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1954 Religion in an Age of Science
(This was actually the Fifth Annual Interfaith Conference on the Coming Great Church held on Star Island from July 31 to August 7, 1954.  On November 9, 1954 the meeting of the Coming Great Church Conference Committee voted to
“resolve itself into the ‘Institute on Religion in an Age of Science.’” The new Institute consisted of an executive committee (council) and an advisory board elected from members of the Committee on Science and Values of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, from former members of the Coming Great Church Conference Committee, and from other groups.)

• Edwin Prince Booth, professor of historical theology, Boston University
  
• Karl W. Deutsch, professor of history, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  
• Gerald Holton, assistant professor of physics, Harvard University
  
• C. J. Ducasse, professor of philosophy, Brown University
  
• Edwin C. Kemble, professor of physics, Harvard University
  
• Philip Frank, leader of the Vienna Circle and the Institute for the Unity of Science
  
• Henry Margenau, professor of physics, Yale University
  
• Harlow Shapley, professor of astronomy, Harvard University
  
• George Wald, professor of biology, Harvard University
  
• H. B. Phillips, professor of mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
  
• Paul E. Sabine, engineer
  
• B.F. Skinner, professor of psychology, Harvard University
  
• Roy G. Hoskins, former director of neuroendocrine research, Harvard Medical School
  
• A. G. Huntsman, professor of zoology, University of Toronto
  
• Samuel H. Miller, minister, Old Cambridge Baptist Church (later dean, Harvard Divinity School)
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1955 What is Man That Thou Art Mindful of Him?

• Alfred Emerson
  
• A. G. Huntsman
  
• M. F. Ashley Montague
  
• Henry Alexander Murray (SPR)
  
• Henry Nelson Wieman (four presentations)
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

Note:  from 1955 through 1966 some articles were published in two books, Science Ponders Religion (SPR), edited by Harlow Shapley, and Religion Ponders Science (RPS), edited by Edwin Prince Booth, and in the journal Zygon (Z followed by month and year), edited by Ralph Wendell Burhoe.

1956 What Are “Good” & “Evil”?

• Robert Bellah
  
• Marion J. Bradshaw
  
• Erwin R. Goodenough
  
• A. G. Huntsman (SPR)
  
• M. F. Ashley Montague
  
• H. B. Phillips (SPR)
  
• Oscar Riddle (Z M1967)
  
• Philip Rieff
  
• Harlow Shapley
  
• Robert Ulich
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1957 What is “Truth”?

• Brand Blanshard
  
• Anton T. Boisen
  
• Edwin Prince Booth
  
• Theodosius Dobzhansky
  
• John L. Fischer
  
• R. W. Gerard (SPR)
  
• Theodore M. Greene
  
• Arthur E. Morgan
  
• Howard L. Parsons
  
• Lyman V. Rutledge (RPS)
  
• George Wald
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1958 What Is the Role of Religion in an Age of Science?

• Ian G. Barbour
  
• Ralph Wendell Burhoe
  
• Walter H. Clark
  
• Sophia Fahs
  
• Philipp Frank
  
• C. Judson Herrick (SPR)
  
• Hudson Hoagland (SPR)
  
• Hans Hoffman
  
• U Chan Htoon
  
• Kirtley F. Mather (SPR)
  
• M. F. Ashley Montague
  
• Joseph R. Royce
  
• Harlow Shapley
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1959 Religion and Science and the Responsible Society

• Alfred Emerson
  
• Dana McLean Greeley (RPS)
  
• Glenn Olds
  
• Charles Park
  
• John H. Parks
  
• George Wald
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1960 Some Relations of the Psychological Sciences to Religion, Deborah W. Greeley, Ralph W. Burhoe, Walter H. Clark, Joseph R. Royce

• David Bakan
  
• Ralph Wendell Burhoe
  
• Lawrence K. Frank
  
• A. G. Huntsman
  
• John D. Maguire
  
• O. Hobart Mowrer
  
• Gene Nameche
  
• John H. Parks
  
• Ira Progoff
  
• Joseph R. Royce
  
• Robert B. Tapp
  
• Chaplains, Joseph N. Barth and Harlow Shapley
  

1961 Science, Religion and the Human Potential, Carl Bihldorff, Edwin P. Booth, Ralph W. Burhoe, Lawrence K. Frank, Deborah W. Greeley, Kirtley Mather, Lyman Rutledge

