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Statement from the President

“Welcome to the website of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR). The relationship between the sciences and the religions continues to attract a wide public interest, and the landscape of science and religion is dynamic and ever changing, ranging from cases of conflict to mutual dialogue and collaboration. The particular role of ISSR is to be a scholarly society that promotes rigorous research on and balanced understandings of two central cultural forces of yesterday and today.

Members of the Society examine the relationship between science and religion from the perspective of many different disciplines, from physics and biology to psychology and the social sciences onwards to theology and philosophy. Our membership includes prominent scientists, historians, theologians, philosophers, educators, and others. As an international society, we are very conscious that we live in a pluralistic world, including a great diversity of religions, as well as many different sciences. We aim to make the Society as representative of this cultural diversity as possible.

Our activities include research projects and conferences (most of which open to the public), and various other research and dissemination projects; including a You Tube series. On this website, ISSR and our members also publish clear and balanced statements on a range of new and sometimes contentious issues. We aim to include in our membership the leading figures around the world concerned with science and religion, and to advance the exploration of their interface for the benefit of all.

Thank you for visiting our website. We hope you will find what you are looking for here. We would welcome your comments and feedback.”

Prof Edward J. Larson, President

Projects

The Science of Religious and Spiritual Exercises (SORSE)

ISSR Annual Book Prize

What we are hoping for is a cross-fertilization between two of the greatest forces of the human spirit science and religion.

Phillip Clayton, California-based philosopher and theologian

“Once our spiritual nature is recognized, how is it possible to bring violence to each other?”

Bruno Guiderdoni, Research Director at the Paris Institute of Astrophysics

“ISSR has sponsored some of the most interesting conferences I have attended since its inception.”

Nancey Murphy, Senior Professor of Christian Philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary

“The ISSR aims at bringing out the best aspects from both Science and Religion: rigor, humility, awe, progress, and more. I am pleased to be part of this very worthy endeavour.”

Nidhal Guessoum, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the American University of Sharjah, UAE

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News, blogs, and announcements from ISSR.

September 2026 Blog

The Science and Theology of Chanting Fraser Watts Scientific research on spiritual practices is very unevenly distributed. So far there

ISSR 2026 Book Prize Winners

For the seventh year, the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) has continued to run the ISSR Book Prize, which

August 2026 Blog

Bonding with God: Attachment Science and the Psychology of Faith Victor Counted, PhD Associate Professor of Psychology, Regent University; Faculty Affiliate,

July 2026 Blog

Helping Your Students Challenge Stereotypes about Scientists Through Wikipedia Jörg Matthias Determann A historian at a university in Qatar seeks

June 2026 Blog

Medicine as Religion? Benjamin R. Doolittle, MD, MDIV Is the practice of medicine a religion? I have been a physician

May 2026 Blog

The Boyle Lectures and the Brain: Concerns about ISSR’s Public Sphere Claims about Human Minds and Intelligence Michael Spezio, Ph.D., M.Div.

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I am Anthony K Nairn, Assistant Director of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), and welcome back to the ISSR YouTube channel and ISSR’s In Conversation series.

For many of us, the terms East and West, science and religion, carry meanings that we associate with specific things in the world. They point to something we intuitively understand, but any comparative analysis of these terms, whether across cultures, across time, across religions, or even across sciences, reveals a complex story that is interwoven with histories, ideologies, languages, cultures, and more. These complexities are not only important for those whose job is to produce scholarship on such topics, but also critical to know more generally, to understanding the complexity behind such seemingly well-known terms that are central to our experiences and orientations in the world, and the part they play in organizing us with respect to our place in the world.

For us here in the West, any confrontation with the East usually conjures images of, say, China, Korea, Japan, or India, but this is complicated by the connection to the institution of Orthodox Christianity, sometimes referred to as Eastern Orthodoxy. Greece is an interesting exemplar of this. Not only is it considered by many the birthplace of Western culture, but it is also part of the European Union. It is a place that many Europeans and North Americans view with a type of historical longing, and yet, as we'll hear today, Greece is a peculiar place with a rather complex historical entanglement between science and religion, history and culture, ideology and politics. Its place in history has long been central to the very notion of the West, yet its historical identity challenges any such claim.

My guest today is Kostas Tampakis, a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Historical Studies of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the European Society for the History of Science and President of the Greek National Commission of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology/Division of History of Science and Technology. His research interests include the history of the relations between science and Orthodox Christianity, the history of science and technology in the Greek-speaking world from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and the history of science education. His work has been published in Isis, The British Journal for the History of Science, and History of Science. Recent publications include “Science and Scientists in Modern Greece,” in The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek History (Oxford University Press, 2026); Orthodox Christianity and the Study of Nature, co-edited with Ronald Numbers (Brepols, 2024); and Science, Religion and Nationalism: Local Perceptions and Global Historiographies, co-authored with Jaume Navarro (Routledge, 2023).

