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This map highlights the locations of all GTU member schools, centers, and affiliates--most located within walking distance of the GTU library. See the campus detailed map for a closer view of the shaded area. 
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CTNS Student Showcase

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Thursday, September 28th 2017, 7:00pm
Presentations by Austin Eikenberry on The Temporality of Creation and the Eternality of God, Braden Molhoek on Original Sin, Intergroup Bias, and the Importance of Friendship, and Robert Russell discussing Hun Cho Yu's 2017 GTU dissertation, On the Reason for Christian Hope: Theodicy and the Eschatological Hope of the Christian Faith. Free and open to the public.
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"Science verses Religion: The War That Never Was" at SAT

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Monday, March 19th 2018, 10:00am
Science versus Religion: The War That Never Was Presented by Joshua Moritz, Ph.D. Many think the relationship between science and religion—especially the Christian religion—has been one of conflict, debate, or even all-out warfare. This common notion, that science and religion have experienced a long history of conflict or warfare is called the conflict thesis by historians of science and religion. This presentation examines the historical roots and social context of the origin of the conflict thesis. March 19, 10:00AM-3:00PM, $95 (lunch included) School of Applied Theology https://www....
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The Human Surprise: The Unexpected Science of our Origins and Why It Matters for Theology

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Thursday, March 8th 2018, 7:00pm
Over the past decade, scientific discoveries have suggested a new and surprising view of the origins of today’s human family. The classic “Out of Africa” story, prominent among scientists from the mid-1990s until just recently, held that “modern” Homo sapiens emerged as a distinct species about 200,000 years ago and spread around the world, replacing all previous forms of humans.  This view has been called into question by several recent developments, such as DNA studies that show widespread interbreeding between various forms of ancestral humans, including Neandertals.  Just since 2017,...
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New Perspectives on Human Origins: Three Challenges for Christian Theology

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Saturday, March 10th 2018, 1:00pm
Over the past decade, scientific and technical advances have transformed our understanding of human evolution.  Paleogenomics (the recovery, sequencing, and analysis of genomic DNA from ancient individuals) provides powerful tools for retracing the steps of our evolutionary past.  Newly discovered species such as Homo naledi point to multiple hominin lineages living simultaneously.  New findings and advanced analysis of tools and cultural artefacts from Neandertals and other early humans tend to undermine our confidence in any cultural “big bang” that separates behaviorally modern humans from...
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New Perspectives on Human Origins: Three Challenges for Christian Theology

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Saturday, March 10th 2018, 1:00pm
Over the past decade, scientific and technical advances have transformed our understanding of human evolution. Paleogenomics (the recovery, sequencing, and analysis of genomic DNA from ancient individuals) provides powerful tools for retracing the steps of our evolutionary past. Newly discovered species such as Homo naledi point to multiple hominin lineages living simultaneously. New findings and advanced analysis of tools and cultural artefacts from Neandertals and other early humans tend to undermine our confidence in any cultural "big bang" that separates behaviorally modern humans from...
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What Does God Really Do in an Evolutionary Change?: Divine Concurrence and Transformism from the Thomastic Perspective

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Thursday, April 5th 2018, 7:00pm
Neither Aristotle nor Aquinas assumes the reality of the evolution of species. Their systems of thought, however, remain open to the new data, offering an essential contribution to the ongoing research concerning scientific, philosophical, and theological aspects of the theory of evolution. Many enthusiasts of theistic evolution willingly accept Aquinas' distinction between primary and secondary, and principal and instrumental causes, to describe theologically "the mechanics" of transformism. Is it right, however, to ascribe all causation in evolution to creatures--acting as secondary causes...
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The Person, the Self, the Sciences

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Wednesday, November 14th 2018, 7:00pm
Classic Christian Anthropology—creation, the human being in the image of God, sin, death, grace and redemption—was framed in a pre-scientific age. Evolution and neuroscience elicit a radical re-telling of the narrative for a coherent understanding of our place in the cosmos. As Associate Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology, Fr. Griener teaches courses in History of Theology (18th and 19th centuries), Karl Rahner's Philosophy of Religion, Theology of Suffering, God of Jesus Christ and Theological Anthropology at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University. Fr....
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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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Publications

At the heart of CTNS’s mission is providing a wide variety of resources to students, scientists, humanities scholars, and the general public on a wide variety of topics in the field of theology and science.
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CTNS Membership

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences offers annual memberships to an international audience of scientists, humanities scholars, clergy, and the general public interested in the field of theology and science. Members receive a subscription to the journal Theology and Science, with online access to the current and all past issues, online access to The CTNS Bulletin (which was published from 1983 to 2002), a members’ newsletter, and discounts on CTNS conferences. The program gives members the opportunity to keep up to date with current research, while also financially supporting the...
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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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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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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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