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.

Once a zoom link gets created we'll share it here. Excited for this presentation!
06/02/2022

Once a zoom link gets created we'll share it here. Excited for this presentation!

Once a Zoom link is created we will share it here. Excited for this presentation!
06/02/2022

Once a Zoom link is created we will share it here. Excited for this presentation!

Can't wait to see you there!
06/01/2022

Can't wait to see you there!

Check out the books that Veronica Kyle shared when she visited our Future of Creation course a few weeks back. All of th...
03/25/2022

Check out the books that Veronica Kyle shared when she visited our Future of Creation course a few weeks back. All of these and more she cited as deeply inspiring her and her work. Are any of them on your list?

Last night, students in the Future of Creation course took a field trip to the Woloschak Laboratory at Northwestern Univ...
03/22/2022

Last night, students in the Future of Creation course took a field trip to the Woloschak Laboratory at Northwestern University. As the course is co-taught by Gayle Woloschak, it was wonderful to learn more about her work and get curious!

We're throwing it back to a previous speaker who came to talk to our Future of Creation class! Veronica Kyle, one of the...
02/25/2022

We're throwing it back to a previous speaker who came to talk to our Future of Creation class! Veronica Kyle, one of the cofounders of the EcoWomanist Institue came to talk to those taking the course as they were reading, "Ecowomanism: African American Women and Earth-Honoring Faiths," by Melanie L. Harris. Quotes and highlights will be coming to ya soon.

Amen.
02/24/2022

Amen.

Wisdom of Sr. Dr. Dawn Nothwehr from her talk to our Future of Creation course at LSTC as we cover Ladauto si' and the v...
02/23/2022

Wisdom of Sr. Dr. Dawn Nothwehr from her talk to our Future of Creation course at LSTC as we cover Ladauto si' and the values of St. Francis that have shaped our wonderful presenter's life as a Franciscian sister.

A wonderful presentation for all tonight thanks to Sr. Dr. Dawn Nothwehr and the class taking Future of Creation at LSTC...
02/22/2022

A wonderful presentation for all tonight thanks to Sr. Dr. Dawn Nothwehr and the class taking Future of Creation at LSTC! More quotes from the evening are coming your way soon. We are grateful to Sr. Dr. Dawn Nothwehr's whose primary focus is environmental ethics, looking specifically at the impacts of global climate change within systems of poverty as well as ethics of power in connection to racial justice. Her leadership made for a great night talking about the important work of Laudato si' by Pope Francis with an expert in the field. 👏👏

Stay tuned for highlights from our presenter tonight!
02/21/2022

Stay tuned for highlights from our presenter tonight!

Hear our Assoc Dir Gayle Woloschak on The Importance of Science in COVID & Climate, alongside Katherine Hayhoe, John Ziz...
01/25/2021

Hear our Assoc Dir Gayle Woloschak on The Importance of Science in COVID & Climate, alongside Katherine Hayhoe, John Zizioulas, and Nadia Abuelezam. , this Wed. 7p CT, Free registration:

The Halki Summit is a gathering of activists, scientists, journalists, business leaders, theologians, and academics engaging and working across intellectual boundaries to bring the global environmental discussion to a new and richer place. At the heart of that discussion is the belief that no effort...

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