When I was approached to lead conversations with graduate students about science and faith topics as part of the ESN STEAM grant project, I accepted with a good deal of hesitation. Read more…
Faith and Science Talks from our STEAM Project Conference Track
If you enjoyed our STEAM project faith/science blog series, you may also want to listen to the panels below, hosted at the ASA website. Read more…
Snapshots of “Freedom All the Way Up”
God created the universe(s) to provide the space and conditions for the emergence of habitable bio-niches in which agape-capable beings would eventually emerge to live in agape-love relations with God and with others. Earth is one such emergent bio-niche, and Homo sapiens are an instance of such emergent agape-loving beings. In other words, the telos (purpose) of the universe is to be birthing-space, nursery, and home for agape-capable beings in relationships and actions of agape-love towards God and others. – Christian Barrigar, Faith All the Way Up: God and the Meaning of Life in a Scientific Age, 21Read more…
Snapshots of “Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?”
I recommend Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? An MIT Professor Answers Questions on God and Science by Ian Hutchinson (and related videos) as a resource for personal questions, conversation, an interactive discussion group, and / or presentation preparation.Read more…
8/20 Christian Get-Together at American Chemical Society Meeting
Friend of ESN Andy Bocarsly is the speaker for a meetup of Christians at the American Chemical Society in Boston on August 20. We hope lots of ESN members can make it. Read more…
Faith and Science: A Book Contract and Fall Resources
As we engage with the 2018 American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meetings at Gordon College, we thought it would be good to share the Emerging Scholars Network’s STEAM Grant Series which is in the process of editing for a campus ministry resource through Hendrickson Publishers. Read more…
ESN Local Boston: Hear Francis Collins at ASA 2018
Local to Boston? ASA wants to make it easy for you to hear Francis Collins and connect with ESN on July 28. Read more…
Hear Francis Collins at ASA 2018 ($300 Travel Scholarships Available)
Want to hear Francis Collins? Connect with ESN in person? Go to a faith/science conference on the beautiful grounds of Gordon College, near Boston? Read more…
How can Christians in science support science literacy among believers? (STEAM Grant Series)
In short, scientists must become disciplemakers and reproduce disciples who will also become scientists.Read more…
How should Christians in the sciences choose an epistemology? (STEAM Grant Series)
I used to teach a college course called “Epistemology” but the name scared off too many potential students, so we changed it to “Theories of Knowledge.”Read more…
Adam, Where are You? (STEAM Grant Series)
How much have you read about different models of human origin, from either a scientific or theological perspective?Read more…
How did God Create? Different Views Christians Hold (STEAM Grant Series)
The perspective from which we view the evidence determines what we see and what is hidden. Read more…
STEAM Grant Series: How can we engage origins questions well?
Are you interested in talking about origins issues, but don’t know where to start? If so, you’re not alone.Read more…
Interview with 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant Awardee Jill Ellenbarger
Jill Ellenbarger is one of the two scholars who received a 2017 Christian Scholars Foundation Grant, given to ESN members who are junior faculty. In this interview, she talks about her research, how the CSF grant is supporting her work, and how her faith and her scholarly vocation fit together.Read more…
Conference: “From Sea to Sea … to Sky! Science & Christianity in Canada”
The Canadian Scientific & Christian Affiliation (CSCA) is holding a one-time special conference at, and co-hosted by, Trinity Western University (near Vancouver BC) from May 11-14, 2018 (dinner Friday through lunch Monday). The abstract deadline has been extended to January 31.Read more…
Update: 2/28 Extended Deadline for ASA Abstract Submission
Send an abstract submission to the American Scientific Affiliation Faith/Science conference summer 2018 Annual Meeting. Read more…
Elevator Apologetics, Part 1
Sometimes in apologetic dialogue (making a case for Christian faith) we don’t have the luxury of extended conversation where we can explain our points thoroughly.Read more…
The Martian and Speed Mentoring: ESN at ASA 2017 Annual Meeting This Weekend
If you’re headed to the American Scientific Affiliation 2017 Annual Meeting, join ESN for the following events. Even if you’re not able to go, we would deeply appreciate your prayers. Hope to see many of you there!Read more…
How Did You Do It? Faith and My Dissertation
Last fall, I defended my Ph.D. dissertation, and in May I attended my graduation at Virginia Tech’s Blacksburg campus. My studies were challenging, especially since I was changing my discipline, from engineering to Science and Technology Studies (STS), which is built around a core of history, sociology, and philosophy.Read more…
Does the Bible support discovery of God’s creation through scientific method/inquiry? (STEAM Grant Series April Question, Post 2)
Christ, in the Sermon on the Mount, encourages his disciples to “Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow […]” (Matthew 6:28b, ESV). In doing so, Jesus calls us into a deep contemplation of the created order, not as an end in itself, but as a means of knowing God.Read more…
Does the Bible support discovery of God’s creation through scientific method/inquiry? (STEAM Grant Series April Question)
The message of the Bible is that we are created to relate to the world around us. The thrill of the scientist is that the natural world is exciting to discover. And that drives the processes of science.Read more…
Words of Authority (Scholar’s Compass)
In large engineering projects such as the construction sites I work on, engineers rely on documents issued by others to make decisions and build things under time constraint. A “for construction” stamp and the author’s initials on a drawing assure us that the design is ready for construction, and that we can contact the engineer for further advice.Read more…
Ted Davis at U of Minnesota: Galileo and the Garden of Eden and More (Highlighting Community)
Next week at University of Minnesota, historian of science and former ASA president Ted Davis will join a forum discussion on faith and science and give a lecture on Galileo and Eden. Read more…
How Does Science Enhance Faith? (STEAM Grant Series December Question)
One of my recent projects involved looking at how science feeds into faith in a positive way. As well as general growth in skills and knowledge, faith, character and community, five specific areas emerged time and time again in my conversations with working scientists.Read more…