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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Shenandoah Anabaptist Science Society (SASS)
Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, Virginia The focus of this society is to create an open and exploratory space for dialogue between scholars, practitioners, and students on subjects such as artificial intelligence, bioethics, nanotechnology, human consciousness, spirit and body, and origins. Composed of individuals, academic departments, and transdisciplinary organizations of the university, the society identifies and
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Silicon Valley Women’s Group (SVWG) and Retreat Program for Women in Academics
Institute for Social Responsibility, Ethics and Education (ISREE)Women in Religion, Ethics and the Sciences (WiRES) San Jose, California Two programs are planned in this innovative initiative to bring together professional women in unique opportunities for discussion and mutual insight. The first, aimed at the wide array of local women in scientific industry in the Silicon
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SLU Interdisciplinary Science and Religion Study Group
Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, Louisiana This project addresses historical and contemporary issues in religion and science through a variety of events. At the base of its efforts is fostering an on-going dialogue through a multiplicity of venues: discussion groups, public lectures, and faculty research presentations. Beyond dialogue, the society also seeks to educate those who