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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
Science, nonscience and nonsense: Teaching how to differentiate among the three
A defining set of characteristics of the Enlightenment, indeed, perhaps the defining set of characteristics of the Enlightenment, was the creation and use of the scientific method coupled with logical reasoning to better understand the world around us. This shift in...
New research finds faith-based approaches work to encourage vaccination
The Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and the Interfaith Youth Core found in the largest survey on religion and COVID-19 to date that faith-based approaches continue to offer opportunities to encourage vaccination. Currently, as of September 4, 2021, only 54%...
Astrochemist joins Pontifical Academy of Sciences
Ewine van Dishoek was appointed by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, an international academy of 80 leading scientists from around the world. She currently is the president of the IAU, which is the international astronomical organization that counts...
Your God Is Too Small: Vatican Observatory Director to offer a cosmic point of view in upcoming webinar
Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ is speaking on the contrast between the world and the cosmos that is becoming blurred as we begin to learn of the vastness of the cosmos in an upcoming Zoom event. The free webinar, “Your God is Too Small,” will be hosted by the Center for...
CTNS public forum to focus on gravitational waves
The Center for Theology and Natural Sciences at the Graduate Theological Union is planning a virtual event featuring the work of Russell Fellow Dr. Kirk Wegter-McNelly, who is a theologian whose work focuses on the implications of contemporary physics for our...
Homo sapiens: perched between giga, nano, and God
What I have to say is provoked by an image, informed by science, and interpreted theologically and philosophically. Let’s begin with the image -- which is where I began. The basic image is that of a human being, existing -- I like the image of perching, like the boy...
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