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Metanexus is a global network of scholars, scientists, clergy, and citizens who recognize the need for respectful, constructive collaboration between the sciences, world religions, and the arts and humanities. In communities and universities in 43 countries, we are engaged in interdisciplinary,...

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Articles, Essays, Book Reviews - Metanexus Global Spiral Join our extraordinary effort toward bettering global communication. We work to promote understanding and dialog between the sciences, world religions, arts and the humanities. Submission Guidelines Metanexus Institute publishes the monthly magazine the Global Spiral. They welcome articles, essays, and book reviews that present innovative, transdisciplinary thought in a manner that is accessible to the general educated reader. Authors should approach their pieces as writing for scholars of diverse academic disciplines outside of their own, as well as other professionals and educated persons. Articles and essays should be well-researched and go beyond the introductory, but one should bear in mind that the Global Spiral is a transdisciplinary magazine rather than an academic journal. http://metanexus.net/magazine/Submissions/tabid/153/Default.aspx Become a Metanexus member today. http://metanexus.net/Institute/joinus.asp www.metanexus.net/magazine

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Metanexus Institute Names 2008-9 Senior FellowBRYN MAWR, PA – June 1, 2008 – Dr. Eric Weislogel, Executive Director of Metanexus Institute, announces Dr. Keith Ward as the 2008-9 Metanexus Senior Fellow. The position honors an individual who has made significant intellectual contributions to the encounter between science and religion. About Senior Fellow The program includes lectures in the Philadelphia area. The program embodies many of Metanexus’ priorities to • Outreach to a broad public by promoting the intellectual dialog of scholars and laypersons in issues of science and religion. • Work toward a lasting future and improved social justice through the wisdom and knowledge found in science and religion. About Keith Ward Dr. Keith Ward is an ordained priest in the Church of England and was until 2003 Canon of Christ Church, Oxford. Ward has a BA from the University of Wales, an MA from the University of Cambridge, an MA and B Litt from the University of Oxford, a DD from Cambridge and a DD from Oxford.

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“The Big Questions in Science and Religion” Dr. Keith Ward, Metanexus Institute Senior Fellow 2008-2009, will deliver “The Big Questions in Science and Religion,” a series of lectures on the depth, difficulty, and importance of the greatest intellectual and existential questions of the modern scientific age. Ward, an ordained priest in the Church of England, will be speaking in the Philadelphia area in November 2008. Free and open to the public. Based on his recent book, Ward has fascinating insight into the often-contentious relationship between diverse religious views and new scientific knowledge. For information call 484-592-0304. Lectures: Nov.12, 7:30 pm * Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 625 Montgomery Ave Nov.13, 4:30 pm * Swarthmore College, 500 College Ave Nov.14, 7:30 pm * Chestnut Hill College, 9601 Germantown Ave Nov.15, 11:00 am * Christ Church Ithan, 536 Conestoga Road Nov.16, 4:30 pm * First Unitarian Church, 730 Halstead Road
Acclaimed Theologian Discusses the Dignity of DifferenceThe Dignity of Difference Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, Professor of Theological Ethics, Duke University Divinity School, will be speaking at Eastern University on Thursday, October 2 at 7:00 pm. Time magazine named Dr. Hauerwas "America’s Best Theologian" in 2001. “Pentecost,” the Hauerwas lecture, is part of the Metanexus Institute Lecture Series. The event, co-sponsored by the Templeton Honor College at Eastern University, is free and open to the public. “Pentecost” considers the dignity of difference in a modern world. Christians mark the feast of Pentecost as the birth of a people through the restoration of communication between people of different languages and stories. Dr. Hauerwas’ talk looks at humanity’s prospects of transforming a trend of domination into a culture of communication, where people are free to love one another without fear. October 2, 2008, 7:00 pm Eastern University 1300 Eagle Road St. Davids, PA 19087 610-341-5800
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