Author: Olivia Rathbone

SCIENCE AND RELIGION BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship: Space Week

Photo by NASA The Revd Prof David Wilkinson gave a sermon at the Chapel of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, as part of BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship service during World Space Week,...

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RESEARCH 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...

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FUNDING 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...

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CHURCH ACTION Faith in Mind: Science, Faith and Mental Health

Rebekah Allon-Smith writes about the impact of the Faith in Mind project at Sunderland Connect Network, one of the 2022 Scientists in Congregations award recipients. The Faith in Mind project involved church members from 13...

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FUNDING Interactive map of ECLAS grant projects

Click on the map below to see our Scientists in Congregations and Science for Seminaries projects across the UK and ROI and our partnerships internationally. Click on the white box in the top left of...

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Uncategorized WE’RE LOOKING FOR A NEW SECRETARY

  We’re looking for a full-time project secretary to join us on a fixed term contract from 2nd October 2023 – 31st December 2027. This is a hybrid role based at St John’s College, Durham,...

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SCIENCE AND RELIGION Ecology, Theology and the Christian Dead

  Professor Douglas Davies, FBA, is an anthropologist and theologian at Durham University’s Department of Theology and Religion where, among other things, he teaches on death, ritual, symbolism and belief. Here he discusses the practice...

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RESEARCH The Science of Sacred Spaces

In this guest blog post, Professor Ken Miles casts a scientific eye over the interior of his local church. Ken is an academic radiologist and author of “From Billiard Balls to Bishops: a scientist’s introduction...

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