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J. K. Russell Fellow’s Public Forum, "Dance of the Fertile Universe", with George V. Coyne, S.J. Co-Sponsored with Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB).

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Friday, March 18th 2016, 7:00pm
J. K. Russell Fellow’s Public Forum, "Dance of the Fertile Universe", with George V. Coyne, S.J. Co-Sponsored with Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (JSTB). Did we come about by chance or by necessity in the evolving universe? Did God make us? Can we conclude that there is an Intelligent Design to the universe? To what extent can the natural sciences address these questions? As to chance or necessity the first thing to be said is that the problem is not formulated correctly. It is not just a question of chance or necessity because, first of all, it is both. Furthermore, there is a third...
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2008 J. K. Russell Fellowship with Dr. George V. Coyne, S.J.

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Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 9:30am
2008 J. K. Russell Fellowship with Dr. George V. Coyne, S.J. Saturday, March 15, 2008, 9:30am-5pm J.K. Russell Research Conference, “Twenty Years After the New View from Rome: Pope John Paul II on Science and Religion” Richard S. Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Library (Hewlett) When the adventure of exploration, which I wish to summarize here, began I was privileged to be a party to it and, in fact, wrote the Preface to the book, Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding (PPT), whose publication became the inspiration and the guiding beacon for the...
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J.K. Russell Research Conference with Noreen Herzfeld, More than Information: A Christian Critique of a New Dualism "

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Thursday, April 25th 2019, 1:00pm
J.K. Russell Research Conference with Noreen Herzfeld, More than Information: A Christian Critique of a New Dualism " Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union In light of quantum theory and advances in computer science many scientists have posited that information, rather than matter, forms the bedrock of the universe. Thus it follows that the essence of our selves as human beings is the information housed in the neural connections of our brain, information that, in principle, could be reproduced digitally. Such a "cybernetic immortality" forms one of the bases of a new transhumanist...
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2014 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Alex Filippenko, "Life in the Universe, Scientific and Religious Perspectives."

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Tuesday, April 26th 2016, 1:00pm
2014 J.K. Russell Fellowship in Religion and Science with Alex Filippenko, "Life in the Universe, Scientific and Religious Perspectives." Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Research Conference: Life in the Universe: Scientific Perspectives and their Wider Implications What do we know about the extent of life in the universe? Although the universe is inconceivably vast, is it barren or teeming with life? Dr. Filippenko will argue that while primitive microbial life might be common in the universe, intelligence and mechanical ability at the level of humans is exceedingly rare,...
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CTNS Video and Events

Each year, CTNS offers a variety of events for the GTU community and the wider public including doctoral student presentations, public forums by visiting scholars, the annual Russell Family Fellowship Research Conference, book launches, and special events. View a listing of upcoming CTNS events. Below you will find selected video recordings from past CTNS events. Find more CTNS videos here.
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CTNS Student Showcase

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Thursday, September 28th 2017, 7:00pm
CTNS Student Showcase Free and open to the public Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union To kick off the 2017-2018 school year CTNS will give a sampling of the kinds of science and religion research being done at the GTU by doctoral students. Speakers: Austin Eikenberry, Ki Wook Min and Robert Russell (for our recent graduate Hun Cho Yu) Austin Eikenberry, The Temporality of Creation and the Eternality of God The intersection of temporality and eternality has been a fundamental question of Christian theology almost from its earliest inception. Rooted in the ancient Greek...
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Barbour Chair and CTNS Courses

Robert Russell and Ian Barbour
“I am enduringly grateful to CTNS and to the vision and initiative of its founder and director, Robert John Russell. I know of no other center in the world that is making such a significant contribution to the creative dialogue between science and religion.” -- Ian G. Barbour
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CTNS Student Showcase

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Monday, September 10th 2018, 7:00pm
To kick off the 2016-2017 school year CTNS will give a sampling of the kinds of science and religion research being done at the GTU by doctoral students. Speakers: Alan Weissenbacher, Sungho Lee, Braden Molhoek, and Robert Russell (on Adam Pryor's work) Free and open to the public Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Alan Weissenbacher, “Practical Neuroscience for the Pews” Sungho Lee, “Radical Relationship: The Trinity, Humans, and Non-humans” Braden Molhoek, “Original Righteousness Contributes to the Inevitability of Sin?” Robert Russell, presenting the published...
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CTNS Student Showcase

