University College Chester Department of Theology and Religious Studies Chester, Cheshire The Centre for Religion and the Biosciences (CRB) was established in recognition of the growing importance of fostering constructive dialogue between different religious traditions and new developments in the biosciences, including medicine. The local society program is designed to encourage critical exchange not only…
“Wholeness” Association Karazin Kharkiv National University Patriarch Mstyslav College Kharkiv In the words of the Society Chair, “the main task of this program is to create a real society of a permanent work that should unite philosophers and scientists (physicists, biologists, cosmologists and others) with a purpose of active discussion and attempts at solving numerous…
University of Uludag Bursa The Bursa Local Society Initiative is a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural educational group bringing together theologians, medical practitioners, mathematicians, and scientists for a study/steering group to inform and direct activities and outreach efforts. They explore a range of metaphysical and worldview questions arising from the dialogue between science and religion through conferences,…
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…
Cátedra Pedro PovedaPontifical University of Salamanca-Institución Teresiana Madrid This society, whose core group consists predominantly of women scholars and intellectuals, promotes the consideration of Pedro Poveda’s ideas on dialogue between science, faith, education, and culture in a contemporary context by convening a group of professors and students from universities and research centers of Spain. This…
Centro Pignatelli Zaragosa This society formally brings together university and high school teachers, along with professionals in public and semi-independent centers, who have been discussing and collaborating on themes of science and faith from a variety of perspectives. The Center, in conjunction with other societies in the Iberian network, works to create and disseminate science…
Universidad de Deusto Bilbao A core planning group of professors in engineering, theology, philosophy, ethics, psychology, law, cultural anthropology, and sociology joined together to launch GDET. Focused on those branches of knowledge and culture through which humankind discovers values in the face of rapid cultural changes, this society explores and reflects on issues in technology…
Facultad de Teologia de Granada and Campus Universitario de Cartuja Granada With the goal of founding a group of scholars, students and others interested in the study of science and religion throughout the region, this effort brings together members of the Facultad de Teología de Granada with expertise in electronics, paleontology, biology, chemistry, theology and…
Asociación Española Ciencia y Cultura (AECyC) Madrid This group consists of a delegation of academicians from a range of fields including physics, philosophy, chemistry, civil engineering, hydrology, engineering, theology and astrophysics coming together for dialogue and the creation of broad outreach materials to disseminate science-faith themes into educational spheres. Outreach efforts are aimed at high…
Fundación Xavier Zubiri Madrid This society consolidates and brings together the efforts an elite group of researchers and scholars in Spain interested in considering themes on the relationship between modern science and religions, using the philosophy of Xavier Zubiri as an inspiration and guide for exploring this relationship. Practitioners, scholars, and researchers in medicine, theology,…