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NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHURCHES

  We are delighted to announce that, following the ECLAS project’s new funding, we will provide a new round of grants through our Scientists in Congregations programme. The SiC programme has funded 56 unique science and

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Faith at the Frontiers podcast-a new series on science and faith

ECLAS is pleased to announce a partnership with Faith at the Frontiers podcast, exploring the connections between science and faith. Here, host Dr Barnabas Aspray discusses the series. Dr Aspray is Assistant Professor of Systematic Theology

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Believing Science

Dr Gavin Merrifield led the Scientists in Congregations award project Wonder Days at Holy Trinity and Christchurch, Stalybridge. Here he discusses the impact it had on the church and the wider community. Science is one of

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Care of the environment as mission

The Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham, ECLAS Co-Director for Global Engagement and former Bishop of Kingston, reflects on ECLAS’s online Climate Cathedral exhibition. I was very pleased indeed that the Gaia exhibition was in Southwark Cathedral

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Knowing Dark Matter

(Photo by Greg Rakozy) ECLAS Post-Doctoral Researcher Dr Thoko Kamwendo responds to the recent senior leaders’ conference, Black Holes, Dark Matter, Dark Energy: The Depths of Faith and Space. It’s the invisible Dark Matter we are

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Space exploration and the meaning of life

  Professor Chris Done, from the Durham University Department of Physics Centre for Extragalactic Astronomy, is the newest member of ECLAS’s steering group. She is also one of two scientists chosen by the European Space Agency

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Food, Climate, and Public Theology: Focus on East Africa

Online

SENIOR LEADERS November 21
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Black Holes, Dark Matter and Dark Energy: The Depths of Faith and Space

St John's College, Durham

SENIOR LEADERS September 5
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Science, Future and the Christian Imagination

Science Museum, London

SENIOR LEADERS June 7

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ABOUT ECLAS

For the last 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.

Original Research

Research 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. Along with our international partners, our research focus is on how context -- covering geographic, cultural, theological, denominational, national, and political settings -- offer challenges and opportunities for Church leaders' engagement with science.

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Developing Positive Science-Faith Engagement Across the Anglican Communion

For the Lambeth Conference 2022, we have created a guide for clergy and senior leaders to developing positive science-faith engagement. Based on interviews with scientists and senior leaders, our own research, and case studies from Scientists

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Science Across the Anglican Communion

Five members of the Anglican Communion Science Commission interview young scientists in their dioceses. Together, they discuss how the Church can support scientists in their work and vocation.

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Science Across the Anglican Communion

Five members of the Anglican Communion Science Commission interview young scientists in their dioceses. Together, they discuss how the Church can support scientists in their work and vocation.

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Cranmer Hall – Introduction to ‘A History of Science and Faith’ module

Cranmer Hall was a recipient of a 2021 Science for Seminaries grant from ECLAS. Here, Revd Dr Paul Regan gives a short overview of the module and why science and faith have a historical precedent of

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Cranmer Hall - Introduction to 'A History of Science and Faith' module

Cranmer Hall was a recipient of a 2021 Science for Seminaries grant from ECLAS. Here, Revd Dr Paul Regan gives a short overview of the module and why science and faith have a historical precedent of working together.