by Susan Barreto | Sep 12, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
While we have just under a year to go until the ELCA Youth Gathering in Minneapolis under the banner of “Boundless: God Beyond Measure,” the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology has been busy planning a variety of hands-on activities for the youth of...
by Susan Barreto | Jul 17, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
This month we discuss with Michael Spezio, a neuroscientist and minister of word and sacrament in the Presbyterian Church, how he views the importance of how we view ourselves from the perspective of faith and science. He teaches coursework at Scripps College on...
by Susan Barreto | Jun 9, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
This issue of Covalence highlights the Templeton Prize winners past and present in addition to looking at the “truth-telling” aspects of the faith and science dialogue. Well-known conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall wrote in one of her more recent books, “And...
by Susan Barreto | May 12, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
It was a line many of the attendees of the recent Ecumenical Round Table on Faith, Science and Technology in the Church didn’t see coming in the group’s Saturday morning homily. “Grace to you and peace from the God who raised Jesus from the dead. Whoa! There is...
by religionandscience | Apr 15, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
Fear and anger generally are the precursors to conspiracy theories, which have plagued so much of social media these days. Pseudoscience too has only been amplified in recent years, but chances are you have never heard of Immanuel Velikovsky. This month, our...
by Susan Barreto | Feb 13, 2021 | Covalence Monthly
Productive faith/science dialogue continues to move forward in numerous ways around the world despite of and because of the COVID-19 pandemic, as chronicled in this month’s edition of Covalence. We begin with a recap from a Zoom presentation from Dr. Philip...