Dr Kostas Tampakis
https://www.eie.gr/en/human-resources/kostas-tampakis/

The book discussed in this episode is Orthodox Christianity and the Study of Nature: Histories of Interaction, edited by Kostas Tampakis and Ronald L. Numbers
https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503612461-1

And the article we discussed is “‘Like another St Basil’: Astronomy, Orthodox Apologetics and Anticommunism in Twentieth-Century Greece” by Kostas Tampakis, and is available open-source
https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/43838

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ISSR In Conversation - Kostas Tampakis - Science, Religion, Politics

I am Anthony K Nairn, Assistant Director of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), and welcome back to the ISSR YouTube channel and ISSR’s In Conversation series.

For many of us, the terms East and West, science and religion, carry meanings that we associate with specific things in the world. They point to something we intuitively understand, but any comparative analysis of these terms, whether across cultures, across time, across religions, or even across sciences, reveals a complex story that is interwoven with histories, ideologies, languages, cultures, and more. These complexities are not only important for those whose job is to produce scholarship on such topics, but also critical to know more generally, to understanding the complexity behind such seemingly well-known terms that are central to our experiences and orientations in the world, and the part they play in organizing us with respect to our place in the world.

For us here in the West, any confrontation with the East usually conjures images of, say, China, Korea, Japan, or India, but this is complicated by the connection to the institution of Orthodox Christianity, sometimes referred to as Eastern Orthodoxy. Greece is an interesting exemplar of this. Not only is it considered by many the birthplace of Western culture, but it is also part of the European Union. It is a place that many Europeans and North Americans view with a type of historical longing, and yet, as we'll hear today, Greece is a peculiar place with a rather complex historical entanglement between science and religion, history and culture, ideology and politics. Its place in history has long been central to the very notion of the West, yet its historical identity challenges any such claim.

My guest today is Kostas Tampakis, a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Historical Studies of the National Hellenic Research Foundation. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the European Society for the History of Science and President of the Greek National Commission of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology/Division of History of Science and Technology. His research interests include the history of the relations between science and Orthodox Christianity, the history of science and technology in the Greek-speaking world from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and the history of science education. His work has been published in Isis, The British Journal for the History of Science, and History of Science. Recent publications include “Science and Scientists in Modern Greece,” in The Oxford Handbook of Modern Greek History (Oxford University Press, 2026); Orthodox Christianity and the Study of Nature, co-edited with Ronald Numbers (Brepols, 2024); and Science, Religion and Nationalism: Local Perceptions and Global Historiographies, co-authored with Jaume Navarro (Routledge, 2023).

Dr Kostas Tampakis
https://www.eie.gr/en/human-resources/kostas-tampakis/

The book discussed in this episode is Orthodox Christianity and the Study of Nature: Histories of Interaction, edited by Kostas Tampakis and Ronald L. Numbers
https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503612461-1

And the article we discussed is “‘Like another St Basil’: Astronomy, Orthodox Apologetics and Anticommunism in Twentieth-Century Greece” by Kostas Tampakis, and is available open-source
https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/historicalReview/article/view/43838

If you have any questions or comments, please do so below, hit the like button, and consider subscribing for more scholarly content on science and religion.

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ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

ISSR In Conversation - Kostas Tampakis - Science, Religion, Politics

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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning author of the 2025 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion, Emily Qureshi-Hurst, for her 2024 book, Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (Cambridge University Press).
https://www.emilyqureshihurst.com/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/salvation-in-the-block-universe/4A92AE269AA9585E211111CF8AE8F3A6

In conversation with Emily is Russell Re Manning.
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/about/people/russell-re-manning/

Originating with a donation from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and seek excellence in content and communication. We seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially those with the potential to take it in new directions. We expect three books to be selected each year, one suitable for a general audience, one for an academic audience, and one for a professional audience. Each year there are three financial prizes of £500 for the winning authors presented to the winning authors at the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) annual meeting.

For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: https://www.issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize/

Each year, we have awarded three prizes in distinct categories: Academic, General, and Professional.

ISSR is pleased to have awarded the following authors the 2025 ISSR Book Prize on Science and Religion:

In the academic category, the prize goes to Emily Qureshi-Hurst for Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

In the category of books for a general readership, the prize goes to Francis Collins for The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust (Little Brown & Worthy Books, 2024).

