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Mars exploration, sustainability, and healthcare are among the science-faith topics churches will address in 2025, supported by the Scientists in Congregations awards. We have awarded funding totalling over £70,000 to nine organisations in England and the
ECLAS and Church of England academics and policy advisers have renewed calls for a national conversation on the impact of artificial intelligence on the world of work, warning that rapid technological change raises profound questions. In
ECLAS was represented by two team members at the Anglican Francophone Bishops’ Retreat in Nairobi this week. The event was organised by the Francophone Network of the Anglican Communion, the Council of Anglican Provinces in Africa
This is the first in a three-part series by ECLAS researcher Dr Sarah Qidwai. “A garden is a moral lesson in itself.” – Sir Stamford Raffles Long before British ships anchored off its shores, the island
Michael Harvey, Francesca Blondell, and Marta Gallego at the Scientists in Congregations retreat in September. Two of our newest Scientists in Congregations awardees are Marta Gallego and Francesca Blondell – but this is only the
Check out episode two of the ECLAS podcast, featuring guests Dr Gavin Merrifield (Christians in Science) and Revd Dr Dave Gregory (Baptist science missioner), and featuring ideas for churches to engage with science and scientists. Listen
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Subscribe NowFor more than a decade, ECLAS has been working to equip senior Christian leaders with the tools, context and skills they need to engage confidently with science in their ministry and their personal faith.
ECLAS was born from the conviction that science is a gift from God, but that too often Christian leaders lack the confidence and tools to engage with scientific questions. Working with partners around the world, we want to create opportunities for church leaders to connect with science and scientists, to develop well-informed, theologically grounded, practical knowledge about the world and our place in it.
About the projectResearch forms the basis of ECLAS’ work to drive culture change within the Church. Our research informs our policy work, resource development, and senior leaders’ conferences.
As a global network of research hubs, our driving question is on how context -- covering geographic, cultural, theological, denominational, national, and political settings -- offer challenges and opportunities for Church leaders' engagement with science.
Original ResearchRecorded at the Science and Religion Forum’s 50th Anniversary Conference: “Revisiting and Reimagining the Relationships between Science and Religion”, May 2025. Lecturer: Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham & Revd Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Responding) Most
WATCHRecorded at the Science and Religion Forum's 50th Anniversary Conference: "Revisiting and Reimagining the Relationships between Science and Religion", May 2025
Lecturer: Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham & Revd Dr Muthuraj Swamy (Responding)
Most of the literature on the relationship between science and religion has been produced in a Western context with an emphasis on the Christian religion. However, there is increasing awareness of the wisdom and insights generated in many different contexts, cultures and religions, including indigenous knowledge. There is also a growing appreciation that some of the major issues of the 21st century (e.g. AI, genetics, climate change and biodiversity loss etc) require far more than a narrow focus scientific analysis from a predominantly western viewpoint. In a globalized, hyper-connected world, these issues need to be explored with ethical, philosophical, spiritual and theological lenses. It is crucially important to pay close attention to the effect of context on how the science and religion relationship is understood. This lecture will explore how such an inter-contextual approach is working in the Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) project and also in the work of the Anglican Communion Science Commission, and outline some principles for a genuinely fruitful science and religion relationship in the future.
This webinar, hosted by Birmingham Christian College as part of their ECLAS Science for Seminaries grant, features a keynote talk from Apostle Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua.
LEARN MOREThis webinar, hosted by Birmingham Christian College as part of their ECLAS Science for Seminaries grant, features a keynote talk from Apostle Prof. Kwabena Agyapong-Kodua.
We have created this small group reflection based on our first series of Stories of Science and Faith. While the articles were originally published during Pentecost, they can be used at any time of year as
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