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Scott Aaronson

Professor of Computer Science; Director, Quantum Information Center, University of Texas at Austin

Paul Abramson

Research Professor, Psychology, UCLA

Rahim Acar

Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Marmara University

Fred Adams

Professor of Physics, University of Michigan

Anthony Aguirre

Faggin Presidential Chair for the Physics of Information, UC Santa Cruz

Imran Aijaz

Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan-Dearborn

David Albert

Professor of Philosophy and Director of the M.A. Program in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Columbia University

Andreas Albrecht

Professor and Chair, Physics Department, UC Davis

Denis Alexander

Emeritus Director, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, Cambridge

Stephon Alexander

Professor of Physics, Dartmouth College

Saleem Ali

Distinguished Professor, University of Delaware; Honorary Professor, University of Queensland

Paul Allen

Professor of Theological Studies, Concordia University

Garrick Allen

Senior Lecturer in Biblical Studies (New Testament), the School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow

Michael Almeida

Professor of Philosophy, University of Texas, San Antonio

Marlene Altenmüller

PhD Student, Chair of Social Psychology, LMU Munich

Jonathan Anderson

Associate Professor of Art, Biola University

Nancy Andreasen

Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine

Nima Arkani-Hamed

Theoretical Physicist, Institute for Advanced Study

J. Matthew Ashley

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Notre Dame

Peter Atkins

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, University of Oxford

Robert Audi

Professor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame

Francisco Ayala

Former University Professor, Professor of Biological Sciences, Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine

Mahmoud Ayoub

Professor Emeritusof Islamic Studies, Hartford Seminary

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Julian Baggini

Philosopher and jouranlist; Co-founder, The Philosophe's Magazine

Bahador Bahrami

Senior Scientist, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich

Mark Balaguer

Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Los Angeles

David Baltimore

Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine; President Emeritus, Distinguished Professor of Biology, Caltech

Jeanne Bamberger

Professor Emerita of Music and Urban Education, MIT

Anirban Bandyopadhyay

Senior Scientist, The National Institute for Materials Science

Julian Barbour

Theoretical Physicist (independent)

Ian Barbour

Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society, Carleton College

Luke Barnes

Lecturer in Astronomy and Cosmology, Western Sydney University

Stephen Barr

Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware; President, Society of Catholic Scientists

Deirdre Barrett

Clinical Psychologist, Harvard Medical School; Past President, International Association for the Study of Dreams

Justin Barrett

President, Blueprint 1543

Roy Baumeister

Professor of Psychology, University of Queensland

Tim Bayne

Professor of Philosophy, Monash University

John Behr

Eastern Orthodox priest and theologian; Regius Professor of Humanity, University of Aberdeen

Gregory Benford

Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine; Science fiction author

Jonathan Berger

Denning Family Provostial Professor in Music, Stanford University

Julio Bermudez

Director of the Sacred Space and Cultural Studies graduate concentration program, the Catholic University of America

Barry Beyerstein

Scientific Skeptic; former Professor of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

Robert Bilder

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA

John Bishop

Professor of Philosophy, University of Auckland

Simon Blackburn

Professor of Philosophy (retired), University of Cambridge

Susan Blackmore

Writer, Lecturer, Psychologist, Skeptic; Visiting Professor, University of Plymouth

Colin Blakemore

Former Director of the Centre for the Study of the Senses, Institute of Philosphy, University of London

Roger Blandford

Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences; Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Stanford University

Ned Block

Professor of Philosophy, Psychology and Neural Science, New York University

Joseph Bogen

Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, USC; Visiting Professor, Caltech

Alfonse Borysewicz

Painter

Nick Bostrom

Professor; Director, Future of Humanity Institute, University of Oxford

Raphael Bousso

Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley

Gregory Boyd

Founder and Sr. Pastor, Woodland Hills Church

Todd Boyd

Endowed Chair for Study of Race and Popular Culture, USC

Pascal Boyer

Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology and Psychology, Washington University in St. Louis

Stephen Braude

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Maryland, Baltimore; former President, Parapscyhological Association

Christopher Brewer

Theologian, Academic Entrepreneur, and Principal Advisor, Templeton Religion Trust

Andrew Briggs

Professor of Nanomaterials, University of Oxford

David Brin

Science fiction writer, Futurist, Public Intellectual

Rodney Brooks

Robotics Entrepreneur; former Director, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT

Leslie Brothers

Psychiatrist; Author

Warren Brown

Professor of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary

David Brown

Professor Emeritus, School of Divinity, University of St. Andrews

Charles Buchanan

Professor Emeritus of Physics, UCLA

Andrei Buckareff

Professor of Philosophy, Marist College

Vern Bullough

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, State University of New York at Buffalo; former president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