In the category of books for professionals and educators, the prize goes to Beth Singler for Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction (Routledge, 2024).

ISSR, a leader of interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective.

Thank you for joining us.

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www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Assistant Director
www.issr.org.uk

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ISSR In Conversation: 2025 Book Prize Winner - Emily Qureshi-Hurst - Salvation in the Block Universe

The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning author of the 2025 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion, Emily Qureshi-Hurst, for her 2024 book, Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (Cambridge University Press).
https://www.emilyqureshihurst.com/
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/salvation-in-the-block-universe/4A92AE269AA9585E211111CF8AE8F3A6

In conversation with Emily is Russell Re Manning.
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/about/people/russell-re-manning/

Originating with a donation from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and seek excellence in content and communication. We seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially those with the potential to take it in new directions. We expect three books to be selected each year, one suitable for a general audience, one for an academic audience, and one for a professional audience. Each year there are three financial prizes of £500 for the winning authors presented to the winning authors at the American Academy of Religion’s (AAR) annual meeting.

For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: https://www.issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize/

Each year, we have awarded three prizes in distinct categories: Academic, General, and Professional.

ISSR is pleased to have awarded the following authors the 2025 ISSR Book Prize on Science and Religion:

In the academic category, the prize goes to Emily Qureshi-Hurst for Salvation in the Block Universe: Time, Tillich, and Transformation (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

In the category of books for a general readership, the prize goes to Francis Collins for The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith and Trust (Little Brown & Worthy Books, 2024).

In the category of books for professionals and educators, the prize goes to Beth Singler for Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction (Routledge, 2024).

ISSR, a leader of interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to seeing you next time on the ISSR YouTube channel.

Anthony K Nairn
www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Assistant Director
www.issr.org.uk

ISSR In Conversation: 2025 Book Prize Winner - Emily Qureshi-Hurst - Salvation in the Block Universe

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Welcome back to the ISSR YouTube channel and ISSR’s In Conversation series.

I am Anthony K Nairn, Assistant Director of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), and I am pleased to bring you the next episode of our In Conversation series.

This conversation, recorded on 21 July 2026, is with ISSR Executive Secretary Fraser Watts, who, if you have been following us since the beginning, has been visible many times but has never been the focus of conversation—I wanted to change that. In this episode, we discuss Fraser's long story from his undergraduate years at Oxford to his time with ISSR. This episode reflects the past and present of both the field of science and religion and ISSR; I am sure you will enjoy this discussion.

Fraser Watts
http://epiphanyphilosophers.org/ep-history/principal-players/fraser-watts/
https://www.issr.org.uk/fellows/user/59/

The YouTube version of this episode is available by clicking this link: https://youtu.be/CJPbYqLvV7A

Please enjoy this episode.

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ISSR In Conversation - Fraser Watts - A life in Science and Religion

Welcome back to the ISSR YouTube channel and ISSR’s In Conversation series.

I am Anthony K Nairn, Assistant Director of the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR), and I am pleased to bring you the next episode of our In Conversation series.

This conversation, recorded on 21 July 2026, is with ISSR Executive Secretary Fraser Watts, who, if you have been following us since the beginning, has been visible many times but has never been the focus of conversation—I wanted to change that. In this episode, we discuss Fraser's long story from his undergraduate years at Oxford to his time with ISSR. This episode reflects the past and present of both the field of science and religion and ISSR; I am sure you will enjoy this discussion.

Fraser Watts
http://epiphanyphilosophers.org/ep-history/principal-players/fraser-watts/
https://www.issr.org.uk/fellows/user/59/

A podcast version of this episode is available on your favourite podcast app. You can find it by searching for “ISSR In Conversation” or by clicking this link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1920567/episodes/19558856

Please enjoy this episode.

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.

If there are scholars you would like to see on the channel, feel free to write them in the comment section below or email me at aknairn@issr.org.uk.

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www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

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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 fifth talk in this series was given by Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at University College London, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Dutch Delta Commissioner. His talk was titled "Climate Change, Worldviews and Spirituality: The Interface between Science and Public Policy".

This was the fifth of seven Plenary talks at the conference, which publicly launched ISSR's new priority research area on ecology and the environment, drawing on the field of science and religion. It was designed to encourage growth on a wide range of topics relevant to religious and scientific engagements with environmental/ecological issues from interdisciplinary angles, including:

• The role of the natural, social, and human sciences in current discourse about climate change

• Diverse religious approaches to environmental issues in world faith traditions, and their history and sociology;

• The relationship between worldview beliefs and environmental emotions, anxieties, actions and commitments;

• Eco-theologies and conceptualizations of the environment;

• Pedagogies of environmental awareness,

• Experiences of nature and official discourses in religious and scientific environmentalisms;

• Planetary intelligence and environmental sensitivity in relation to spiritual intelligence.