• Richard Alpert
  
• Theodore Brameld
  
• Hudson Hoagland
  
• Ross Snyder
  
• Alfred Stiernotte (RPS)
  
• Anthony Wallace
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1962 The Purpose of Life, Chairs Erwin R. Goodenough, Kirtley F. Mather

• Sanborn C. Brown
  
• Erwin R. Goodenough
  
• Ward H. Goodenough (Z S 1966)
  
• Kirtley F. Mather (Z M1969)
  
• Harlow Shapley 
  
• Howard Thurman (RPS)
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth 
  

1963 The Condition of Man in Society, Chairs Joseph Barth, Sanborn C. Brown

• Joseph N. Barth
  
• Clemens E. Benda
  
• Sanborn C. Brown
  
• Kenneth Cauthen
  
• Hudson Hoagland
  
• Stanley Hopper
  
• Chaplains, Edwin Prince Booth, George A. Riggan, and Wallace Robbins
  

1964 What is Religion?   Chair Erwin R. Goodenough

• Theodosius Dobzhansky
  
• Erwin R. Goodenough (Z M 1967)
  
• Donald Szanto Harrington
  
• Clara Mayo (Z M1968)
  
• Charles P. Price (Z M1967)
  
• David Ricks
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1965 How Can Man Know Right from Wrong?  Chair Malcolm Sutherland, Jr.

• Ralph Wendell Burhoe
  
• John F. Hayward
  
• Hudson Hoagland (Z S 1969)
  
• Edward R. Murray
  
• Robert B. Tapp
  
• Chaplain, Edwin Prince Booth
  

1966 Coping with Death,  Chairs Ward Goodenough, Edward G. Murray

• Amiya Chakravarty
  
• Irwin W. Goffman
  
• Jerome R. Malino (Z D 1966)
  
• DeWitt H. Smith
  
• George Wald
  
• Chaplains, Arthur M. Brown and Malcolm Sutherland
  

1967 Relevance of Religious Concepts to Contemporary Life and Thought, Chair Jerome R. Malino

• Dr. Jerome R. Malino,  Rabbi, The United Jewish Center, Danbury, CT
  
• Dr. Daniel Day Williams, Professor of Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
  
• Dr. Sanborn C. Brown, Professor of Physics, Dean of the Graduate School, MIT
  
• Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, S.J., Physicist in Residence at the Stuart School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, NJ
  
• Dr. Jay Tittman, Nuclear Physicist, Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation, Richfield, CT
  
• Dr. Ely E. Pilchik, Rabbi, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, South Orange, NJ
  
• Dr. Richard Jeffrey, Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Rev. Reginald Doherty, Professor of Moral Theology, Aquinas Institute School of Theology, Saint Rose Priory, Dubuque, IA
  
• Dr. Perry Ottenberg, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Prof. Richard A. Underwood, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, CT
  
• Dr. Leo Lieberman, Psychological Consultant, Professor of Psychology, Suffolk, University, Boston, MA
  
• Dr. Dana McLean Greeley,  President, Unitarian Universalist Association
  
• Dr. John E. Fryer, Fellow in Community Psychiatry, Department of Psychology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  

1968 Computers and Religion, Chairs Sanborn D. Brown, Ralph W. Burhoe

• Ralph Wendell Burhoe, Director, Center for Advanced Study in Theology and the Sciences, Meadville Theological School, Chicago, IL
  
• Louis R. Mobley, IBM, New York, NY (2x)
  
• John Morris, Computer Institute for Social Science Research, Michigan State University
  
• Marvin L. Minsky, Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
  
• Lawrence J. Fogel, President, Decision Science, Inc., San Diego, CA
  
• Manfred Clines, Director, Biocybernetic Laboratories, Rockland State Hospital, Orangeburg, NY
  
• Aharon Katchalsky, Biochemist, The Weizmann Institute, President Israeli Academy of Science
  
• George A. Riggan, Professor of Systematic Theology, Hartford Seminary Foundation, Post-Doctoral Fellow 1967-68, Center for Advanced Study in Theology and the Sciences
  

1969 Aggression: Its Biological, Psychological, and Social Roots, and the Place of Religion in Its Control, Chair Warren F. Busse

• Hudson Hoagland, President Emeritus, Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology
  
• Theodosius Dobzhansky, Rockefeller University
  
• Margaret Mead, Curator of Ethnology, American Museum of Natural History
  
• John P. Speigel, Director, Center for the Study of Aggression, Brandeis University
  
