Templeton Foundation
Templeton Religion Trust
Templeton World Charity Foundation
AAAS's Dialogue on Science, Ethics, Religion (DoSER) $5,351,707 on Jan 1996
Science for Seminaries with the Association of Theological Schools (ATS)
Catholic University of America
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg "Scientific literacy will also be built into the seminary’s developing competency-based curriculum, as that is being constructed over the next two years."
Jennifer Wiseman, Program Director
Se Kim, Program Associate
Christine A. Scheller, Senior Program Associate
Curtis Baxter, Program Associate
Peyton West, former Affiliated Staff
James B. Miller, former participant
Audrey R. Chapman, former participant
Smithsonian Institute's Hall of Human Origins traveling exhibit: “Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean to Be Human?”
Speakers available for exhibit
Briana Pobiner
Rick Potts
Broader Social Impacts Committee
SI's National Museum of Natural History
James B. Miller, co-chair
Randy Isaac
West McCoy
Fred Edwords
Faraday Institute for Science & Religion
$2,000,000 on Jan 2006
Test of FAITH
Feb 2007
Ruth Bancewicz, Project Leader
Denis R. Alexander, Director
Test of FAITH: Spiritual Journeys with Scientists, contributions from Francis Collins, Alister McGrath, Ard Louis, Jennifer Wiseman, Bill Newsome, John Polkinghorne, Alasdair Coles, Deborah B. Haarsma, Rosalind Picard, John Bryant.
Concordia Seminary, St Louis, MO “Science and the Pastoral Ministry: Preparing Pastors for Fruitful Engagement between Science and Theology.”
Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, which will partner with LTS to provide mentoring and expertise from their faculty in the areas of science and medicine.
Albert Teich former participant
Paul Arverson, former Senior Program Director
Board of Trustees
Nidhal Guessoum
Rory Knight
Heinrich Liechtenstein
Avery Lloyd
David G. Myers
Eric Priest
Josephine (Pina) Templeton
Jennifer Templeton Simpson
Harvey M. Templeton, III
Arizona State University’s
Institute of Human Origins (IHO)
$4.9 million, Oct 2014.
"...a multifaceted, transdisciplinary research project that will help chart the processes that led us to becoming human."
Templeton Foundation Advisory Board
Michael L. Spezio, former
Ronald Cole-Turner, former
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
American Scientific Affiliation (ASA)
ASA/John Templeton Foundation Lecture Series
Members
Templeton Foundation Symposium on the Nature of Ethics
October 2004
The Perceptions Project April, 2013
Advisory Committee
Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Andover Newton Theological School
Multnomah Biblical Seminary
Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University
Regent University School of Divinity
“Contemporary Science & the Renewal of Christian Faith"
Howard University School of Divinity
“Oh So Human, Yet So Divinely Complex: Science & Theology in the Exploration of Human Identity, Community, & Purpose”
Columbia Theological Seminary
"... program will help CTS integrate the findings of science broadly into its curriculum, including the teaching of Bible, systematic theology, pastoral care, and Christian ethics."
University of Arizona
Illuminating Reasons: An Essay in Moral Phenomenology
University of Arizona
$230,886
August 2012
Center for the Philosophy of Freedom
$2,900,000
David Schmidtz
Director
Robert F. Lusch
Director
Jeffrey Schloss
Mark Timmons & Terry Horgan
Project Leaders
Denis R. Alexander
Howard Van Till, former
James B. Miller
Public Libraries Hosting Exhibit
Connie Bertka
Connie Bertka, co-chair
Mark Oldenburg
Engaging Scientists in the Science and Religion Dialogue
$2,325,735 June 2016-June 2019
Rice University Sociology Department,
Joint Project Participant
Owen Gingerich
Dare a Scientist Believe in Design.
May 18, 1999
Paul Arveson, Fellow & former
Chair of DC Metro Section
Biola University,
Intelligent Design and the Future of Science, April 22-24, 2004
James Crocker, Research Assistant
William Kimbel, Director
Oelwein Public Library; Oelwein, Iowa
Sept. 6–Oct. 3
Milpitas Library; Milpitas, Calif.
Nov. 25–Dec. 22
Spokane County Library; Spokane, Wash.
Jan. 6, 2016–Feb. 2, 2016
Pueblo City-County Library; Pueblo, Colo.
Feb. 17, 2016–March 15, 2016
Cottage Grove Public Library; Cottage Grove, Ore.
March 27, 2016–April 23, 2016
Springfield-Greene County Library; Springfield, Mo.
May 7, 2016–June 3, 2016
Peoria Public Library; Peoria, Ill.