View the rest of the Plenary talks on the YouTube playlist can be found here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJNG998NhMIMYQnpl2ZDdUFDTMKHs2gl&si=4pqgAvid0y6w7eGh

We hope you enjoy these deeply engaging and inspiring talks and take away positive lessons. These seven Plenary talks comprise a playlist featuring leading thinkers in science and religion who engage with ecological and environmental issues.

ISSR, the premier academic society focused on interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective. We invite you to learn more about us and consider becoming an Associate member by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to having you again on the ISSR podcast channel.

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www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

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ISSR 2025 "Ecology Between Religions and Sciences" Plenary Talks - Arthur Petersen

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 fifth talk in this series was given by Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy at University College London, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Dutch Delta Commissioner. His talk was titled "Climate Change, Worldviews and Spirituality: The Interface between Science and Public Policy".

This was the fifth of seven Plenary talks at the conference, which publicly launched ISSR's new priority research area on ecology and the environment, drawing on the field of science and religion. It was designed to encourage growth on a wide range of topics relevant to religious and scientific engagements with environmental/ecological issues from interdisciplinary angles, including:

• The role of the natural, social, and human sciences in current discourse about climate change

• Diverse religious approaches to environmental issues in world faith traditions, and their history and sociology;

• The relationship between worldview beliefs and environmental emotions, anxieties, actions and commitments;

• Eco-theologies and conceptualizations of the environment;

• Pedagogies of environmental awareness,

• Experiences of nature and official discourses in religious and scientific environmentalisms;

• Planetary intelligence and environmental sensitivity in relation to spiritual intelligence.

View the rest of the Plenary talks in the playlist here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDJNG998NhMIMYQnpl2ZDdUFDTMKHs2gl&si=4pqgAvid0y6w7eGh

We hope you enjoy these deeply engaging and inspiring talks and take away positive lessons. These seven Plenary talks comprise a playlist featuring leading thinkers in science and religion who engage with ecological and environmental issues.

ISSR, the premier academic society focused on interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective. We invite you to learn more about us by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.

Thank you for joining us. We look forward to seeing you next time on the ISSR YouTube channel.

Anthony K Nairn, PhD
www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

ISSR 2025 "Ecology Between Religions and Sciences" Plenary Talks - Arthur Petersen

The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the ISSR 2026 Boyle Lecture on Science and Religion, which was given by Dr Iain McGilchrist, on:

“God, the Brain, and the nature of Truth”

This year's Response was given by The Revd Professor Michael J Reiss, Professor and Chair of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London.

The original Boyle Lectures were given as a series of sermons at several churches in London and Westminster following their establishment in 1692. The ‘original Boyles’ lasted until about 1730, although sporadic later ‘Boyle Lectures’ continued to be given in the centuries since then. The lecture series was revived in 2004 at one of its original locations, the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside in the City of London, where it continues to be hosted each year. We are grateful to St Mary-le-Bow, the Rector Fr Simon Cuff, the Parish Council, the Boyle family, and the Boyle Lecture Trustees for their continued support and guidance.

Since the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Boyle Lectures (available on our channel) have been offered online for all to listen to, learn from, and enjoy this most prestigious lecture series.

Prior Boyle Lectures before 2021 can be found on St Mary-le-Bow’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/stmarylebow

The International Society for Science and Religion was founded in 2002 under the guidance of Sir John Templeton to promote education through interdisciplinary learning and research in the field of science and religion, conducted in an international and multi-(non)faith context. To find out more about ISSR, please visit our website here: https://www.issr.org.uk/

ISSR is thankful to all who continue to make the Boyle Lectures possible each year.

Anthony K Nairn
www.anthonyknairn.ca
ISSR Assistant Director
www.issr.org.uk

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🎉 Congratulations to our recent MSt in Theology graduate Sarah Jones on being awarded the prestigious Peacocke Prize for Science and Religion!

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How did we come to understand the past as something that actively shapes the present?
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Article accepted by Theology and Science this morning. Nasr is a universal realist, while Ashʿarīs, or al-Jurjānī at least, is a conceptualist. The former cannot metaphysically accommodate evolution, while the latter can. Some Neoplatonists and Akbarians won’t like this one 😁

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For the promotion of education through inter-disciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, conducted in an international and multi-faith context.

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