• Everett R. Clinchy, President, Institute of Man and Science, Rensselaerville, NY
  
• Manfred Halpern, Institute of Political Studies, Princeton University
  
• Robert Bonthius, Director, Clergy Intern Program, Case-Western Reserve University
  

1970 Ethics and Ecology, Chair Karl H. Hertz

• Joseph L. Fisher, President, Resources for the Future
  
• Jack B. Bresler, Assistant Provost, Tufts University
  
• William K. Martin, Senior Ecologist, Battelle Memorial Institute
  
• Karl H. Hertz, Professor, Hamma School of Theology
  
• Wallace Robbins, Pastor, First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
  
• Daniel F. Martensen, Professor, Hamma School of Theology
  
• Chaplain, George Riggan
  

1971 Conflicts of Values and Sources of Power:  Options for Religion and Science in a Time of Social Crisis, Chair John Fryer

• Lawrence Kohlberg, Professor of Education, Harvard University
  
• Geoffrey Cowan, Public Interest Lawyer, Washington D.C.
  
• Donald Harrington, Minister, Community Church, NY
  
• Sanborn Brown, Associate Dean, Graduate School, MIT
  
• Donald Ottenberg, Director, Eagleville Hospital
  
• Kenneth Cauthen, Colgate Rochester Divinity School
  
• William Stringfellow, Lawyer, Lay Episcopal Theologian
  
• Chaplain, Kenneth Cauthen, Colgate Rochester Divinity School
  
• Candlelight Services:  General leadership of Malama Robbins with several conference members participating.
  

1972 Technology and the Human Future, Chair Kenneth Cauthen

• Dr. Donald Shriver, Jr., Associate Professor of Religion and Director, Urban Policy Study, North Carolina State University
  
• Dr. Harvey Brooks, Dean of Engineering and Applied Physics, Harvard University
  
• Rev. Paul Bodine, Campus Minister, Iowa State University
  
• Dr. Bernard T. Feld, President, Council for a Livable World, and Professor of Physics, MIT
  
• Dr. Van Rensseler Potter, McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin
  
• Chaplain, Dr. George Riggan, Hartford Seminary Foundation
  

1973 Humanizing and Dehumanizing of Man, Chair George A. Riggan

• The Hon. Lisa Aversa Richette, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia; Clinical Professor of Law, Villanova Law School
  
• Alfred E. Emerson, Professor Emeritus of Biology, University of Chicago
  
• Ralph Wendell Burhoe, Research Professor in Theology and Science, Meadville Lombard Theological School.
  
• Elisabeth Kubler Ross, Medical Director of the Family Service and Mental Health Center of South Cook County, Chicago Heights, IL
  
• Solomon H. Katz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania and Medical Scientist at the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia
  
• Karl E. Peters, Assistant Professor of Religion, College of William and Mary
  
• John Platt, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry and Biophysics and Associate Director of the Mental Health Institute, University of Michigan
  
• Chaplain, Rev. Davie Napier, President, Pacific School of Religion,  formerly Dean of the Chapel at Stanford University and Professor of Old Testament at Yale University
  

1974 Science, Religion and Social Change in the Light of New Understandings of Man, Chair Karl H. Hertz

• Solomon H. Katz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development
  
• Eugene d’Aquili, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  
• R. Buckminster Fuller 
  
• John Holm, Professor of Political Science, Cleveland State University
  
• Max Stackhouse, Professor of Religious Social Ethics and Chair of the Department of Religion and Society, Graduate Program, Andover Newton, Boston
  

1975 Genetics, Evolution and Ethics, Chair Hudson Hoagland

• Dr. Bernard Davis (2x), Molecular Biologist, Harvard University
  
• Robert Morrison, Physiologist, Cornell University
  
• George A. Riggan, Professor of Systematic Theology, Hartford Seminary
  
• Daniel DeNicola, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
  
• Chaplain, Jerome Malino, Rabbi, The United Jewish Center, Danbury, CT
  

1976 Diversity or Uniformity:  Strategies for Human Survival?  Chair, Philip Hefner

• Sanborn Brown, Physics, MIT
  
• John Fish, Urban Studies, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
  
• John Kretzmann, Urban Studies, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
  
