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July 18, 2022

John Templeton Foundation Awards GTU’s Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Nearly Half-Million Dollar Grant to Advance Critical Research on “Virtuous Artificial Intelligence”

March 01, 2022

Introducing a Newly Expanded GTUx – Now Available Online

February 11, 2022

Dr. Jennifer W. Davidson Named GTU Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs

January 18, 2022

Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Celebrates Dr. Robert Russell’s 40-Years of Leadership, Welcomes Dr. Braden Molhoek as New Director

March 28, 2018

CTNS Hosts Ron Cole-Turner as 2018 Russell Family Fellow in Religion and Science

Robert Russell, CTNS

From March 8-10, 2018, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) at the GTU hosted noted theologian Ron Cole-Turner as this year’s CTNS Russell Family Fellow in Religion and Science.

February 08, 2018

2018 Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science

Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences

CTNS is inviting GTU doctoral students whose research focuses on theology and science to apply for the 2018 Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science. The purpose of the Townes Fellowship is to publicly recognize and offer modest financial support to doctoral students of the Graduate Theological Union who have demonstrated the clear ability to do highly promising research on issues related to theology and science. The selection is based on academic excellence and students in any Department of the Graduate Theological Union doctoral program whose research focuses on...

January 29, 2018

GTU Presidential Search Accepting Applications through March 1, 2018

GTU Communications

The GTU is actively engaged in a search for the school’s next president and will continue to accept applications from interested candidates through March 1, 2018. We are seeking an innovative and collaborative leader whose compelling vision can inspire and unite this dynamic interreligious institution. The presidential search committee is encouraging the entire GTU community to invite qualified candidates to apply for this position.

November 20, 2017

Scientific Practice as a Spiritual Experience

Robert J. Russell

Several years ago, as part of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences’ renowned “Science and the Spiritual Quest” program, we sought out a wide range of internationally recognized scientists in diverse fields who were also practitioners of one of the world great religions. We asked each of them one central question: In your experience as an accomplished scientist and participant in a global spirituality, how is the doing of science a spiritual experience?

October 24, 2016

CTNS Turns 35—and Becomes a GTU Program!

From the Fall 2016 issue of Currents, view PDF

On Tuesday, October 18, the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) celebrated its 35th anniversary—and its new beginning as an internal program of the GTU. CTNS became a GTU program unit earlier this year, after a long and successful history as an independent nonprofit affiliated with the GTU. The October 18th celebration featured a retrospective by CTNS Director...

February 29, 2016

CTNS Gives GTU an Endowed Chair and Fellowships in Theology and Science Worth Nearly $2.1M

The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has given the Graduate Theological Union the endowed Ian G. Barbour Chair in Theology and Science and two endowed fellowships, the Russell Family Fellowship in Religion and Science and the Charles H. Townes Graduate Student Fellowship in Theology and Science. These gifts, valued at nearly $2.1M, mark the latest and most significant step in the year-long transition through which CTNS will shift from being an independently incorporated GTU affiliate to an internal program of the GTU.

Founded in 1981, the Center for Theology and...

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