GOVERNORS: William Broman, Geophysics, Shell Offshore Exploration, Inc.; Mihaly Csikszentmihalyl, Psychology, University of Chicago; Harold Lohr, Chemistry, Bishop (ret.), Ev. Lutheran Church in America; Solomon H. Katz, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Karl E. Peters, Philosophy, Religion, Rollins College 

SENIOR ASSOCIATES: Ralph W. Burhoe, Science and Theology (Emeritus), Meadville/Lombard School of Theology; Langdon Gilkey, Theology, Georgetown 

ASSOCIATES: John Albright, Physics, Purdue University Calumet; Gerald O. Barney, Physics, Environment, Millenium Institute; Don S. Browning, Religion and Psychological Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School; Richard Busse, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Willem B. Drees, Theology, Physics, Free University, Amsterdam; Lindon G. Eaves, Genetics, Virginia Commonwealth University; Charles F. Ehret, Biology, Argonne National Laboratory; Robert Glassman, Psychology, Lake Forest College; Lora Gross, Theology, Pacific Lutheran University; Paul Heltne, Primatology, Chicago Academy of Sciences; H. Rodney Holmes, Neurophysiology, University of Chicago; Paul E. Lutz, Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro; William E. Lesher, President, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; Nancey Murphy, Philosophy, Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary; James Nelson, Theology, North Park College; Arthur R. Peacocke, Theology, Biochemistry, Exeter College, Oxford; Robert Perlman, Neurosciences, University of Chicago; David Rhoads, New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago; G. Roy Ringo, Physics, Argonne National Laboratory; Michael Ruse, History, Philosophy, University of Guelph; Robert J. Russell, Physics, Theology, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union; Ingrid H. Shafer, Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma; Wentzel van Huyssteen, Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary; Donald G. York, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago 

The Chicago Center for Religion and Science, a program arm of the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) operated in collaboration with the Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (CASIRAS), was founded in January 1988 by Ralph Burhoe, William E. Lesher, Philip Hefner, and Thomas Gilbert.

The Center is dedicated to relating religious traditions and scientific knowledge in order to gain insight into the origins, nature, and future of humans and their environment, and to realize the common goal of a world in which love, justice, and ecologically responsible styles of living prevail. The purpose is to provide a place of research and discussion between scientists, theologians, and other scholars on the most basic issues pertaining to: 

• how we understand the world in which we live and our place in that world, 
• how traditional concerns and beliefs of religion can be related to scientific understandings, and 
• how the joint reflection of scientists, theologians, and other scholars can contribute to the welfare of the human community.

Philip Hefner (Professor of Systematic Theology at LSTC) is Director of the Center; Thomas L. Gilbert (retired from a career in theoretical physics and environmental research at Argonne National Laboratory and now Adjunct Professor of Religion and Science--"Resident Scientist"--at LSTC) is Epic of Creation Project Director. The Center's two Senior Associates are Ralph Wendell Burhoe (Meadville/Lombard Theological School, Emeritus, and 1980 recipient of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion) and Langdon Gilkey (University of Chicago, Emeritus, and Georgetown). The Center's activities are fashioned largely by the Center Associates. The overall program of the Center includes research, teaching, and outreach. Solomon Katz is president of CASIRAS and of the CCRS board; he is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ingrid Shafer's reflections on the August 1996 Mars discoveries

Philip Hefner's reflections on the February 1997 announcement of the cloned lamb

Ingrid Shafer's reflections on the February 1997 announcement of the cloned lamb

Philip Hefner's statement on cloning for the President's Bio-ethics Commission

CCRS Discussion Seminars: An Ethical, Effective Medical System

CCRS Discussion Seminars: Theology and the Common Ground

IN MEMORIAM: Karl Schmitz-Moormann

IN MEMORIAM: Ralph Wendell Burhoe

LINKS TO RELEVANT SITES

STAR ISLAND--Images from the annual Religion and Science Conference: