Arthur Peacocke (1924-2006)—died in Oxford, October 21, 2006 Arthur Peacocke was one of the most influential and most respected twentieth-century contributors to the dialogue between religion and science. A noted…
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The Future of Creation: Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World
by David Rhoads To live faith in today’s world, we need to face today’s problems. This course will address the challenges that environmental degradation poses for the near future. We face numerous ecological…
Read MoreThe Epic of Creation Scientific, Biblical, and Theological Perpectives on Our Origins
The Epic of Creation course was started by ZCRS in 1989 and has been running annually since that time. This is a unique lecture series that presents the scientific story of emergence and evolution from…
Read MoreFrom Neurons to Shakespeare: Advanced Seminar 2008
by Philip Hefner How does subjective experience arise from neural computation? What accounts for the transition from brain to mind? From what we read in the popular press, one might…
Read MoreEnvironment: Scientific Knowledge and Ethical Action Spring Environmental Lectures 2007
ZCRS co-sponsored two extremely well-attended environmental lectures this spring. Ray Pierrehumbert, a professor of geophysical sciences at the University of Chicago, presented the inaugural Religion and Ecology Lecture in March, speaking on the topic…
Read MoreSymposium Honors Arthur Peacocke’s Legacy of Dialogue
by Susan L. Barreto and Philip Hefner The Zygon Center for Religion and Science and Zygon Journal, with support from the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago and the…
Read MoreMeet the ZCRS Associate Director
Lea F. Schweitz joined the ZCRS staff as associate director this summer. Schweitz will receive her Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from the University of Chicago Divinity School in March 2008. She was…
Read MoreMessage from the New Director
Change has come to the Zygon Center. We begin a new school year with a new director and associate director at ZCRS. As the director of the center since July…
Read MoreHyde Park Religion and Science Society awarded $10,000 grant
The Hyde Park Religion and Science Society was awarded a $10,000 grant by the Metanexus Institute Local Societies Initiative on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. It was one of two organizations…
Read MoreEmergence Conference 2006
On September 28-30, 2006, Zygon Center for Religion and Science welcomed over 50 professors, graduate students, and ministers from around the United States and from as far as Estonia and…
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