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Center for Theology and Natural Science News  From the Spring 2019 edition of Skylight See PDF of this article  The conference papers of CTNS's SATURN (Scientific and Theological Understandings of Randomness in Nature) Program are now available from Templeton Press as God's Providence and Randomness in Nature: Scientific and Theological Perspectives, Robert John Russell and Joshua M. Moritz, eds. (2019).  The conference was held in October 11, 2014 and funded by a grant from Calvin College through their Randomness and Divine Providence Program.  Topics include the problem of evil, miracles...
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A Sacred Duty: A Conversation with President Lehmann

Our new president shares thoughts on interreligious education, diversity within community, and the mix of scholarship and religious commitment that makes the GTU unique.  From the Fall 2018 issue of Skylight  View the PDF article here Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann became the eighth president in the fifty-six-year history of the Graduate Theological Union when he took office on August 1, 2018. As president and professor of pluralism and Jewish thought, Rabbi Lehmann brings to the GTU a profound passion for interreligious dialogue and scholarship, an entrepreneurial spirit, and significant...
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CTNS Hosts Ron Cole-Turner as 2018 Russell Family Fellow in Religion and Science

From March 8-10, 2018, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) at the GTU hosted noted theologian Ron Cole-Turner as this year’s CTNS Russell Family Fellow in Religion and Science. Ron is the H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, where he teaches courses on Christian theology and transhumanism, medical ethics, and Christian theology and evolution. He is a founding member of the International Society of Science and Religion, he serves on the editorial board of advisors for CTNS’s refereed journal Theology and Science, and he is a...
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2018 Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) is inviting current GTU doctoral students whose research focuses on theology and science to apply for the Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science. The purpose of the Townes Fellowship is to publicly recognize and offer modest financial support to doctoral students of the Graduate Theological Union who have demonstrated the clear ability to do highly promising research on issues related to theology and science. The selection is based on academic excellence and students in any Department of the Graduate...
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Scientific Practice as a Spiritual Experience

From Skylight Magazine Fall 2017 Several years ago, as part of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences’ renowned “Science and the Spiritual Quest” program, we sought out a wide range of internationally recognized scientists in diverse fields who were also practitioners of one of the world great religions. We asked each of them one central question: In your experience as an accomplished scientist and participant in a global spirituality, how is the doing of science a spiritual experience? The responses from these scientists were profound. They included the following: science...
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CTNS Turns 35—and Becomes a GTU Program!

From the Fall 2016 issue of Currents, view PDF On Tuesday, October 18, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) celebrated its 35th anniversary—and its new beginning as an internal program of the GTU. CTNS became a GTU program unit earlier this year, after a long and successful history as an independent nonprofit affiliated with the GTU. The October 18th celebration featured a retrospective by CTNS Director Robert Russell touching on the major facets of CTNS’s eventful history, as well as words of encouragement from current and former CTNS staff, students, and colleagues. The...
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CTNS | Center for Theology and the Natural SciencesIan G. Barbour Chair in Theology and ScienceTempleton PrizeRussell Family Fellowship in Religion and ScienceCharles H. Townes Graduate Student FellowshipTheology and ScienceRiess PotterveldRobert John Russell
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CTNS Gives GTU an Endowed Chair and Fellowships in Theology and Science Worth Nearly $2.1M

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has given the Graduate Theological Union the endowed Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science and two endowed fellowships, the Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science and the Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science. These gifts, valued at nearly $2.1M, mark the latest and most significant step in the year-long transition through which CTNS will shift from being an independently incorporated GTU affiliate to an internal program of the GTU. Founded in 1981, the Center for Theology and the Natural...
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CTNS | Center for Theology and the Natural SciencesRobert John RussellRiess Potterveldscience and religionIan G. Barbour Chair in Theology and ScienceCharles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship
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The GTU Creates a Doctoral Program for the 21st Century

by Arthur Holder from Currents Fall 2015 Responding to the changing landscapes of the academy and the wider society, the GTU has created an innovative approach to doctoral education that features new opportunities for interdisciplinary scholarship and interreligious conversation. Students who enter the PhD and ThD programs at the GTU in fall 2016 will be able to take advantage of this new approach. The curriculum recently adopted by the Core Doctoral Faculty builds on the historic strengths of the GTU while making the doctoral program more responsive to the diverse research interests and...
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The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Announces $1.3 Million in New Support from the John Templeton Foundation

from Currents Spring 2015 The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has received $1.3 million in new funding from the John Templeton Foundation to support and enhance CTNS programming. The support will facilitate the transition of CTNS into an internal Program Unit of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). Founded in 1962, the GTU is the largest and most diverse partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States, dedicated to building bridges within and across different religious traditions by educating students for teaching, research, ministry, and service. The...
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CTNS Announces $1.3M Gift from the John Templeton Foundation

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has received a $1.3 million institutional donation from the John Templeton Foundation, one of the largest such donations in the Foundation’s history. This funding will support and enhance CTNS programming as the Center transitions from being an independently incorporated organization affiliated with the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) to being an internal program unit of the GTU. The impact of this transition is enormous for both CTNS and the GTU: It gives the GTU world recognition as a stellar leader in the international and interfaith...
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CTNS | Center for Theology and the Natural SciencesJohn Templeton FoundationRobert John RussellRiess Potterveld
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CTNS awarded $200K for Project SATURN

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has been awarded a $200,000 research grant from Calvin College[1] for Project SATURN (Scientific and Theological Understandings of Randomness in Nature). The purpose of this grant is to study the scientific warrants for and theological implications of randomness, propensities and indeterminism in nature - including such natural phenomena as the self-organization of the rings of Saturn out of apparently random processes and gravitational interactions. To date, scholars in the theology and science community have made a strong case for...
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A Grand Experiment for Divining Nature

An Interview with Robert J. Russell, Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Science and Religion have always been thought of as diametric opposites, searching for different truths. One need only think of Galileo and Copernicus. How have these poles been brought closer together? The statement about science and faith always being in conflict is a myth, as exposed by Ronald Number’s book, Galileo Goes to Jail and Other Myths About Science and Religion. Many of the founders of modern science were persons of deep religious faith. Two major works published about 100 years ago1...
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