The Planetary Network
The Center for Theology & the Natural Sciences
For over 20 years, the Center for Theology & the Natural Sciences (CTNS) has
promoted “the creative mutual interaction between theology and the natural
sciences.” Its remit includes research, teaching and public service. The center
focuses on the relationship between “the natural sciences including physics,
cosmology, evolutionary and molecular biology, as well as technology, and the
environment, and Christian theology and ethics.”
CTNS is an Affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California,
USA and provides courses at the doctoral and seminary levels in order “to bring
future clergy and faculty to a greater awareness of this important interdisciplinary
work.” The center embraces a multi-religious agenda, which focuses on theological
issues arising from “the engagement between the sciences and religious traditions
such as Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and indigenous
spiritualities.”
Past events organised or co-sponsored by CTNS have included such themes as ‘Science
and Religion’; ‘A New Kind of Science? Complexity Studies and Religious
Reflection’; ‘Reductionism or Emergence? An Introduction to a New
Paradigm?’; ‘Works of Love: Scientific and Religious Perspectives on
Altruism’; ‘Gaia and the Sacred: Religion, Science, and Ethics’.
The center publishes a bi-annual journal Theology and Science. The journal is
also available to members on-line.
CTNS,
2400 Ridge Road,
Berkeley, CA 94709-1212
USA
Tel: +1 510 848 8152
Fax: +1 510 848 2535
e-mail: ctnsinfo@ctns.org
web: www.ctns.org
The Institute for Research on Unlimited Love
The Institute is a research and educational center focusing on the study of unlimited
love “for all humanity without exception.” The Institute explains: “The
essence of love is to affectively affirm as well as to unselfishly delight in the
wellbeing of others, and to engage in acts of care and service on their behalf;
unlimited love extends this love to all others without exception, in an enduring and
constant way. Widely considered the highest form of virtue, unlimited love is often
deemed a Creative Presence underlying and integral to all of reality: participation in
unlimited love constitutes the fullest experience of spirituality.”
The Institute’s purpose is “to help all persons to better understand their
capacities for participation in unlimited love through research, scholarly publication
and educational opportunities.” The Institute invites and welcomes support from
all people, from all walks of life, who wish “to assist us in enhancing our
understanding of loving kindness and service to humanity without exception. Such
understanding has the potential to shape science, thought, education, spirituality,
and culture globally in the 21st century.”
Carol A. Adrine,
Room 214, School of Medicine,
Case Western Reserve University,
10900 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, OH 44106-4976
USA
Tel: +1 216 368 6204
Fax: +1 216 368 8713
e-mail: caa7@po.cwru.edu
web: www.unlimitedloveinstitute.org
John Templeton Foundation
The Foundation aims “to unite credible and rigorous science with the exploration
of humanity’s basic spiritual and religious quests.” It works closely with
professionals in science, theology, medicine, philosophy and other disciplines.
John Templeton Foundation,
5 Radnor Corporate Center, suite 100
100 Matsonford Road,
Radnor, PA 19087
USA
Tel: +1 610 687 8942
Fax: +1 610 687 8961
e-mail:info@templeton.org
web: www.templeton.org
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