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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The Thousand Stars Buddhism and Science Group
The Thousand Stars Foundation Bangkok Bringing together Buddhist practitioners with representatives of other religions, religious scholars, philosophers, scientists, medical professionals, linguists, and other interested members of the community, this society addresses the widespread curiosity and concern regarding modernization and scientific advances in relation to the tenets of Buddhism in Thai society. The group explores science
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Theandria
The Annunciation Abbey, Gradinari, Olt Romania Bishopric of Râmnic Ramnicu Valcea Consisting of clergy, theologians, scientists, architects, jurists, sociologists, physicians, engineers and others interested in the encounter between science and faith, this group engages priests and intellectuals of the Romanian Orthodox Church to encourage dialogue with other confessions. Eight conferences per year invite remarkable specialists,
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Theology and the Natural Sciences in Aotearoa Auckland (TANSAA)
Tyndale-Carey Graduate School Bible College of New Zealand Henderson, Waitakere City This initiative assembles theologians, scientists, historians, pastors, students, and interested community members to collectively seek insights into issues at the intersection of the natural sciences and Christian faith. Participants hail from multiple area institutions and each hold some training in scientific and religious disciplines.