• Bernard Davis, Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School
  
• Widick Schroeder, Sociology and Religion, Chicago Theological Seminary
  
• Robert Cohen, Philosophy and Physics, Boston University
  
• Philip Hefner, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  
• Chaplain, Malcolm R. Sutherland, Harvard Unitarian Universalists Church, Harvard, MA
  

1977 Esthetics, Symbol and Truth in Science and Religion, Chairs Eugene d'Aquili and Solomon Katz

• George Pugh, President of Decision-Science Applications of Arlington, VA
  
• John Bowker (2x), Professor of Religious Studies, Lancaster, University, England
  
• Eugene d’Aquili, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
  
• Barbara Lex, Associate in Psychiatry (Anthropology) and McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Anthropology at Brown University
  
• Donald T. Campbell, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  
• Chaplain, Malcolm R. Sutherland, Harvard Unitarian Universalists Church, Harvard, MA
  

1978 The Future of the Child: Religious and Scientific Perspectives, Chairs Karl E. Peters and Daniel R. DeNicola

• Margaret Bowker, Department of History, University of Lancaster, England
  
• Daniel R. DeNicola, Department of Philosophy and Department of Education, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
  
• Mary Budd Rowe, College of Education, University of Florida
  
• Ralph W. Burhoe, Theology and the Sciences Emeritus, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago
  
• Laura E. Berk, Department of Psychology, Illinois State University
  
• Karl E. Peters, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL
  
• Chaplain, John W. Bowker, Religious Studies, University of Lancaster, England
  

1979 New Evolutionary Bridges Between Science and Values, Chairs William Falla and Solomon Katz

• E. O. Wilson (2x)  Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 
  
• Ralph Burhoe Theology and the Sciences Emeritus, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago
  
• Bernard Davis, Professor of Bacterial Physiology, Harvard Medical School 
  
• Irven DeVore, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
  
• Solomon Katz, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Director of the Krogman Center for Research in Child Growth and Development
  
• Patricia McBroom, Writer, Philadelphia
  
• Jerre Levy,  Biopsychologist, Assistant Professor, Department of Behavorial Science, University of Chicago
  
• Eugene Wratchford, College Professor, North Manchester, IN 
  
• Eugene d’Aquili, Psychiatry and Anthropology
  
• Philip Hefner, Theology
  
• J. Robert Nelson, Professor of Theology and Ethics, Boston
  
• Karl E. Peters, Philosophy, Religion, Rollins College
  
• John Bowker, Professor of Religious Studies, Furness College, University of Lancaster, England
  
• Alexander Morin, Director of the Office of Science and Society, National Science Foundation
  
• George Pugh, Decision Science
  
• Daniel DeNicola
  
• Chaplain, David Eaton, minister, All Souls Church, Unitarian, Washington, D.C. 
  

1980  Change, Aging, and the Passage of Time, Chair John Fryer, Cochair Thomas Fangman

• Robert Jastrow, Founder and Director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies of NASA, Professor Earth Sciences, Dartmouth, Professor of Astronomy and Geology, Columbia University
  
• Maggie Kuhn, National Convener, Gray Panthers, Philadelphia
  
• Martin C. Moore-Edy, Professor of Psychology, Harvard University School of Medicine
  
• Bernice Neugarten, Professor of Human Development, Department of Behavioral Science, University of Chicago
  
• Richard C. Adelman, Professor of Biochemistry, Temple University and Director of the Institute on Aging, Temple University
  
• Charles Sherover, Professor of Philosophy, Hunter College, NY
  
• Ralph Burhoe, Founding Editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
  
• John Bowker, Professor of Religious Studies, Furness College, University of Lancaster, England
  
• Chaplain, Walter Harrelson, University Professor, Nashville Tennessee
  

1981 How Do We Know What Is True?  And Whom Should We Believe?  Chairs Jeannette Hopkins and Philip Hefner 

• Richard Schlegel, Physics, Michigan State University
  
• Allen Utke, Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
  
• Eugene d’Aquili, Anthropology, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Bruce Wavell, Philosophy, Rollins College
  
• Garrett Green, Philosophy, Religion, Connecticut College
  
• Karl E. Peters, Philosophy, Religion, Rollins College
  
• Chaplain, G. Peter Fleck, Lay Unitarian Preacher and Retired Investment Banker, South Orleans, MA
  

