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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Vancouver Area Science and Religion Forum
Trinity Western UniversityLangley, British Columbia This project brings together members of a chapter of the Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation with a steering committee comprised of scientists in a variety of fields, theologians, and philosophers sharing expertise and interest in science and faith. The group holds seminars at both Trinity Western University and the University
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Vimala Society for Science and Religion
Vimala College Thrissur, Kerala The Vimala Society, based in the only women’s college in Thrissur – known as the “cultural capital of Kerala” – serves as a catalyzing agent, promoting science and religion interest beyond the confines of the campus. The Society offers programs designed to promote active interfaith interest in science and religion at
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Vladimir Dialogue
Vladimir State University Vladimir Monthly interdisciplinary seminars engage specialists working in the natural sciences, humanities and theology to explore topics in ecology, biology, medicine, philosophy, history, ethnography, folklore and theology. These monthly meetings form the basis for annual conferences on Russian inter-religious dialogues and scientific discovery. The group also organizes special student seminars and conferences.