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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UIC Society on Science and Spirituality
University of Illinois at Chicago With a planning committee consisting of members of the student body, diverse faculty members of humanities, medicine and sciences at UIC, and a member of the Parliament of World’s Religions, this society supports a multitude of activities. Events are open to the public and well publicized within the larger community.
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University of Sioux Falls Forum for Conversations in Theology and Science
University of Sioux Falls Sioux Falls, South Dakota Faculty, students and members of neighboring academic, religious, and scientific communities congregate monthly throughout the school year to participate in roundtable forums. A nationally recognized scholar will be invited to address the society and the community-at-large. The society hosts a widely publicized annual spring symposium to bring
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UWS Psychology and Spirituality Society
Department of Psychology, University of Western Sydney Penrith This society draws together members from the university, theological colleges, and educational establishments in Sydney with practicing psychologists, psychiatrists, chaplains, and health care professionals. The group aims to promote open, scholarly discussion around topics in spirituality and psychological health; to challenge academic and health communities to consider