Send us a text Welcome back to ISSR’s In Conversation, a discussion series where ISSR Fellows discuss topics on and related to their work and the happenings in the academic field of science and religion. If you enjoy this content and want to see or hear more, please consider hitting the like button and subscribing to our channel. Your support helps us keep content like this coming. This is also available on YouTube, you can access the ISSR channel by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/@IS...
Send us a text Welcome back to ISSR’s In Conversation, a discussion series where ISSR Fellows discuss topics on and related to their work and the happenings in the academic field of science and religion. If you enjoy this content and want to see or hear more, please consider hitting the like button and subscribing to our channel. Your support helps us keep content like this coming. This is also available on most major podcast services, so do consider subscribing to the podcast if you enjoy li...
Send us a text Welcome back to ISSR’s In Conversation, a discussion series where ISSR Fellows discuss topics on and related to their work and the happenings in the academic field of science and religion. If you enjoy this content and want to see or hear more, please consider hitting the like button and subscribing to our channel. Your support helps us keep content like this coming. This is also available on most major podcast services, so do consider subscribing to the podcast if you enjoy li...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning authors for the 2022 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion. Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and to seek for excellence in both content and communication. We seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially if they have the potential to take the fi...
Send us a text Welcome back to ISSR’s In Conversation series. ISSR In Conversation is a discussion series, where ISSR Fellows discuss topics on and related to their work and the happenings in the academic field of science and religion. This episode is both a special one, and a sad one. On February 27th, 2023, ISSR Fellow Tom McLeish died after a short battle with serious illness. Tom was a major figure in the field of science and religion, having published two major contributions to t...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the ISSR 2023 Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion Discussion with Prof Fraser Watts, Dr. Harris Wiseman, Revd Dr. Joanna Collicutt, Lord Williams, and Revd Prof Michael Reiss. There were even a few audience questions. The aim of these Discussions is to go beyond the Lecture and push the Lecturer to reflect on and engage with thoughts on or related to their Lecture. What you are about ...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the 2023 Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion, given by The Rt Revd and Rt Hon the Lord (Rowan) Williams of Oystermouth, on the subject of: “Attending to Attention” The Response to the Lecture will be given by Dr John Teasdale, a distinguished psychologist and the author of What Happens in Mindfulness: Inner Awakening and Embodied Cognition. The original Boyle Lectures were given as a series of ...
Send us a text Our first episode focused on E O Wilson, who died on 26 December 2021. In Conversation to discuss Wilson and his work are ISSR Fellow, Michael Ruse, and ISSR President, Michael Reiss. This episode originally aired on 29 January 2022. Support the show
Send us a text You can listen to the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/U--QBn4Glwg The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share the Plenary talks from the ISSR 2025 Summer Conference, titled "Ecology between Religions and Sciences: Minds and Bodies in Nature." The third talk in this series was given by Niels Henrik Gregersen, Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Copenhagen. His talk was titled "Three Irreducible Aspects of Ecology: Alte...
Send us a text Watch the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/NJAza_N9SpU The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share the Plenary talks from the ISSR 2025 Summer Conference, titled "Ecology between Religions and Sciences: Minds and Bodies in Nature." The second talk in this series was given by Susan P Bratton, Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science at Baylor University. Her talk was titled "Religion, scientific ecology, and environmental problem solv...
Send us a text You can watch the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/oz42NeALXKE?si=-9GjOWwV1oou7Gpd The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share the Plenary talks from the ISSR 2025 Summer Conference, titled "Ecology between Religions and Sciences: Minds and Bodies in Nature." The first talk in this series was given by Mike Hulme, Professor of Human Geography and Fellow, as well as Director of Studies in Geography at Pembroke College, University of ...
Send us a text Link to the YouTube version: https://youtu.be/sLza_1H2aJo The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning author of the 2024 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion, Nicholas Spencer, for his Magisteria: The Entangled Histories of Science & Religion (2023, OneWorld Press). https://oneworld-publications.com/work/magisteria/ Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended t...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the ISSR 2025 Boyle Lecture Discussion, which was recorded live following the Premiere of the 2025 Boyle Lecture on YouTube. The discussion included: The Most Reverend Dr Antje Jackelén, Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala and Primate Emerita of Sweden https://www.ctr.lu.se/en/person/antjejackelen/ Professor Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College L...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the 2025 Boyle Lecture, which was given by The Most Reverend Dr Antje Jackelén, Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala and Primate Emerita of Sweden, on: “Science, Technology, Theology and Spirituality — A Necessary Partnership?” This year's Response was given by Professor Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College London. The original Boyle Lectures were given...
Send us a text Welcome back to the ISSR Podcast. For many years, ISSR has had a presence at the AAR/SBL annual conference. In November 2024, ISSR was again at the San Diego, California conference. ISSR is pleased to bring you our sessions from this massive conference for the first time. This panel was titled "Author Meets Critics Book Panel: Climate, God and Uncertainty by Arthur Petersen." Referring mainly to works by Latour, William James and Heinrich Rickert, Petersen develops ‘tra...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) was pleased to sponsor and attend the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) 2024 conference in Split, Croatia. https://www.esssat.net/next-conference ISSR led the conference's first panel, discussing “Grand Narratives, Science, and Religion.” The panel was chaired by ISSR President Prof Niels Henrik Gregersen, with speakers ISSR Executive Secretary Prof Fraser Watts and ISSR Executive As...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) was pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion, held on Saturday, 31 August 2024, at the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) conference in Split, Croatia. https://www.esssat.net/next-conference Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and seek excellence in content a...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share the plenary talks from the 2023 Summer Conference on Artificial and Spiritual Intelligence. Concluding a major research grant, generously funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation titled Understanding Spiritual Intelligence, the project aimed to understand spiritual intelligence by using AI to contribute constructively to the study of religion. The project explored five lines of enquiry:...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share the plenary talks from the 2023 Summer Conference on Artificial and Spiritual Intelligence. Concluding a major research grant, generously funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation titled Understanding Spiritual Intelligence, the project aimed to understand spiritual intelligence by using AI to contribute constructively to the study of religion. The project explored five lines of enquiry:...
Send us a text The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning authors for the 2023 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion. Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, we seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially if they have the potential to take the field in new directions. For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit t...