The Rev. John Charlton Polkinghorne was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, writer, and Anglican priest. He was professor of Mathematical Physics at the University of Cambridge for 11 years, after which he resigned his chair to study for the priesthood, becoming an ordained Anglican priest. He served as the president of Queens’ College, Cambridge for…
Eric Steinhart is a Professor of Philosophy at William Paterson University. He received his BS in Computer Science from the Pennsylvania State University before earning an MA in Philosophy from Boston College, focusing on the history of philosophy. He was awarded the PhD in Philosophy from SUNY at Stony Brook, winning the first “Distinguished Dissertation”…
Seyyed Hossein Nasr is an Iranian University Professor of Islamic studies at George Washington University, and a prominent Islamic philosopher. Nasr is a Muslim Persian philosopher and renowned scholar of comparative religion, a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon, and writes in the fields of Islamic esoterism, Sufism, philosophy of science, and metaphysics. Professor…
Holmes Rolston III is a philosopher who is University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University. He is best known for his contributions to environmental ethics and the relationship between science and religion. Among other honors, Rolston won the 2003 Templeton Prize, awarded by Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace. He gave the Gifford Lectures,…
Don N. Page is a Canadian theoretical physicist at the University of Alberta, Canada. His work focuses on quantum cosmology and theoretical gravitational physics, and he is noted for being a doctoral student of the eminent Professor Stephen Hawking, in addition to publishing several journal articles with him. He is an Evangelical Christian. Page earned…
Chris Southgate is a trained research biochemist and a Senior Lecturer of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter, where he also works as a Research Fellow in Theology. His main fields of study are the science-religion debate, ecotheology and environmental ethics. Southgate’s research and teaching won him a Templeton Award, and he has…
Russell Stannard is a retired high-energy particle physicist, currently holding the position of Professor Emeritus of Physics at the Open University. Stannard Studied Physics at University College London, where he earned a BSc in Special Physics, followed by a PhD in Cosmic Ray Physics. He has served as a lecturer at University College London, before…
Varadaraja V. Raman is Emeritus Professor of Physics and Humanities at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has lectured and written profusely on many aspects of Indian heritage and culture and authored numerous books, more than 300 book reviews and scores of articles on science and religion. He is an active member of organizations devoted…
Jeff Schloss is the Distinguished Professor of Biology, the T.B. Walker Chair of Natural and Behavioral Sciences, and the Director of the Center for Faith, Dr. Schloss has been at Westmont since 1981. His special loves are taking students into the field (including the alpine meadows of Yosemite, Michigan northwoods, rainforests of Costa Rica, and…
Victor J. Stenger is a retired elementary particle physicist. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Newark College of Engineering and later a Master of Science degree in physics from UCLA and a PhD in Physics. He then took a position on the faculty of the University of Hawaii, retiring to…
Michael Brant Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, founder of The Skeptics Society, and Editor in Chief of its magazine Skeptic, which is largely devoted to investigating pseudoscientific and supernatural claims. Shermer also engages in debates on topics pertaining to pseudoscience and religion in which he promulgates the need for scientific skepticism.…
Robert John Russell is founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS). He is also the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). He has written and edited a great deal on possible scientific mechanisms for the beliefs of Christianity. Russell…