1982 Order and Disorder: A Study of Entropy and A Study of Evil,  Chairs Sanborn C. Brown and David Breed

• Emerson Shideler, Philosophy, Iowa State University
  
• Paul G. Kuntz, Philosophy, Emory University
  
• Erwin N. Hiebert, History of Science, Harvard University
  
• Robert Russell, Physics and Theology, Director, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA
  
• Arthur Peacocke, Biochemistry and Theology, Dean, Clare College, Cambridge University
  
• Dan Rose, Anthropology, Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Philip Hefner, Systematic Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  
• Chaplain, Malcolm R. Sutherland, Minister, Harvard Unitarian Church, Harvard, MA
  

1983 What Is and What Makes a Person?  Chairs John Bowker and Solomon Katz

• John Bowker, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lancaster, UK
  
• Bernard Davis, Head of the Microbiology Department, Harvard Medical School
  
• Kenneth J. Ryan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Directory of the Laboratory of Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
  
• Gunther Stent, Chair and Professor of Molecular Biology Department, and Director of the Virus Lab, Berkley 
  
• Tristram Englehardt, Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
  
• Michael Ruse, Professor of History and Philosophy, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  
• James Carse, Professor of Religion, Department of Eastern Studies, New York University.
  
• Douglas Davies, Anthropology of Religion and Pastoral Theology, Department of Theology, University of Nottingham, England
  
• Chis Harris, Chair of the Religious Studies Department, McAuley College, Brisbane, Australia
  
• Jaraslav Krejci, Professor of European Studies, University of Lancaster, with a teaching commitment in Religious Studies
  
• Jerome Gross, Professor Medicine, Mass General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
  
• Chaplain, Margaret Bowker, History and Education, University of Lancaster, England
  

1984 Recent Discoveries in Neurobiology: Do They Matter for Religion, the Social Sciences and the Humanities?  Chairs Victor Turner & Philip Hefner

• Anthony Stevens, Psychiatry
  
• Robin Fox, Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University
  
• Solomon Katz
  
• Philip Hefner, Professor of Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  
• Edith Turner, Lecturer in Anthropology, University of Virginia
  
• Colwyn Trevarthen, Psychobiology, University of Edinburgh
  
• James P. Henry, Physiology, University of Southern California
  
• Virginia Ross, Natural Sciences and Psychiatry, Middlesex Community College, MA
  
• Eugene d’Aquili
  
• Mordechai Rothenberg, Psychiatry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  
• Karl Schmitz-Moorman, Theology, Bochem
  
• Michael Ruse, Professor of History and Philosophy, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
  
• Heidelise Als, Assistant Professor of Child Development, Harvard Medical School
  
• Frank Duffy, Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
  
• William K. Powers, Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University
  
• Chaplain, Don Browning, Alexander Campbell Professor of Religion and Psychological Studies, The Divinity School, University of Chicago
  

1985 Can a Scientific Understanding of Religion Aid the Processes of World Peace?  Chairs Ralph W. Burhoe and Solomon Katz 

• Neil Elgee, 
  
• Solomon Katz
  
• Mordechai Rothenberg, 
  
• John Bowker, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Lancaster and Dean of Trinity College, Cambridge
  
• Malcolm Sutherland, Minister, Harvard Unitarian Church, Harvard MA
  
• Elise Boulding, 
  
• Edward P. Stewart, Professor of (anthropology and psychology?) , International Christian University, Tokyo
  
• Alice Kehoe, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
  
• Ward Goodenough, University Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
  
• Kenneth Boulding, 
  
• Karl Schmitz-Moorman
  
• Ralph W. Burhoe   (paper presented by Karl Peters) 
  
• Chaplain, Donald Harrington, Minister, Community Church, Unitarian, New York, NY
  

1986 Free Will: Is it Possible and Is it Desirable? Chairs Karl Peters and Robert Sorensen

• Brian Calvert, Early Western Philosophy, University of Guelph
  
• Robert Wilken, History of Western Religious Thought, University of Virginia
  
• Louis Pojman, Moral Philosophy, University of Mississippi
  
• Homer Deitmeier, Adjunct Professor of Communication, School of Education, Boston University
  
• Jerre Levy, Biopsychology, University of Chicago
  
• Michael Ruse (paper coauthored by E. O. Wilson), Philosophy of Biology, University of Guelph
  
• Jeffrey Wicken, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Behrend College of Penn State University
  
