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Religion & Science - Events & Activities
Each of Zygon’s sponsoring organizations, as well as many other organizations, presents webinars and lecturers, many of which are published in Zygon.
• Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) webinars.
• Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (CASIRAS) webinars.
• International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) Boyle Lectures.
• AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) events.
• Center for Mind and Culture (CMAC) projects.• Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) events.
• European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSAT) conferences.• Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology events and multimedia.
Several individual videos as well as links to associate articles in Zygon are listed below.
Tom McLeish
“The Rediscovery of Contemplation Through Science”
ISSR 2021 Boyle Lecture
• Tom McLeish, “The Re-Discovery of Contemplation through Science: Boyle Lecture 2021.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 56:??-??.
• Rowan Williams, “The Re-Discovery of Contemplation through Science: A Response to Tom McLeish.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 56:??-??.
• Fraser Watts, “Discussion of the Boyle Lecture 2021.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 56:??-??.
• Tom McLeish, “Response to Boyle Lecture 2021 Panel and Participant Discussion.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 56:??-??.
Please check back, links to the fully published articles will be posted as they are finalized.
Arthur C. Petersen
“Climate Change: Science, Religion and Public Policy”
Elmhurst University 2021 Niebuhr Lecture
Zygon sources in this lecture from our Editor
• Petersen, Arthur C. and Willem B. Drees. 2018. “Science, Religion, and Public Policy.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:945-52.
The following sections from past issues were mentioned in the lecture.
Why Do We Disagree on Climate Change?
• Hulme, Mike. 2015. “(Still) Disagreeing about Climate Change: Which Way Forward?” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:893-905.
• de Witt, Annick. 2015. “Climate Change and the Clash of Worldviews: An Exploration of How to Move Forward in a Polarized Debate.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:906-21.
• Stenmark, Lisa L. 2015. “Storytelling and Wicked Problems: Myths of the Absolute and Climate Change.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:922-36.
• Moo, Jonathan. 2015. “Climate Change and the Apocalyptic Imagination: Science, Faith, and Ecological Responsibility.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:937-48.
• Tucker, Mary Evelyn. 2015. “Can Science and Religion Respond to Climate Change?” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:949-61.
The Wicked Problem of Climate Change
• Peters, Karl E. 2018. “Living with the Wicked Problem of Climate Change.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:427-42.
• Carr, Paul H. 2018. “What Is Climate Change Doing to Us and for Us?” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:443-61.
• van Pelt, James Clement. 2018. “Climate Change in Context: Stress, Shock, and the Crucible of Livingkind.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:462-95.
• Pickart, Robert S. 2018. “Climate Change at High Latitudes: An Illuminating Example.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:496-506.
• Austin, Emily E. 2018. “Soil Carbon Transformations.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:507-14.
• Larrabee, David A. “Climate Change and Conflicting Future Visions.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:515-44.
• Pihkala, Panu. 2018. “Eco-Anxiety, Tragedy, and Hope: Psychological and Spiritual Dimensions of Climate Change.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:545-69.
• White, Carol Wayne. 2018. “Re-Envisioning Hope: Anthropogenic Climate Change, Learned Ignorance, and Religious Naturalism.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:570-585.
• Fox, Matthew. 2018. “Climate Change, Laudato Si’, Creation Spirituality, and the Nobility of the Scientist’s Vocation.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:586-612.
• Volpe, Christopher. 2018. “Art and Climate Change: Contemporary Artists Respond to Global Crisis.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:613-23.
• Rubens, Jim. 2018. “The Wicked Problem of Our Failing Social Compact.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:624-41.
• Kelley, Peter L. 2018. “Crossing the Divide: Lessons from Developing Wind Energy in Post-Fact America.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:642-62.
Antje Jackelén
Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
“Technology, Theology and Spirituality in the Digital Age”
CASIRAS Webinar - December 9, 2020
Antje Jackelén in Zygon
• Jackelén, Antje. 2021. “Technology, Theology and Spirituality in the Digital Age.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 56:6-18.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2008. “An Intellectually Honest Theology.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 43:43-55.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2006b. “A Relativistic Eschatology: Time, Eternity, and Eschatology in Light of the Physics of Relativity.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 41:955-973.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2006a. “Emergence Everywhere?! Reflections on Philip Clayton’s Mind and Emergence.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 41:623-32.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2005. “What is ‘Secular’? Techno-Secularism and Spirituality.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 40:863-73.
• Jackelén, Antje and Philip Hefner. 2004. “Concluding Dialogue: Challenging the Past, Grasping the Future.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 39:401-12.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2003. “Science and Religion: Getting Ready for the Future.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 38:209-28.