June 17, 2016–July 14, 2016
Orion Township Public Library; Lake Orion, Mich.
July 28, 2016–Aug. 24, 2016
Skokie Public Library; Skokie, Ill.
Sept. 7, 2016–Oct. 4, 2016
Wyckoff Free Public Library; Wyckoff, N.J.
Oct. 16, 2016–Nov. 12, 2016
Tompkins County Public Library; Ithaca, N.Y.
Nov. 25, 2016–Dec. 22, 2016
Otis Library; Norwich, Conn.
Jan. 7, 2017–Feb. 3, 2017
Fletcher Free Library; Burlington, Vt.
Feb. 18, 2017–March 17, 2017
Bangor Public Library; Bangor, Maine
April 1, 2017–April 28, 2017
Ephrata Public Library; Ephrata, Pa.
July 29–Aug. 25
Cedar City Public Library; Cedar City, Utah
Oct. 16–Nov. 12
Orange County Library; Orlando, Fla.
May 9–June 5
Chesterfield County Public Library; Chesterfield, Va.
March 31–April 27
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Conversation for Clergy with Connie Bertka & James B. Miller
June 18 at 3 pm, Special private preview
American Library Association
co-sponsor
Robert Miller
Joel Okamoto
Kevin Irwin
The Evolution Dialogues: Science, Christianity, and the Quest for Understanding by Catherine Baker, edited by James B. Miller
David Bosworth
Scientists in Congregations
$2 million, 2011
Dave Navarra, Program Administrator/Primary Contact
Greg Cootsona,Onsite Co-Project Leader
Center Theology and Natural Sciences
$1.300,000 on December 2014
Staff
Melissa Moritz, Administrative Associate
Publications Office
Joshua M. Moritz, Managing Editor, Theology and Science
Alan Weissenbacher, Book Review Editor
Ted Peters, Co-Editor
Braden Molhoek, Bookkeeper
Board of Directors
Carl M. York
Charles H. Townes
William R. Stoeger
Robert John Russell
Charlotte Russell
W. Mark Richardson
Ted Peters
Nancey Murphy
William Levada
Robert Lawrence Kuhn
Mary-Claire King
Arthur Holder
Francisco J. Ayala
Adrian M. Wyard
Robert J. Russell, Co-Editor
Robert John Russell, CTNS Founder and Director, Co-Editor, Theology and Science
David Wood, Co-Project Leader
Biola University's Center for Christian Thought
$3,029,221
July 2012
Gregg Ten Elshof, Scholar-in-Residence / CCT Executive Board Member
CTNS is an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California. CTNS faculty offer courses at the doctoral and seminary levels in order to bring future clergy and faculty to a greater awareness of this important interdisciplinary work.
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. The multi-religious agenda attends primarily to theological issues arising from the engagement between the sciences and religious traditions such as Buddhism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, and indigenous spiritualities.
Joshua M. Mortiz, Managing Editor, Theology and Science and Adjunct Professor, Lecturer in Philosophical Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union
Science for Youth Ministry
Luther Seminary
$188,540 on April 2014
$1.2 million on August 2015
Andrew Root
Carrie Olson Baalson
Luther Seminary
David Wood
Glencoe Union Church
Tony Jones
United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities
BioLogos, $8.7 million
Evolution & Christian Faith program $4,777,022 -- 2012-2015 (2013 BioLogos Annual Report)
Northwest Nazarene University "Nazarenes Exploring Evolution"
Thomas Jay Oord
Bryan College "Back to the Beginning: Educating Students and Parents about Evolution, Genesis, and Coexistence"
Kenneth Turner
Brian Eisenback
Concordia University "Creatures of God: An Evangelical-Catholic Dialogue on Sin, Evolution and Human Nature"
Paul Allen
Westmont College "God's Brushes: Evolution, Creation & Christian Faith"
Jeffrey Schloss
Calvin College "Theology of Original Sin in Various Human Origins Scenarios"
Loren Haarsma
Colossian Forum, "Beyond Galileo - to Chalcedon: Re-imagining the Intersection of Evolution and the Fall"
William Cavanaugh
James Smith
Michael Gulker
Solid Rock Lectures "Educating Pastors to Educate the Church: Bringing Science Workshops to Pastors and Seminaries"
Joel Duff
Kenneth Wolgemuth
Gregg Davidson
Advisory Council
Roseanne Sension
Ross Hastings
Stephen Freeland
Michael Cromartie
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Justin Barret
Leslie Wickman
John Walton
John Ortberg
Tremper Longman
Denis Alexander
Carlos Campo
David Lahti
Andy Crouch
Stan Rosenberg
Former Officers and Staff
Francis Collins, former President & Founder
Karl Giberson, former Executive Vice-President
Tim Keller
