Theology of Nature
FEATURED GRANT
New Visions of Nature, Science, and Religion: Biophysical and Human Nature
Professor James D. Proctor, Director
Environmental Studies Program
Lewis and Clark College (Portland OR)
This research grant examines four contemporary visions of nature and their scientific and theological dimensions. These four visions include evolutionary nature, emergent nature, nature as sacred, and nature as culture. The program is hosting workshops, conferences, public lectures, courses, and at least one visiting fellow each year.
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Sample Grants
| Grant Title |
Award Date |
Grant Amount |
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- Without Nature? A New Condition for Theology
Professor William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics
Director, Martin Marty Center for the Advanced Study of Religion
Divinity School
University of Chicago
- This grant provided partial support for a conference investigating the viability of "nature" as a point of intersection for dialogue across science and humanities disciplines, whether "human nature" as studied by the social sciences or the "natural environment" as studied by the physical sciences.
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October 2006 |
$10,000 |
- Sighs, Signs, and Significance: Pentecostal and Wesleyan Explorations of Science and Creation
Professor Thomas Jay Oord
Department of Philosophy and Department of Religion
Northwest Nazarene University Professor Amos Yong, Director of Doctor of Philosophy Program
School of Divinity
Regent University (Virginia Beach, Virginia)
- This project supported a joint meeting of the Wesleyan Theological Society and the Society for Pentecostal Studies in March 2008 at Duke Divinity School. Speakers explored facets of the theology and science dialogue, as well as the Pentecostal and Wesleyan approaches to the theology of creation. Papers will be published in dedicated editions of peer-reviewed journals from each society.
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May 2007 |
$32,000 |
- Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science
Professor John F. Haught, Distinguished Research Professor of Theology
Founder and Director
Center for the Study of Science & Religion
Georgetown University (Washington DC)
- This grant supported research and writing of a book on the nature of Nature. Cambridge University Press published Is Nature Enough? Meaning and Truth in the Age of Science in 2006.
|
August 2004 |
$52,500 |
- Judaism and the Phenomenon of Life: The Legacy of Hans Jonas
Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson
Department Of History
Arizona State University (Tempe AZ) - This grant
supported the first comprehensive examination in the US of Hans Jonas'
philosophy. The project included a conference that highlighted the
contribution of Jonas to philosophy of biology and to bioethics. In 2007, Brill
Academic Publishers will publish the edited volume of the papers presented at
the conference.
|
May 2005 |
$22,000 |
- AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion: Promoting a Public Conversation
Dr. Connie Bertka, Program Director
Dialogue
on Science, Ethics, & Religion [DoSER] - This
initiative engages the public on a range of questions in science and
religion, including evolution, cosmology, astrobiology and human evolution.
The DoSER program contributes to the level of scientific understanding in
religious communities, and promotes multidisciplinary education and
scholarship on the ethical and religious implications of advancements in
science and technology.
|
January 2001 |
$3,293,929 |
