Zygon Center for Religion and Science

Zygon Center for Religion and Science Our purpose is to bring together scientists, theologians, and scholars to discuss and carry out resea Beginning in 2010, Dr. Lea F.
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Established in 1988, Zygon Center is a partnership of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) and the Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (CASIRAS). Ralph Wendell Burhoe, winner of the 1980 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, helped establish the center and provided an endowment for its programs, serving as Senior Associate until his death in 1997. Philip Hefner, then

Professor of Systematic Theology at LSTC, was the first Director of Zygon Center (1988-2003). Antje Jackelén, then Professor of Systematic Theology at LSTC and now Bishop of Lund in the Church of Sweden, served as the second Director of Zygon Center (2003-2007). Gayle Woloschak, molecular biologist and professor in the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, served as the third Director (2007-2009) and continues as Associate Director. Schweitz, Professor of Systematic Theology at LSTC served as the fourth director (2010 - 2017), followed by interim director Dr. Kristel Clayville (2017-2020). In July 2020, Dr. Benjamin Stewart, Gordon A. Braatz Associate Professor of Worship at LSTC, became the fifth director of the Zygon Center.

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