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CHURCH ACTION ECLAS seminar on Scientists in Congregations: imagination, vocation, and pitfalls

ECLAS seminars are re-starting for the new academic year. On Thursday 18 September 2025, at 9am UK time, our project director David Wilkinson will reflect on the 80 Scientists in Congregations awards ECLAS has made...

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ECLAS IN THE NEWS Political conferences and the Wesleyan influence

John and Charles Wesley, John Hodges, Henry Viers, Sam Taylor, and John Meriton at the First Wesleyan Conference, Foundry, City Road, London. This is a transcript of a Thought for the Day broadcast on BBC...

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Cosmology From Tarzan to Star Trek: race and science fiction

September 1st was the 150th anniversary of the birth of adventure and science fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, best known for creating the characters of Tarzan and the Martian explorer John Carter. He was one...

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ECLAS IN THE NEWS What is a human being worth?

This is the transcript of the Revd Prof David Wilkinson’s ‘Thought For the Day’ on BBC Radio 4, 1st September, 2025. Good morning. Today is deadline day, with football’s transfer window closing this evening. An all-time...

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Cosmology Stardust – our place in the vast cosmic story

This is the transcript of the Revd Prof David Wilkinson’s ‘Thought For the Day’ on BBC Radio 4, 25th August, 2025. Good morning. On this programme on Saturday, there was a discussion of the significance of...

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CHURCH ACTION New podcast episode: Don’t Call It Ecotheology!

The first episode of the ECLAS podcast is available now! Featuring guests Revd Prof Charlotte Sleigh, priest and researcher in Science and Technology Studies, and the Venerable Karen Best, archdeacon in the diocese of Manchester,...

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Cosmology Environmental Hermeneutics: a Science for Seminaries summer school at TCD

Guest post from Prof Cathriona Russell, School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, TCD. We held a Summer School in June as part of our Science for Seminaries project, in tandem with several curriculum developments,...

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Cosmology New book ‘How Does God Act in the World’

ECLAS Project Director, the Revd Prof David Wilkinson, has published a new book on ministry, miracles, and mission. How Does God Act in the World is a book for Christians, church leaders, and anyone interested...

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