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Dr. Robert Russell

Dr. Robert J. Russell is the Founder and Director of CTNS and the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science at the GTU. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ to Ministry in higher education. Dr. Russell is the author of Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics, and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction, (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012), Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: Towards the Mutual Creative Interaction of Theology and Science (Fortress Press, 2008), serves as primary editor of theVatican Observatory / CTNS volumes on theology and science focused on science and...
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CTNS/GTU Conference and Celebration; Assessing the Work of Robert John Russell: "God’s Action in Nature’s World: Creative Mutual Interaction from Alpha to Omega" and Celebrating the public Campaign for the Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science.

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Thursday, December 8th 2016, 1:00pm
Saturday, December 8, 2007, 1-5pm CTNS/GTU Conference and Celebration; Assessing the Work of Robert John Russell: "God’s Action in Nature’s World: Creative Mutual Interaction from Alpha to Omega" and Celebrating the public Campaign for the Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science. Graduate Theological Union, Richard S. Dinner Board Room, GTU Library For more than twenty-five years, Robert John Russell has been engaged in research and teaching focused on the creative mutual interaction between theology and the natural sciences. To celebrate the forthcoming publication of his new book,...
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Russell Fellowship Forum

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Wednesday, April 10th 2019, 7:00pm
2019 Russell Fellow Joshua M. Moritz will speak on the Vital Role of Science in Youth Ministry. Free and open to the public. Part of the 2019 Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science.   Joshua M. Moritz teaches in the Philosophy Department of the University of San Francisco, is Managing Editor of Theology and Science, and serves as the Director of Christian Formation at Berkeley Covenant Church.  
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CTNS 25th Anniversary and the 2006 J. K. Russell Research Fellowship

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Wednesday, September 14th 2016, 12:00am
CTNS 25th Anniversary and the 2006 J. K. Russell Research Fellowship J.K. Russell Fellowship with Martinez Hewlett and Ted Peters Assessing the Case(s) for Theistic Evolution Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 7pm CTNS Public Forum, Neurology and Spirituality, with Andrew Newberg
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2003-2004 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science

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Monday, March 21st 2016, 7:00pm
2003-2004 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science Friday, March 21, 2003, 7:00 pm ET and God: Theological Implications of the Search for Life Beyond Earth?, Russell Fellow Paul Davies Pacific School of Religion Chapel, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA
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God, Information and the Sciences of Complexity, J.K. Russell Research Conference with 2013 Russell Fellow in Religion and Science, Niels Henrik Gregersen

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Tuesday, February 9th 2016, 12:00am
God, Information and the Sciences of Complexity, J.K. Russell Research Conference with 2013 Russell Fellow in Religion and Science, Niels Henrik Gregersen Information and complexity have become central concepts of our contemporary scientific world-view. In which sense can we speak of information and complexity also as part of the nature of God? It will be argued that traditional Logos Christology already offers important resources for speaking of aspects of information as inherent to divine life. The divine Logos is “in God”, while being both the wellspring of information (the...
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Robert J. Russell

Robert J. Russell is Founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. He is a leading researcher and spokesperson for the growing international body of theologians and scientists committed to a positive dialogue and creative mutual interaction between these fields. He is the author of Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction (University of Notre Dame, 2012); Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: The Creative...
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Russell Fellowship Conference

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Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 1:00pm
2019 Russell Fellow Joshua M. Moritz will speak on the Vital Role of Science in Youth Ministry. Part of the 2019 Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science.  Registration required. Please contact ctns-info@gtu.edu for more information or to register. Joshua M. Moritz teaches in the Philosophy Department of the University of San Francisco, is Managing Editor of Theology and Science, and serves as the Director of Christian Formation at Berkeley Covenant Church.
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J. K. Russell Research Conference, Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, with Francisco J. Ayala

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Monday, April 4th 2016, 12:00am
The 2008-2009 J. K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Dr. Francisco Ayala: Darwin's Gift to Science and Religion -- Celebrating the Darwin Year 2009 Saturday, April 4, 2009 J. K. Russell Research Conference, Darwin’s Gift to Science and Religion, with Francisco J. Ayala With militant atheists claiming that evolutionary biology disproves God and with creation scientists and theorists of Intelligent Design challenging the omission of God in neo-Darwinian biology, is there a robust alternative that takes evolution seriously and places it within a credible and persuasive...
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The 2007 J. K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Celia Deane- Drummond, University of Chester, March 24-31, 2007

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Thursday, March 31st 2016, 9:00am
The 2007 J. K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Celia Deane- Drummond, University of Chester, March 24-31, 2007 Saturday, March 31, 2007, 9:00am-4:30pm The J. K. Russell Fellowship Research Conference, "The Evolution of Sin and the Redemption of Nature" Location: Pacific School of Religion, Mudd 103 Drawing on animal ethographic studies, this lecture considers the possibility of a form of morality existing in animals and its relationship with human morality. Given this capacity, I argue that first we need to reflect more carefully on human sin and evil in evolutionary terms...
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 Russell Family Research Fellowship in Religion and Science

