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Welcome back to the ISSR YouTube channel and ISSR’s In Conversation series. ISSR In Conversation is a discussion series in which ISSR Fellows discuss topics related to their work and developments in the academic field of science and religion.

In this episode, the pedagogy of science and religion, and the classroom context, are discussed. This episode will be especially interesting to anyone who engages with teaching in this field, or anyone interested in how science and religion are taught at the university level in different geographic and cultural environments.

In conversation in this episode are:

Jörg Matthias Determann is a Professor of History in the Liberal Arts & Sciences program at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, specializing in the history of science, technology, and scholarship in the modern Middle East.
https://qatar.vcu.edu/our-faculty/dr-jorg-matthias-determann/

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Shoaib Ahmed Malik, a Lecturer in Science and Religion in the School of Divinity at New College, University of Edinburgh, is working at the intersection of Islamic theology and the contemporary sciences.
https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/shoaib-ahmed-malik

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Re-Uploaded from 2022

Welcome back to ISSR’s In Conversation series. ISSR In Conversation is a discussion series in which ISSR Fellows discuss topics related to their work and the happenings in the academic field of science and religion. If you enjoy this content and want to see or hear more, please consider hitting the like button and subscribing to our channel. Your support helps us keep content like this coming. This is also available on most major podcast services, so do consider subscribing to the podcast if you enjoy listening while on the go. You can access the YouTube video directly using this link: https://youtu.be/Ef4BeA79Chg

In this episode, Prof Robin Dunbar discusses his 2022 book, How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures, with Dr Miguel Farias. A rich mix of storytelling and insights into the book, Dunbar and Farias engage in a lively and thoroughly enjoyable conversation about life, motivations, experimental psychology, and, of course, the psychology and anthropology of religion.

In conversation are:
Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology Robin Dunbar - https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/robin-dunbar
Dr Miguel Farias - https://pureportal.coventry.ac.uk/en/persons/miguel-farias/


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Re-Uploaded from 2021

Welcome back to the ISSR Podcast.

I am pleased to be (re)introducing you to this special episode on the late John Polkinghorne. John was the founding President of ISSR, and his involvement in the field of science and religion cannot be understated. His intellectual work has been a source of ongoing discussion over the years and remains so today, as you will see here. John was a professor of theoretical physics at Cambridge University until 1979, when he resigned from that prestigious position to pursue theology, entering the priesthood in 1982. A prolific writer, he authored over 30 books, exploring in depth the relationship between the discoveries of modern physics and the doctrines of the Christian faith.

In 1989, he became President of Queens' College, Cambridge, a position he held until he retired in 1996. The next year, in 1997, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for distinguished service to science, religion, learning and medical ethics. In 2002, he received the prestigious Templeton Prize in recognition of his modern and compelling treatment of theology as a complement to natural science, which, when viewed together, offer what he called a “binocular” vision of the truth. That same year, ISSR was founded, with John as Founding President.

We had a number of speakers present for the event, and all gave thoughtful reflections and respectful criticism of John’s life, work and influence. In Conversation for this episode are:

Michael J Reiss, Professor of Science Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. Prof Reiss is also past president of ISSR.
https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/pr...

Mark Harris is Professor and Andreas Idreos Chair in Science and Religion, and Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre in Science and Religion at Oxford University.
https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/...

Michael Welker is Senior Professor of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Heidelberg
https://www.uni-heidelberg.de/fakulta...

Nicholas Saunders is a barrister and former lecturer at Cambridge University.
https://www.faraday.cam.ac.uk/about/p...

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