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The Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science, and Technology is dedicated to expanding awareness and promoting conversation about the implications of science and technology for Christian faith and life.
Since 1991, the Alliance has been an independent Lutheran organization recognized by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The membership includes scientists, science teachers, rostered leaders (clergy and lay), and other interested lay people.
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Latest Articles from Covalence, the Online Magazine of the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology
Citizen science engagement in faith-based communities
Engaging Faith-based Communities in Citizen Science through Zooniverse (Engaging) was an initiative designed to broaden participation in citizen science (aka “people-powered research” or community scienceI use the terms “citizen science” in this article...
On finding lost books – Or, scientists and sin
Lost and found When we returned last year to our winter retreat in Arizona after absence due to COVID-19 and other matters, I got into books I’d put in storage there. One I’d forgotten was a collection of Robert Oppenheimer’s post-war essays titled The Open...
Faith and science scholar to head Grefenstette Center at Duquesne
John Slattery has been named director of Duquesne University’s Carl G. Grefenstette Center of Ethics in Science, Technology and Law, where he had been a directing fellow since early 2021. An ethicist, theologian and science historian by training, he has explored the...
Do Christians want to live forever? New study has the answer
A new survey conducted by UK think tank Theos and The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion found that roughly 60% of people reject the idea of "scientific immortality," while 19% are in favor. Perhaps more interestingly, the survey of 5,000 UK adults found that...
Ecklund named director of Boniuk Institute
Elaine Howard Ecklund, who is well known for her research on perceptions of religion and science, was named director of the Boniuk Institute for Religious Tolerance at Rice University. The move follows more than a decade at the Religion and Public Life Program at...
Of artichokes and onions: Trouble at the foundations (Part 1 – History)
This is the third of a now five-part series of blogs offering my historical and philosophical story of the interaction of science and religion in Western culture and, eventually, my sense of the implications of that interaction for the future of the Christian faith...
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