Peter Enns, former Senior Fellow In Biblical Studies
Board of Directors
Mark Vogelzang
Praveen Sethupathy
Richard Mouw
Jeff Hardin, Board Chair
Jennifer Wiseman
Ard Louis
Team
Deborah Haarsma, Director
Jim Stump, Content Manager
Jeffrey Shloss, Senior Scholar
Karen Applegate, Program Director
Brad Kramer, Content Editor
Edward B. Davis, Fellow for the History of Science
Dennis Venema, Fellow of Biology
Darrel Falk, Senior Advisor for Dialogue
Calvin College
Nature in Belief: Evolutionary Explanation, Biological Function, and Religious Purpose
$203,845 on Sept 2003
Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame
Jeffrey Schloss, Westmont College
James K.A. Smith, Calvin College
Randomness & Divine Providence
$1,693,381 on July 2012, based at Calvin College
Jim Bradley,Project Coordinator, Calvin College
Sharon Gould, Project Administrator, Calvin College
Ian G. Barbour
Rob O'Malley, Senior Program Associate
Warren Dennis, Program Assistant
Connie Bertka, former Director
Bringing Forefront Science to Religion Reporters
$208,112 June 2016-May 2017
Science Engagement in Rabbinic Training
$214,378 December 2015-December 2017
Larry Langdon
Bishop Claude Alexander
Ruth Bancewicz, former Advisory Council
Timothy Dalrymple, former Advisory Council
Daniel Harrell, former Advisory Council
Randy Isaac, former Advisory Council
Greg Cootsona
Harvey Clemons Jr
Chris Dolson
Elaine Ecklund
Tim O'Connor, former Advisory Counsel
Thomas Jay Oard, former Advisory Counsel
Amos Young, former Advisory Council
Loren Haarsma, former Advisory Council
Evan C. Rosa, Director
Thomas M. Crisp, Scholar-in-Residence / CCT Executive Board Member
Steve L. Porter, Scholar-in-Residence / CCT Executive Board Member
Laura Pelser, Program Administrator
Christianity Today, Project Leader: Mark Galli
Building an Audience for Science & Faith
$269,088, December 2015
Biola University
The Spiritual, Character, and Virtue Formation of Seminarians
$217,000, February 2016
David Wang
Peter Hill
Project Leaders
Evangelical Theology and the Doctrine of Creation
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Carl F.H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding
$3,400,000 ,June 25, 2015
Creation Project Advisory Council
Fellows:
John Collins
John Hilber
Hans Madueme
R. Clinton Ohlers
Kirk MacGregor
Todd Patterson
Project Leadership:
Thomas McCall
Richard Averbeck
Geoffrey Fulkerson
The New City Catechism: Forming virtue in the hearts and minds of children
The Gospel Coalition
$217,000, April 2016
Project Leaders:
Ben Peays
Collin Hanson
Product Development:
The New City Catechism
The New City Catechism Devotional
Grants were awarded to thirty-five congregations in the United States (representing twenty-five states), as well as one in Canada and one in France.
These grant recipients produced a wide range of projects on topics in theology and science that enhanced their congregational life. This website has gathered many of those projects as a way of resourcing additional churches that would like to explore their engagement with the insights of science. Our hope is that you will use these resources as guides for leading your own discussions and classes, or as inspiration to craft new material specifically tailored to your congregation.
Andover Public Library; Andover, Ohio
June 19–July 16
The Colossian Forum
Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning at Calvin College
Origins Symposium, January 27, 2017 co-sponsor: Veritas et Caritas Institute
Todd Wood
Darryl Falk
Center of Theological Inquiry
New Approaches in Theological Inquiry
$3,501,058, July 2012-June 2015
The Astrobiology Outreach Project $1,734,613 July 2015-June 2018
One Percent Plus: The Spiritual Progress Project
$277,250, March 2012-February 2013
Regent College
ReFaithing Science
$206,487 January 2017-September 2019
New Zealand Christians in Science
(Templeton World Charity Foundation)
"Funded for three years by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation."
Theology and Natural Sciences in Aotearoa (TANSA)
"In the past, we were sponsored by the Templeton funded organisation Metanexus."
Celebrating the Harmony between Mainstream Science and the Christian Church
$1,928,863 -- 2012-20152013
BioLogos Annual Report
Building Bridges Among Evangelicals on Origins $190,797 -- 2012-2015 2013 BioLogos Annual Report