• Lindon Eaves, Behavioral Genetics, Medical College, Richmond Virginia
  
• Roy Morrison, Philosophy of Religion and Science, Wesley Theological Seminary
  
• Winnifred Tomm, Philosophy of Religion, Women’s Studies, University of Calgary
  
• Robert C. Sorensen, Sociology and Marketing, Rider College
  
• Chaplain, Ken Swanson, Pastor, Grace Episcopal Church, New York, NY

1987 Gender Bias: Its Reality and Effects in Religion and Science, Chairs Marjorie Davis and Philip Hefner

• Margaret Benston, Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British dColumbia
  
• Ursula Goodenough, Biology, Genetics, Washington University, St. Louis
  
• Alice Kehoe, Anthropology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
  
• Jay McDaniel, Theology, Philosophy, Center for Religion and Philosophy, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
  
• Gary J. Mihalik, Clinical Psychiatry and Biopsychosocial Research, Philadelphia
  
• Susan Thistlethwaite, Theology, Chicago Theological Seminary
  
• Winnifred Tomm, Philosophy of Religion, Women’s Studies, University of Calgary
  
• Chaplain, Barbara Whittaker-Johns, Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst MA

1988 Cosmology and the Meaning of Human Existence: Options from Contemporary Physics and Eastern Religions, Chairs Lawrence Fagg and Nancy Houk 

• Randolph Kloetzli, Buddhist Cosmology, Washington, D.C.
  
• John Bowker, Religious Studies, Cambridge University
  
• Sten Odenwald, Astronomy, Naval Research Lab
  
• Anindita Balslev, Hindu Philosophy, University of Aarhus, Denmark
  
• Kevin Sharpe, Natural and Religious Philosophy, Union Graduate School
  
• Edward Harrison, Astronomy, University of Massachusettes
  
• Leslie Kawamura, Buddhist Philosophy, University of Calvary
  
• David Pankenir, Chinese Religious Philosophy, Leheigh University
  
• Abraham Edel and Elizabeth Flower, Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania 
  
• Chaplain, Raimundo Pannikkar, S.J.

1989 Being Religious: Working at Self-Maintenance and Self Transformation, Chairs Ward Goodenough and Barbara Whittaker-Johns 

• Barbara Whittaker-Johns, Unitarian Minister, Amherst MA
  
• Ward Goodenough, Anthopology, University of Pennsylvania (in absentia, paper read by Karl Peters)
  
• Daphne Hampson, Divinity, Saint Andrews University, Scotland
  
• Eugene d’Aquili, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
  
• John E. Fryer, Psychiatry, Temple University
  
• Peter Black, Anthropology, Mason University, Falls Church, Virginia
  
• Anna Meigs, Anthropology, Macalester College, Saint Paul, MN
  
• Archie Smith, Psychology and Counseling, Pacific School of Religion
  
• Robert Sorensen, Psychology and Business, New York, NY
  
• John Caughey, American Studies, University of Maryland
  
• Chaplain, Nan Peete, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, Indianapolis

1990 Creativity, Nonconformity and Madness, Chairs John Fryer and Elizabeth Lau 

• Ursula Goodenough, Biologist, Washington University
• Ellen Barrett, Lesbian Episcopal Priest and Church Historian, New York
• Maurice Wright, Composer, Temple University
• Jeffrey Akman, Psychiatrist, George Washington University

Invited Workshop Leaders

• Fritz Bell, Educator, Raymond, NH
• Kenneth Nelson, Artist, North Carolina
• Loyal Rue, Philosopher, Luther College, Decorah, IA
• Douglas James, Dance Therapist, Philadelphia
• Anita Manuel, Religionist, Pittsboro, NC
• Chaplain, Leslie Kawamura, Pure Land Buddhist (unable to attend; morning chapel services were conducted by Philip Hefner, Betty Lau, Bill Falla, John Fryer, Dacy Boyd, and Chris Corbally)

