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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
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...
Humility, empathy and discovery in science and in ministry
Michael Spezio is one of those rare individuals who has fit more than one passion into his daily work. Spezio is associate professor of psychology, neuroscience and data science at Scripps College in Claremont, CA. He is also ordained as a Minister of Word and...
Davidson religion and science professor to retire
Andy Lustig, the inaugural Holmes Rolston III Professor of Religion and Science at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, announced his retirement at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year. Much of Lustig’s work has centered on biomedical ethics, having...
Arizona State to study science, craftwork and ‘soulwork’
Arizona State University researchers are the latest to be awarded a John Templeton Foundation grant on how ideas of craftwork and soulwork can transform laboratory culture. The effort is by a team of researchers from the university’s Lincoln Center for Applied Ethics,...
Can artificial intelligence make moral decisions?
Duke University ethics professor in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, has been leading an interdisciplinary team looking at the decisions that surgeons need to make surrounding kidney transplants. The most...
The Templeton Prize: Raising the faith and science profile
Dr. Jane Goodall wrote in one of her more recent books, “And always I have this feeling -- which may not be true at all -- that I am being used as a messenger.” She broadened that role of messenger beyond her talks and hundreds of meetings each year with a podcast and...
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