BRYN MAWR, PA – June 1, 2008 – Dr. Eric Weislogel, Executive Director of Metanexus Institute, announces the selection of Dr. Keith Ward as the 2008-09 Metanexus Senior Fellow. The position of Metanexus Senior Fellow honors an individual who has made significant intellectual contributions to the encounter between science and religion.
About Senior Fellow
Metanexus Institute created the position of Senior Fellow in 2003 in the context of their mission to promote an international, interdisciplinary, interfaith exploration of contemporary issues and thought, particularly at the junctures of faith, science, and humanity. The Metanexus Senior Fellow program includes lectures in the Philadelphia area, in addition to print and online publishing components. The program embodies a key priority of Metanexus: outreach to a broad public by promoting the intellectual dialog of scholars and laypersons around contemporary issues in science and religion.
About Keith Ward
Dr. Keith Ward is an ordained priest in the Church of England and until 2003 was Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Free University of Amsterdam, and is an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and of the University of Wales. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, and a member of the editorial boards of Religions Studies, Journal of Contemporary Religion, Studies in Inter-Religious Dialogue, and World Faiths Encounter. He has been a Visiting Professor at Drake University, Iowa, at Claremont Graduate School, California, and at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has also held the Regius Professorship of Divinity at the University of Oxford for over a decade. Ward has delivered numerous prestigious public lectures and is the author of many books. Dr. Ward has a BA from the University of Wales, an MA from the University of Cambridge, an MA and B Litt from the University of Oxford, a DD from Cambridge, and a DD from Oxford.
About Metanexus Institute
Metanexus Institute (http://www.metanexus.net) was founded in 1998 and is an internationally known nonprofit organization. Metanexus is comprised of scholars, scientists, clergy,and citizenswho recognize the need forrespectful, constructivecollaboration betweenthe sciences, the arts, world religions, and the humanities. Headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Metanexus Institute hosts lectures, programs, and symposia locally and through a global network of 300+ projects in 42 countries. The Institute also publishes the monthly Global Spiral (www.globalspiral.com), an online publication that explores areas of the Metanexus mission and vision.
Contact: Kathy Siciliano
Metanexus Institute
Phone: 484-592-0304 ex.100
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