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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Science-Theology Society of La Plata
Fundación Diálogio Entre Ciencia y Religión (DECYR) The Protestant School of Theology Instituto Universitario ISEDET Buenos Aires Catholic University in La Plata The main objective of the Science-Theology Society of La Plata is to create a framework for meetings and reflection, promoting an intellectual and spiritual sensitivity through the study of boundary questions between science, cosmology,
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Science, Culture and Theology Group
Asociación Española Ciencia y Cultura (AECyC) Madrid This group consists of a delegation of academicians from a range of fields including physics, philosophy, chemistry, civil engineering, hydrology, engineering, theology and astrophysics coming together for dialogue and the creation of broad outreach materials to disseminate science-faith themes into educational spheres. Outreach efforts are aimed at high
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Science, Spirituality and Healing
Religion and Scientific Promoters Among the Youth in Uganda (RSPYU) Scripture Union of Uganda Kampala, Busia and Bigiri Districts This initiative calls upon the expertise of core contributing members from the departments of religious studies and social science of Makerere University, the Institute of Public Health and the local medical school, Islamic University in Uganda,