Octavia Butler

Science fiction author

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Kutter Callaway

The William K. Brehm Chair of Worship, Theology, and the Arts; Associate Dean of the Center for Advanced Theological Studies; Associate Professor of Theology and Culture, Fuller University

Craig Callender

Professor of Philosophy, UC San Diego

Stephan J. Cannell

TV Creator, Show Runner, Writer, Novelist; founder, Cannell Entertainment/Studios

Alexander Capron

Professor, Scott H. Bice Chair in Healthcare Law, Policy, and Ethics; Professor of Law and Medicine, USC

Bernard Carr

Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy, University of London

Sean Carroll

Research Professor of Physics, Caltech

Louis Caruana

Professor of Philosophy and former Dean, Gregorian University, Rome

Gregg Caruso

Professor of Philosophy, SUNY Corning

Hyla Cass

Medical Doctor of Integrated Medicine

Gregory Chaitin

Professor, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Mathematician (Emeritus), IBM

David Chalmers

Professor of Philosophy and Co-director, Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness, New York University

Daniel Chamovitz

President, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (Israel)

Bruce Chapman

Founder & Chairman, Disovery Institute

Anjan Chatterjee

Professor of Neurology, Psychology, and Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania

David Cheetham

Professor of Philosophical Theology, University of Birmingham; Co-Director, Birmingham Centre for the Philosophy of Religion

Noam Chomsky

Institute Professor Emeritus, MIT; Laureate Professor of Linguistics, University of Arizona

Deepak Chopra

Medical Doctor; Author; Founder, Chopra Center

Stephen Chorover

Professor Emeritus, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT

Patricia S. Churchland

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, UC San Diego

Andy Clark

Professor of Cognitive Philosophy, University of Sussex

Kelly James Clark

Senior Research Fellow, Kaufman Interfaith Institute; Professor, Grand Valley State University

Aaron Clauset

Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder

Philip Clayton

Ingram Professor of Theology, Claremont School of Theology

Carol Cleland

Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado Boulder

Carmine Clemente

Professor of Anatomy, former Director of the Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles

Sarah Coakley

Norris-Hulse Emeritus Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge; Anglican priest

Robin Collins

Professor of Philosophy, Messiah College

Francis Collins

Physician-Geneticist; former Director, National Insitutes of Health

George Corbett

Professor of Theology, University of St Andrews

Ivan Corwin

Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University

John Cottingham

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Reading

Jesse Couenhoven

Professor, Moral Theology, Villanova University

Eric Courchesne

Professor, Neurosciences, UC San Diego

William Lane Craig

Philosopher and Philosophical Theologian; Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, Biola University

Michael Crichton

Author and Filmmaker

Oliver Crisp

Head, School of Divinity; Professor, Analytic Theology, University of St. Andrews

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management (former), Claremont Graduate University

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Raissa D’Sousa

Professor, Computer Science, UC Davis; President, Network Science Society

Antonio Damasio

David Dornsife Chair in Neuroscience, and Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neurology, USC

Paul Davies

Regents' Professor, Arizona State University

Andrew Davis

Program Director, Center for Process Studies at Claremont School, Willamette University

Richard Dawkins

Emeritus Fellow, New College Oxford; Fellow, Royal Society and Royal Society of Literature

Agnes Day

Professor, Former Chair, Department of Microbiology, Howard University

Edward de Bono

Creatvity Expert; Physician, Psychologist, Author, Inventor, Philosopher

Helen De Cruz

Danforth Chair in the Humanities, Saint Louis University

Arthur S. De Vany

Professor Emeritus of Economics, UC Irvine

Terrence Deacon

Professor of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley

Celia Deane-Drummond

Director, Laudato Si’ Research Institute and Senior Research Fellow in Theology, University of Oxford

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Director, Hayden Planetarium; Author; Host, Cosmos

William Dembski

Founding Senior Fellow, Center for Science and Culture, Discovery Institute

Daniel Dennett

Former University Professor, Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University

David Deutsch

Visiting Professor, Centre for Quantum Computation, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford

Diana Deutsch

Professor of Psychology, UC San Diego

Jared Diamond

Professor of Geography, UCLA

Steven Dick

Former Chief Historian, NASA

Robbert Dijkgraaf

Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Netherlands; forrner Director, Institute for Advanced Study

David DiVincenzo

Director of Theoretical Nanoelectronics, Forschungszentrum Juelich; Professor of Physics, RWTH Aachen

