Author: Helen Billam

ECLAS IN THE NEWS Science News Round-Up: Losing the Wilderness

According to new data, the UK has lost over half of its biodiversity since the industrial revolution and is now one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Partly attributed to urban sprawl and...

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SCIENCE AND RELIGION Introducing Faith and Thought, 1865-1897

This is a guest post from Dr Ian Randall, Research Associate at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide, on behalf of Faith and Thought (formerly The Victoria Institute). The Early Years of the Victoria Institute...

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RESEARCH Is God calling you to be a scientist?

This is a guest post written by Dr Richard Gunton from Church Scientific. Science is big in our culture. Scientific knowledge and its pursuit constitute a major theme in education, media and the economy, yet...

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CHURCH ACTION Praying for Wisdom as ‘Created Co-creators’

This is the seventh and final post in our series on Science-Engaged Worship. Grace Wolf-Chase is a Senior Scientist and Senior Education & Communication Specialist with the Planetary Science Institute, and also serves as Vice...

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CHURCH ACTION Celebrating science all year round

By Helen Billam and Theodora Hawksley. This is is the sixth post in our series on Science-Engaged Worship. Science touches our lives daily and has a place in our regular church activity – whether that’s...

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CHURCH ACTION Announcing our funding for new Scientists in Congregations projects

We’re awarding funding totalling £400,000 to 23 churches in England and Wales to explore the relationship between science and faith through our church engagement programme Scientists in Congregations. The successful churches have each received grants...

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SCIENCE AND RELIGION In Memoriam: Revd Dr Joel Edwards

It is with great sadness that the ECLAS team heard of the death of Revd Dr Joel Edwards.  Joel was a Visiting Fellow of St John’s College and had completed his DThM recently as a...

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CHURCH ACTION How to bring science into all-age worship

By Sarah Moring, Schools Development Officer and Michael Harvey, Executive Director, God and the Big Bang. This is the sixth post in our series on Science-Engaged Worship. God and the Big Bang (GatBB) runs interactive...

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