1991 The God Question in and Age of Science, Chairs Thomas Gilbert and Ursula Goodenough 

• Thomas L. Gilbert, Physics, Argonne National Laboratory 
• Philip Hefner, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago
• Gordon Kaufman, Theology, Harvard Divinity School
• Anna Case-Winters, Theology, McCormick Theological Seminary
• Daphne Hampson, Theology, University of St. Andrews
• Roy Morrison, Philosophy, Wesley Theological Seminary
• Nancy Frankenberry, Philosophy, Dartmouth College
• Mary Hesse, Philosophy, Cambridge University
• Frank Tipler, Cosmology, Tulane University
• Eric J. Chaisson, Cosmology, NASA
• George Edgin Pugh, Physics, Decision-Science Applications, Inc.
• Arthur Peacocke, Biochemistry and Theology, Oxford University
• Lindon Eaves, Genetics, Medical College of Virginia
• William R. Page, Psychology, Harvard Medical School
• Eugene d’Aquili, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
• James Ashbrook, Religion and Personality, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
• Ward Goodenough, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Deborah Tooker, Anthropology, Harvard University
• Chaplain, Ellen Barret, Episcopal Priest and Church Historian

1992 Global Ecology and Human Destiny, Chairs Nancy Anschuetz and Karl Peters 

• Karl Peters, Philosophy and Religion, Rollins College
• Paul Lutz, Biology, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
• Paul Heltne, Primatology, Chicago Academy of Sciences
• Tom Gilbert, Physics, Argonne National Laboratory
• Holmes Rolston, Philosophy, Colorado State University
• Frederick Ferre, Philosophy, University of Georgia
• Lora Gross, Religion, Pacific Lutheran University
• Emily Bradley Massara, Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Temple University
• Rodney Holmes, Neural Physiology, University of Chicago
• Sharon Stein, Psychology, McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School
• Barry Allen, Environmental Economics, Rollins College
• Solomon Katz, Biological Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Chaplain, Leslie Kawamura, University of Calgary

1993 Charting Our Lives: Possibilities, Constraints, Decisions, Chairs Carol Rausch Albright and Philip Hefner 

• William E. Lesher, President, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• William Irons, Anthropology, Northwestern University
• Michael Ruse, Philosophy and Zoology, University of Guelph
• Hazel Barnes, Philosophy, University of Colorado
• Ward Goodenough, Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Ingrid Schaeffer, Philosophy, Arts, and Popular Culture, University of Science and Arts, Oklahoma
• Philip Hefner, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Editor of Zygon: Journal of Science and Science
• Therese Lysaught, Medical Ethics, The Park Ridge Center for the Study of Health, Faith, and Ethics, Chicago
• John R. Albright, Physics, Florida State University
• Robert C. Sorensen, Marketing, Rider College
• Chaplain, Barbara Whittaker-Johns, Minister First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington, MA

1994 Knowledge Most Worth Having in the Decade of the Brain, Chairs Rodney Holmes and Barbara Whittaker-Johns

• Ursula Goodenough, Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Terrence Deacon, Biological Anthropology, Boston University
• Rodney Holmes, Biological Sciences, University of Chicago
• Duane Rumbaugh, Primatology, Yerkes Primate Center and Georgia State University
• Lauren B. Adamson, Psychology, Georgia State University
• William Freed, Neurology, National Institute of Mental Health
• Mary Mahowald, Biomedical Ethics, University of Chicago
• Cryil D’Souza, Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine
• Marya Schechtman, Philosophy of Mind, University of Illinois at Chicago
• C. Don Keyes, Philosophy, Duquesne University, Pittsburg 
• David Olds, Psychiatry, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
• Larry Greenfield, Vice President and Coordinator of Research, The Park Ridge Center for Health, Faith, and Ethics
• Chaplain, Richard Allen, Minister (retired) Unitarian Universalist Church in Oklahoma City

1995 Life in the Universe, Chairs Nancy Anschuetz and Chris Corbally

• Michael Crowe, History and Philosophy of Science, University of Notre Dame
• Ted Peters, Systematic Theology, Pacific Lutheran Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
• Jill Tarter, Project Manager/Scientist, SETI Institute, Mountainview, CA
• Robert Garrison, Astronomy, University of Toronto and David Dunlap Observatory
• Ursula Goodenough, Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Michael Ruse, Philosophy, University of Guelph
• Alice Mulvehill, Artificial Intelligence, MITRE Laboratory
• Eugene d’Aquili, Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
• Michael Zimmerman, Philosophy, Tulane University and Tulane Medical School
• George Schner, SJ, Philosophy and Theology, Regis College, University of Toronto
• Lawrence Fagg, Nuclear Physics, Catholic University of America
• Chaplain, Leslie Kawamura, Asian Religions--Mahayana Buddhism, University of Calgary