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Tuesday, March 7th 2017, 5:00pm
 Russell Family Research Fellowship in Religion and Science Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) Event with Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, "Jewish Environmentalism: Faith, Scholarship, and Activism" Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union What is Jewish environmentalism? Has the Bible contributed to our current ecological crisis? This lecture will present some of the major aspects of the Jewish environmental movement as well as the opportunities it provides for new modes of Jewish expression. Join us as we explore the distinctive contribution of Jewish environmentalism to the field of religion...
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Russell Family Research Conference with Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, "In Pursuit of Perfection: The Misguided Transhumanist Vision "

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Thursday, March 9th 2017, 5:00pm
Russell Family Research Conference with Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, "In Pursuit of Perfection: The Misguided Transhumanist Vision " Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Transhumanism is a secular ideology that invests technology with spiritual meaning. Presenting transhumanism as a pursuit for perfection of the human species, the lecture highlights the innate ambiguity of transhumanist discourse which treats perfection both as a stadial process of self-improvement as well as an end state of the process: the emergence of the posthuman species. The lecture highlights the main themes of...
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J. K. Russell Fellow's Public Forum, Whence Morality: Biology or Religion?

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Thursday, April 7th 2016, 7:00pm
J. K. Russell Fellow's Public Forum, Whence Morality: Biology or Religion? Classroom 1 of the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology (Free and open to the public) How much about human nature is not only rooted in our evolutionary past but fully determined by purely biological processes? Our capacity for reasoning seems to be an adaptive feature that evolved as a consequence of natural selection, but what about our moral and ethical faculties? Contrary to reductionists who argue that our moral codes are merely evolutionary byproducts with no grounding in the transcendent, Dr. Ayala has...
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J. K. Russell Fellowship Forum, Genetic Futures and our Search for Wisdom, with Dr. Celia Deane-Drummond

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Monday, March 28th 2016, 8:00pm
Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7pm J. K. Russell Fellowship Forum, Genetic Futures and our Search for Wisdom, with Dr. Celia Deane-Drummond Lecture and Discussion Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA This lecture begins with an overview of the meteoric rise in genetic science over the last half century. The potential impact on all life forms—from microbes to humans--is enormous. The medical applications of genetic science sit uneasily in the shadow of eugenic practices of the last century. Geneticists are more modest today about the evolutionary potential...
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J.K. Russell Fellowship with Niels Henrik Gregersen, Complexity Studies and Theories of Emergence: What Does It All Mean for Religion?

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Wednesday, October 5th 2016, 12:00am
J.K. Russell Fellowship with Niels Henrik Gregersen, Complexity Studies and Theories of Emergence: What Does It All Mean for Religion? The Complexification of Nature: Supplementing the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm Saturday, November 20, 2004, 7-11pm AAR/SBL Joint Reception San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter - Conference Room 8 at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature for a reception sponsored by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), the Institute for Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS), and the Zygon Center for Religion...
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The 2002-2003 J. K. Russell Research Conference: Paul Davies Graduate Theological Union Library

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Tuesday, March 22nd 2016, 10:30am
The 2002-2003 J. K. Russell Research Conference: Paul Davies Graduate Theological Union Library Multiverse and Anthropic Fine-Tuning: Philosophical and Theological Implications Scientists have long known that if the laws of physics were only slightly different, then life (at least as we know it) would be impossible. Some theologians have suggested that this biological fine-tuning (often misnamed anthropic fine-tuning) is evidence for a Cosmic Designer. But many scientists prefer to explain the ingeniously bio-friendly nature of the universe as a selection effect, by appealing to the idea...
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April 23-25, 2015 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Noreen Herzfeld: More than Information: A Christian Critique of a New Dualism

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Saturday, April 23rd 2016, 5:00pm
April 23-25, 2015 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Noreen Herzfeld: More than Information: A Christian Critique of a New Dualism Thursday, April 23, 2015, 7pm CTNS Public Forum with Noreen Herzfeld, "Who is My Neighbor? A Personal Journey" Free and open to the public Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Years ago, as a new professor in computer science, teaching artificial intelligence raised a lot of questions in my mind. Why do we want to create AI? How would we treat such a thing, should we be successful? Do we image ourselves in the computer the same...
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J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Thomas F. Tracy

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Saturday, October 15th 2016, 12:00am
Friday, and Saturday, October 15-16, 2010 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Thomas F. Tracy Friday, October 15, 2010, 7pm Public Forum: When we Say that God Acts, What Do We Think God Does?, with Thomas F. Tracy Tucson Common Room, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA (Adjacent to Courtyard accessed through parking lot at the intersection of Le Conte and Euclid) The idea that God acts purposefully in creating, sustaining, and governing the world is deeply embedded in the monotheistic faiths. The sacred texts of these traditions include...
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J.K. Russell Research Conference, "Scientific Vetoes and the “Hands-off” God: Can We Say that God Acts In History?" with Thomas F. Tracy

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Sunday, October 16th 2016, 12:00pm
J.K. Russell Research Conference, "Scientific Vetoes and the “Hands-off” God: Can We Say that God Acts In History?" with Thomas F. Tracy The idea of special divine action has been notoriously problematic in modern theology. Two difficulties in particular have dominated discussion. First, it has been commonplace to contend that this idea runs fatally afoul of the natural sciences. Second, it is widely thought that if we affirm that God acts on particular occasions to shape the course of events in the world, then the problem of evil is made even more difficult. We seem to face an unhappy trade...