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SCIENCE
Science v. faith:
Is the battle diminishing?
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THE NORTHEAST
Ian
Hutchinson is a professor and head of the nuclear science and engineering department
at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also a member of the American
Scientific Affiliation and a speaker on the relationship between science
and Christianity. Contact 617-253-8760, hutch@psfc.mit.edu.
Paul
Henry Carr, a physicist who retired after a career at the Air Force Research
Laboratory in Bedford, Mass., has also studied religion and lectured and taught
a course in science and religion at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Contact henryhonda57@comcast.net.
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THE EAST
Carl
Feit, chairman of health sciences at Yeshiva University in New York City, is
an immunologist and cancer researcher as well as an ordained rabbi and Talmudic
scholar. Contact 212-960-5446, feit@ymail.yu.edu.
David
Wilcox is a biology professor at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa., and
author of God and Evolution: A Faith-Based Understanding (Judson Press,
2004). Contact 610-341-5864, dwilcox@eastern.edu.
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THE SOUTHEAST
The
Shenandoah Anabaptist
Science Society, a membership organization with headquarters at Eastern
Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., sponsors programs fostering dialogues
“at the intersection of science and religion.” The secretary of SASS is Tara
Kishbaugh, Eastern Mennonite University professor of chemistry. Contact 540-432-4665,
tara.kishbaugh@emu.edu.
Lindon
Eaves is Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics and Psychiatry at Virginia
Commonwealth School of Medicine in Richmond, Va., and an Episcopal priest in
the Diocese of Virginia. Contact 804-828-8155, www.ljeaves@vcu.org.
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THE SOUTH
Dr.
Jay Holman is a cardiologist at the Ochsner Clinic in Baton Rouge, clinical
assistant professor of cardiology at Louisiana State University Medical School
and a former president of the American Scientific Affiliation. Contact 225-761-5370,
hollman5@bellsouth.net.
Neil
A. Manson is assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Mississippi
in Oxford and editor of God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern
Science (Routledge, 2003). Contact 662-915-6713,namanson@olemiss.edu.
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THE MIDWEST
Richard
G. Colling is a biology professor at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais,
Ill., and author of Random Designer: Created From Chaos to Connect With the
Creator (Browning Press, 2004). Contact 815-939-5011, rcolling@olivet.edu.
Deborah
Haarsma is an associate professor in the physics and astronomy department at
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Mich., and has written on the relationship of
science and religion. Contact dhaarsma@calvin.edu.
Loren
Haarsma is an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Calvin College,
Grand Rapids, Mich., and has written on the relationship of science and religion.
Contact 616-526-8517, lhaarsma@calvin.edu.
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THE SOUTHWEST
Terry
M. Gray is a computer support scientist in the chemistry department at Colorado
State University in Fort Collins and is active in the American
Scientific Affiliation. Contact 970-491-7003, Terry.Gray@colostate.edu.
Martinez
J. Hewlett is an emeritus professor of molecular biology at the University of
Arizona, a lay member of the Dominican order and resident of Taos, N.M. He
is also an adjunct professor at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology
of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, Calif. Contact hewlett@email.arizona.edu.
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THE WEST/NORTHWEST
James
D. Proctor is a professor and director of the Environmental Studies Program
at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. He holds degrees in environmental
science and religious studies. He has directed programs on the relationship
of science and religion. Contact 503-768-7707, jproctor@lclark.edu.
Jeff
Schloss is a biology professor at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, Calif.,
and has served on the editorial and advisory boards of several publications
concerning the relationship of science and religion, including Zygon:
Journal of Religion & Science, Science
& Christian Belief, Science
& Theology News and Science
& Spirit. Contact 805-565-6000, schloss@westmont.edu.
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