholarship on science and religion, complementing the more established historical research into the subject. Greater attention is being paid to the varied ways in which perceptions of science are influenced by religious and non-religious belief, identity, community and conflict in different geographical, cultural and historical contexts. The purpose of this international conference is to bring together researchers with backgrounds in history, anthropology, sociology, STS, psychology, political science and related humanities and social science disciplines to discuss perspectives on the overarching topic of science and religion in society.
Jun. 2017 "The 'Wicked Problem' of Climate Change: What is it doing to us and for us?"
Institute for Religion in an Age of Science – Annual conference
Star Island, Portsmouth, NH, USA
24 June – 1 July 2017
Climate change is a “wicked problem” with causes and consequences in economic, ecological, ethical, and technological realms. As climate change continues to alter our planet in a manner largely out of our control, how can we use this monumental change as an opportunity for societal and spiritual transformation?
IRAS cultivates a community of informed and respectful inquiry and dialogue at the intersections of science with religion, spirituality and philosophy in service of global, societal, and personal well- being.
Jun. 2017 "The 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion"
The 2nd World Congress on Logic and Religion
University of Warsaw, Poland
18-22 June 2017
There are a number of important topics that are proposed be discussed at the Congress which include such fields as:
– Impact of religious beliefs on logical structures;
– Logic at the service of apologetics;
– Rationalization of religious beliefs;
– Justification in religious legal traditions (including Talmudic Logic);
– Logics vis-a-vis illogicalities in religion;
– Non-classical logics and religion;
– Models of argumentation in religious discourse.
May 2017 "European Leadership Forum"
European Leadership Forum – Annual Conference
Gołębiewski Hotel, Wisła, Poland
20-25 May 2017
At this annual meeting, the Forum leaders teach, train, and encourage participants as they seek to identify common needs and find resources to meet them. Attendees find mentors and build friendships that will allow collaboration and new partnerships. Having met and heard Forum leaders teach, participants can determine which of them might be most helpful back in their own countries. These attendees have arranged annually more than 350 local, regional, and national events and initiatives that accelerate the advance of the gospel in their home countries.
Apr. 2017 "Reading the World: Science and Sacred Texts"
Faraday Institute – Short Course
Madingley Hall, Cambridge, UK
28-30 April 2017
How do people read and understand their sacred scriptures in a scientific age? How do the scriptures relate to scientific questions surrounding human origins, cosmology and ecology? How have the Abrahamic faiths negotiated between scripture and science throughout their long histories, and how do they do so today?
The focus of this weekend course will be the Bible and the Qur’an and their reception and interpretation in Christianity and Islam respectively. Lectures will be delivered by scholars with expertise in each tradition from the perspectives of history, theology and philosophy, as well as contemporary social science. The weekend is aimed at interested people from a variety of backgrounds, rather than at specialists in any particular discipline.
Apr. 2017 "Human Exceptionalism"
The Christian Scientific Society – Annual Meeting
Twentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh PA, USA
7-8 April 2017
The conference theme is “human exceptionalism” and the speakers include
- Jack Collins, Ph.D., professor of Old Testament at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, speaking on what the Bible means by the Image of God in humanity.
- Jeffrey Schwartz, M.D., research psychiatrist at UCLA, speaking on the rising movement of Mindfulness.
- Michael Egnor, M.D., neurosurgeon and professor of pediatrics at Stony Brook University, speaking on unique aspects of the human brain.
- Kevin Birdwell, Ph.D., professor of meteorology at Lee University, speaking on human impact on the environment.
- Jerry Bergman, Ph.D., Northwest State College, speaking on the controversial question, “Is the connection between Nazism and Darwinism intrinsic, or a misuse of Darwinism?”
Mar. 2017 "Christ and Creation"
BioLogos – Annual Conference
Norris Conference Center, Houson TX, US
29-31 March 2017
Building on the enthusiastic response to the first-ever public conference in 2015, you are invited to join the 2017 BioLogos Conference: Christ and Creation. Join internationally recognized speakers and hundreds of fellow Christians in the BioLogos community, as we explore the rich harmony in Christ between modern science and biblical faith.
Mar. 2017 "Deep Incarnation: From Cosmos to Commitment"
The Goshen College Conference on Religion and Science
Goshen College, Goshen, IN, USA
24-26 March, 2017
The conference comprises three lectures by the invited speaker, Professor Niels Henrik Gregersen, as well as discussions and other activities. The three lectures will be on
– Environmental Ethics
– Theologies of Nature
– Christ and Culture: The Jesus Story and the Cultivation of Commitment
Mar. 2017 "Reasonable Faith"
Hong Kong Centre for Christian Apologetics
North Point, Hong Kong
4th March 2017
- Dr Craig Hazen from Biola University speaking on “Is Christianity a blind Faith?”
- Dr Clay Jones from Biola University speaking on “Hell: an apology.”
Feb. 2017 "A Theory of Everything – What are the chances?"
Christians in Science – Annual Student Conference
The King’s Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom
11th February 2017
This year’s theme is based around the ideas of probability, chance, significance, randomness, order…and how they play into various different disciplines, our understanding of science as a whole, and how our faith in a creator God interacts with that. We have some excellent speakers on aspects of Physics, Biology and Philosophy coming to join us.