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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Seminars and Conferences about Theology & Science and the Nature of Life
Instituto Cristiano para la Ecologia y el Desarrollo “Nuevo Creacion” The Christian Institute for the Ecology and Development – “New Creation” Lima With the objective of raising awareness of Christian leaders and professionals in the sciences regarding the positive relationship between natural science and theology, this society seeks to counter the sharp separation between Christian
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Seville Local Group
Centro Pedro Arrupe de Sevilla Seville The Seville Local Group provides a “space for dialogue and a meeting point for faith and the modern world, especially open to unbelief and inspired by Ignatian spirituality.” Devoted to including members of the community, the group aims to contribute to human and Christian education based in freedom and
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Sezione Euresis di Catania (Catania Section of the Euresis Society)
Euresis Catania In existence since 1991, the Catania Section of the Euresis Society convenes professors and researchers from fields of chemistry, physics, astronomy, computer science, statistics, geology, Italian literature, philosophy, and history. In addition to monthly meetings of the group for discussion, planning, and exploration, activities involve a wide rang of outreach through well-attended public