The Metanexus Network began as a global constellation of interdisciplinary communities exploring foundational questions at the intersection of science and spirituality. Growing out of the Local Societies Initiative and later the Metanexus Global Network Initiative, these groups brought together scientists, philosophers, theologians, and scholars to engage questions of meaning, personhood, consciousness, and human purpose beyond the limits of any single discipline.
The original Network focused on two core commitments: dialogue between scientific and spiritual traditions, and transdisciplinary inquiry into the assumptions shaping human understanding. These communities served as spaces for rigorous conversation, intellectual experimentation, and resistance to fragmentation driven by excessive specialization.
Today, Metanexus carries this legacy forward while expanding its scope. As cultural, technological, and existential pressures reshape what it means to be human, the Network is evolving into a broader ecology of communities exploring new ways of being human. Building on its foundational roots, the renewed Network emphasizes lived inquiry, experimentation, and creative engagement with emerging forms of knowledge, practice, and community.
The Metanexus Network is no longer only a site of dialogue, but a space for shared exploration—where inherited questions meet present realities, and new possibilities are allowed to take shape.
Metanexus Groups
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Fundación Xavier Zubiri LSI
Fundación Xavier Zubiri Madrid This society consolidates and brings together the efforts an elite group of researchers and scholars in Spain interested in considering themes on the relationship between modern science and religions, using the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri as an inspiration and guide for exploring this relationship. Practitioners, scholars, and researchers in medicine, theology,
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Furthering the Integration of Religion, Science, and Technology (FIRST)
Southeastern CollegeLakeland, Florida A recently formed organization, FIRST is dedicated to “furthering the understanding of the interplay between faith and science through development of web resources, promotion of written materials, hosting seminars, workshops, conferences, student video nights, book discussions, and community outreach to reach into the evangelical Christian community and beyond.” This group represents a
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Genetic Frontiers: Challenge to Humanity and Our Religious Traditions
National Conference for Community and Justice Detroit, Michigan In 1986, the Muslim, Christian, Jewish “Trialog” Leadership Forum was formed to “promote understanding and education amongst all races and religions of the metropolitan Detroit area through year-long discussions and an annual symposium.” Topics for discussion are chosen yearly; however, the topic of “Genetic Frontiers”, being a