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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Arbeitskreis Naturwissenschaft-Theology
University of Giessen Evangelische Studentinnen-und Studentengemeinde Giessen In existence since 2000, this program expanded its offerings to the academic and spiritual community. Initially, there were two working discussion groups consisting of a group of professors and a group of doctoral and post-doc students at the university, which are now augmented by inviting members of other
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Area Ciencia-Religion del Centro Pignatelli
Centro Pignatelli Zaragosa This society formally brings together university and high school teachers, along with professionals in public and semi-independent centers, who have been discussing and collaborating on themes of science and faith from a variety of perspectives. The Center, in conjunction with other societies in the Iberian network, works to create and disseminate science
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Arizona Forum for Science and Religion
Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies Phoenix, Arizona Designed to be a permanent entity within the Canyon Institute, this society promotes a “local network and community of scholars and other thinkers who share interests in exploring and illuminating the working space where religion and science intersect”. Exploring a wide range of topics in contemporary science and