• Jackelén, Antje. 2002. “The Image of God as Techno Sapiens.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 37:289-302.
Time and Eternity: Antje Jackelén’s Theological Study• Byrne, James M. 2009. “Theological Methodology, Classical Theism, and ‘Lived Time’ in Antje Jackelén’s Time and Eternity.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:951-64.• Raman, Varadaraja V. 2009. “There’s More to Time than Ticking Away.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:965-75.• Meisinger, Hubert. 2009. “The Rhythm of God’s Eternal Music: On Antje Jackelén’s Time and Eternity.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:977-88.• Albright, John R. 2009. “Time and Eternity: Hymnic, Biblical, Scientific, and Theological Views.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:989-96.
Time and Eternity: Antje Jackelén’s Theological Study• Byrne, James M. 2009. “Theological Methodology, Classical Theism, and ‘Lived Time’ in Antje Jackelén’s Time and Eternity.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:951-64.• Raman, Varadaraja V. 2009. “There’s More to Time than Ticking Away.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:965-75.• Meisinger, Hubert. 2009. “The Rhythm of God’s Eternal Music: On Antje Jackelén’s Time and Eternity.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:977-88.• Albright, John R. 2009. “Time and Eternity: Hymnic, Biblical, Scientific, and Theological Views.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 44:989-96.
Christopher Cook
“Mental Health and the Gospel”
ISSR 2020 Boyle Lecture
Christopher Cook in Zygon
• Cook, Christopher C. H. 2020. “Mental Health and the Gospel: Boyle Lecture 2020.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 55:1107-23.• Watts, Fraser. 2020. “Mental Health and the Gospel: A Response to Christopher Cook.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 55:1124-29.
Michael Reiss
“Science, Religion, and Ethics”
ISSR 2019 Boyle Lecture
Michael Reiss in Zygon
• Reiss, Michael J. 2019. “Science, Religion, and Ethics: Boyle Lecture 2019.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 54:793-807.• Soskice, Janet Martin. 2019. “Science, Religion, and Ethics: A Response to Michael J. Reiss.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 54:808-12.
• Ziba, Norman, and Michael J. Reiss. 2020. “Risk and Sacrament: Being Human in a COVID-19 World.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 55:577-90.
• Watts, Fraser, and Michael J. Reiss. 2017. “Holistic Biology: What It Is and Why It Matters.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 52:419-41.
• Reiss, Michael J. 1984. “Human Sociobiology.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 19:117-40.
Mark Harris
“Apocalypses Now: Modern Science and Biblical Miracles”
ISSR 2018 Boyle Lecture
Mark Harris in Zygon
• Harris, Mark. 2018a. “Apocalypses Now: Modern Science and Biblical Miracles: Boyle Lecture 2018.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:1036-50.• Brooke, John Hedley. 2018. “The Ambivalence of Scientific Naturalism: A Response to Mark Harris.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:1051-56.
• Harris, Mark. 2018b. “On ‘The Natural Nature of Naturalism’: Answers to John Hedley Brooke’s Questions.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:1057-63.
• Harris, Mark. 2019. “’The People of this Country have had Enough of Experts’: In Defense of the ‘Elites’ of the Science-and-Religion Debate.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 54:602-17.• Straine, Gillian K., and Mark Harris. 2018. “Mental Well‐Being, Neuroscience, and Religion: Contributions from the Science and Religion Forum.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53: 331-35.
Christopher J. Corbally, S.J. and Margaret Boone Rappaport
“Extraterrestrial Species: Will They Be Moral? Will They Be Religious?”
IRAS Webinar - January 28, 2021
M. B. Rappaport and C. J. Corbally in Zygon
• Corbally, Christopher, and Margaret Boone Rappaport. 2018. “Teaching Science and Religion in the Twenty-First Century: The Many Pedagogical Roles of Christopher Southgate.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:897-908.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2018d. “Tracing Origins of Twenty-First Century Ecotheology: The Poetry of Christopher Southgate.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:866-75.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2018c. “Evolution of Religious Capacity in the Genus Homo: Trait Complexity in Action Through Compassion.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:198-239.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2018b. “Evolution of Religious Capacity in the Genus Homo: Cognitive Time Sequence.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:159-97.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2018a. “Evolution of Religious Capacity in the Genus Homo: Origins and Building Blocks.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 53:123-58.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2017. “Human Phenotypic Morality and the Biological Basis for Knowing Good” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 52:822-46.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2016. “The Human Hearth and the Dawn of Morality.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 51:835-66.
• Rappaport, Margaret Boone, and Christopher Corbally. 2015. “Matrix Thinking: An Adaptation at the Foundation of Human Science, Religion, and Art.” Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 50:84-112.