Murali Doraiswamy

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University

Llewellyn “Doc” Dougherty

Vice President, Special Programs, Raytheon

Frank Drake

Director, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute

Willem Drees

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of the Humanities, Tilburg University; former editor-in-chief of Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science

Hubert Dreyfus

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, UC Berkeley

John Dupré

Director of Egenis and Philosophy of Science Professor, University of Exeter

Freeman Dyson

Theoretical Physicist and Visionary, Institute for Advanced Study

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David Eagleman

Neuroscientist, Stanford University

Jamal Elias

Director of the Wolf Humanities Center, University of Pennsylvania

George Ellis

Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems, University of Cape Town

Elissa Epel

Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Francisco

Robert Epstein

Psychology Researcher and Professor; former editor-in-chief, Psychology Today

Christopher Evans

Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, and former Director of the Brain Research Institute, University of California at Los Angeles

C. Stephen Evans

Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Baylor University

Dirk Evers

Theologian and Philosopher, Martin Luther University

Paul Ewald

Professor of Biology, University of Louisville

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Jim Faulconer

Former Professor of Philosophy, Brigham Young University

Edward Feigenbaum

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, Stanford University

Pedro Ferreira

Professor of Astrophysics, University of Oxford

Timothy Ferris

Science writer and Filmmaker

Paul Fiddes

Principal Emeritus, former Chairman, Faculty of Theology and Religion, St Peter’s College, Oxford

David Finkelstein

Professor Emeritus of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology

Menachem Fisch

Professor Emeritus of History and Philosophy of Science, Tel Aviv University

Thomas Flint

Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame; former Editor, Faith and Philosophy

Peter Forrest

Professor of Philosophy, University of New England - Australia

Wendy Freedman

University Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

Robert Freeman

Former Director, Eastman School of Music

Stacie Friend

Stacie Friend is a Reader in Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh

Francis Fukuyama

Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

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Gregory Ganssle

Professor of Philosophy, Biola Univeresity

Jay Garfield

Professor of Philosophy, University of Melbourne; Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities, Smith College

George Geis

Professor, Anderson School of Management, UCLA Anderson

Murray Gell-Mann

Nobel Laureate in Physics; Professor Emeritus of Theoretical Physics, Caltech

Rochel Gelman

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Psychology, Rutgers University

Steve Giddings

Professor of Physics, UC Santa Barbara

Neil Gillman

Rabbi and Philosopher, Jewish Theological Seminary

Owen Gingerich

Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and History of Science, Harvard University

Leon Glass

Meritus Professor and the Isadore Rosenfeld Chair in Cardiology, McGill University

Peter Godfrey-Smith

Professor in the School of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Sydney

Tyron Goldschmidt

Philosopher and Author/Editor

Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

Philosopher and Novelist

Mario Gollwitzer

Professor and Chair of Social Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

Ravi Gomatam

Director, Bhaktivedanta Institute

Ted Good

PhD Candidate, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto

David Goodstein

Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor, Vice-Provost, Caltech

Alison Gopnik

Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley

Marie-Hélène Gorisse

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Birmingham

J. Richard Gott III

Emeritus Professor of Astrophysical Sciences, Princton University

Lester Grabbe

Emeritus Professor of Hebrew Bible and Early Judaism, University of Hull

Gordon Graham

Professor of Philosophy and the Arts, Princeton Theological Seminary

Matthews Grant

Professor and Chai, Philosophy, University of St. Thomas

William Grassie

Founding Director, Metanexus Institute

Anthony Grayling

Philosopher and Founder, New College of the Humanities

Michael Graziano

Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Princeton University; Novelist

Joshua Greene

Professor of Psychology, Harvard University

Susan Greenfield

Neuroscientist, Writer, Broadcaster, Entrepreneur; former Professor of Pharmacology, Oxford

Niels Gregersen

Professor of Systematic Theology, University of Copenhagen

Paul Griffiths

Professor of Philosophy, University of Sydney

David Gross

Nobel Laueate in Physics; Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara

Ananda Guruge

Former Dean, University of the West

Alan Guth

Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics, MIT

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Patrick Haggard

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

Stuart Hameroff

Professor Emeritus, Anesthesiology and Psychology; Director, Center for Consciousness Studies, University of Arizona

Suzanne Hanser

Chair Emerita, Music Therapy Department, Berklee College of Music

Charles Harper Jr.

Philanthropic Consultant, Philosopher of Science, and Theologian

Victoria Harrison

Philosopher & Head of Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Macau

David Bentley Hart

Philosophical Theologian, University of Notre Dame

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