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Thursday, September 15th 2016, 7:00pm
CTNS Student Showcase To kick off the 2016-2017 school year CTNS will give a sampling of the kinds of science and religion research being done at the GTU by doctoral students. Speakers: Alan Weissenbacher, Sungho Lee, Braden Molhoek, and Robert Russell (on Adam Pryor's work) Free and open to the public Dinner Board Room, Graduate Theological Union Alan Weissenbacher, “Practical Neuroscience for the Pews” Sungho Lee, “Radical Relationship: The Trinity, Humans, and Non-humans” Braden Molhoek, “Original Righteousness Contributes to the Inevitability of Sin?” Robert Russell,...
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God, Information, and the Sciences of Complexity

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Saturday, February 9th 2013, 1:00pm
Part of CTNS' J. K. Russell Conference Dr. Niels Henrik Gregersen, 2013 J. K. Russell Research Fellow in Religion and Science. Responses by: Joshua Moritz, Ted Peters, Oliver Putz and Robert Russell. Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley To register please visit http://www.ctns.org/jkr_fellow_pay.html or write ctnsinfo@ctns.org for more information. 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...
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Jesus and the Depth of Creation: The Idea of Deep Incarnation

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Friday, February 8th 2013, 7:00pm
J. K. Russell Fellow's Public Forum, part of the J. K. Russell Conference sponsored by CTNS Dr. Niels Henrik Gregersen, 2013 J. K. Russell Research Fellow in Religion and Science Tucson Room, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley. Please enter via the courtyard on Le Conte Avenue. Free and open to the public. Registration not required. There seems to be an ineradicable tension between the grand-scale story of the world of creation, cosmic in scope and pitiless in its operations, and the small-scale story of Jesus as embodying divine empathy. The idea of deep...
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CTNS Public Forum with Professor LeRon Shults, on his book, Christology and Science, with a response by Professor Robert Russell

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Saturday, November 5th 2016, 7:00pm
CTNS Public Forum with Professor LeRon Shults, on his book, Christology and Science, with a response by Professor Robert Russell The dialogue between theology and science has blossomed in recent decades, but particular beliefs about Jesus Christ have not often been brought to the forefront of this interdisciplinary discussion even in explicitly Christian contexts. In this lecture, F. LeRon Shults discusses his book Christology and Science (2008), which attempts to break new ground by explicitly bringing the specific themes of Christology into dialogue with contemporary science. He engages...
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CTNS Books

One of the most important embodiments of the mission of CTNS to bridge science and religion through research, teaching, and public service are the many publications that have been produced by CTNS programs, faculty and associates, These publications reflect diligent research, with the aims of producing excellent scholarship which can be used in the service of teachers, students and the general public. Please see below for a list of suggested introductory books in theology and science as well as more advanced titles arranged in alphabetical order. Authors include Francisco J. Ayala, Ian...
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The Center

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences   From 1981-2015 the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) was an independent, self-incorporated affili­ate of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). During this time, CTNS depended primarily on program grants to support the salaries of faculty and staff. These grants includ­ed three international and interfaith mega-programs: The Science and Religion Course Program (SRCP), Science and the Spiritual Quest (SSQ) and Science and Transcend­ence: Advanced Research Program (STARS), funded by the John Templeton Foundation.
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"Exploring the Convergence of Science and Religion: Following in the Footsteps of Charlie Townes."

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Wednesday, July 6th 2016, 9:00am
Wednesday, July 6, 2016, 9am "Exploring the Convergence of Science and Religion: Following in the Footsteps of Charlie Townes." First Congregational Church of Berkeley, 2345 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94704 On Wednesday July 6 First Congregational Church of Berkeley (FCCB) member Robert Russell will present three lectures on "Exploring the Convergence of Science and Religion: Following in the Footsteps of Charlie Townes." This morning lecture series will be a special repeat consolidating three FCCB Learning Hours offered in the fall of 2015. In 1966, Charlie Townes published a...
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Time in Eternity Book Release Celebration

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Friday, September 14th 2012, 2:30pm
Responses by William Stoeger, S.J., Lou Ann Trost, and Oliver Putz in addition to author Robert J. Russell. Also recognition of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences’ 30th Anniversary and completion of the Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science. Reception to follow. Dinner Board Room, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, 2400 Ridge Road, Berkeley
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In Pursuit of Perfection: The Misguided Transhumanist Vision

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Thursday, March 9th 2017, 1:00pm
The 2017 Russell Family Research Conference with Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, "In Pursuit of Perfection: The Misguided Transhumanist Vision" Sponsored by the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Registration required. Richard S. Dinner Board Room, GTU, 2400 Ridge Rd., Berkeley, 3rd Floor 
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