1996 The Epic of Creation, Chairs Ursula Goodenough and Loyal Rue

• Loyal Rue, Philosophy, Religion and Interdisciplinary Studies, Luther College
• Eric Chaisson, Astronomy,Physics and Education, Tufts University (2x)
• William Orme-Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry, MIT
• Michael E. Wysession, Seismology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Ursula Goodenough, Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Terrence Deacon, Biological Anthropology, Boston University
• Jane Goodale, Anthropology, Bryn Mawr College
• Robert Wright, Science Writer and Senior Editor, The New Republic 
• Gordon Kaufman, Theologian, Harvard Divinity School
• Philip Hefner, Theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and Editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 
• Mary Evelyn Tucker, World Religions, Bucknell University
• Chaplain, Brian Swimme, Evolutionary Cosmology, California Institute of Integral Studies

1997 The Evolution of Morality, Chairs Michael Ruse and Karl Peters

• Paul Thompson, philosophy and biology, University of Toronto
• Robert Wald Sussman, anthropology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Mary Evelyn Tucker, Confucianism, religion and ecology, Bucknell University
• Anindita Balslev, philosophy--Hinduism, Danish National Institute for Educational Research
• Charles Hallisey, Buddhist studies and comparative religion, Harvard University
• James Gilbert, cultural history, University of Maryland
• Michael Ruse, philosophy and zoology, University of Guelph, Ontario
• Mary Maxwell, sociology biology and international relations, Independent Scholar, Adelaide, Australia
• Philip Hefner, theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• Karl Peters, philosophy and religion, Rollins College
• Chaplain, Lucy Reid, Anglican minister, University of Guelph

1998 Interweaving Art, Science and Spirituality, Chairs Ursula Goodenough and Robert Schaible

• Robert Schaible, arts and humanities, University of Southern Maine
• Andrew Newberg, psychiatry and neuro-imaging, University of Pennsylvania
• Eugene d’Aquili, psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
• Randolph Nesse, psychiatry, University of Michigan
• Merlin Donald, psychology and education, Queens University, Kingston, Ontario
• Ellen Dissanaya, human ethology, evolution of art, Ball State University
• Stephanie Raynor, artist, Toronto
• John Grimm, religious studies--Native American art and ritual, Bucknell University 
• Jensine Andresen, ethnography and philology--Buddhism, Boston University
• Carl Frank Smith, composer, Washington University
• Robert Elinor, art and religion--Buddhism and Christianity, London
• Philip Hefner, theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• Chaplain, Ursula Goodenough, biology, St. Louis University 

1999 Sexuality and Human Nature: A Scientific, Religious and Moral Exploration, Chairs Edwin C. Laurenson, Michael Ruse and Barbara Whittaker-Johns

• Edwin C. Laurenson, corporate and securities law, New York, NY
• Barbara Smuts, primatology and biological anthropology, University of Michigan
• Helen Fisher, anthropology, Rutgers University
• Donald Pfaff, neurobiology and behavior, Rockefeller University
• James Weinrich, psychiatry, University of California, San Diego
• Jay Johnson, theology, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley
• Michael Ruse, philosophy and zoology, University of Guelph
• Ann Jennings, Director, Office of Trauma Services, Maine Department of Mental Health
• David Skover, law, Seattle University
• Jose Ignacio Cabezon, Buddhism and comparative thought, Illif School of Theology, Denver
• Janet Gyatso, religion--Tibetan Buddhism, Amherst College
• Co-chaplains Leslie Kawamura, Eastern religions--Mahayana Buddhism, University of Calgary, and Barbara Whittaker-Johns, Senior Minister, First Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, Arlington MA

2000 Nurturing Human Nature, Chairs Sharon Stein McNamara, William Falla, and Solomon Katz

• Solomon Katz, biological anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Sharon Stein McNamara, clinical psychology, St. Paul, MN
• Terrence Deacon, evolutionary biology and neurobiology, Boston University
• Laurie Zolof, social ethics and Jewish studies, San Francisco State University
• Rachel Katz, artist and teacher, American Community Pre-School, Beijing
• Diane Baker, attorney and writer, Berkeley, CA
• Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, anthropology, University of California at Davis
• Olivera Petrovich, psychology, Oxford University
• Don S. Browning, ethics and social sciences, Divinity School, University of Chicago
• Solomon Katz, biological anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• John Fryer, psychiatry, Temple University
• Randolph Nesse, psychiatry, University of Michigan
• Chaplain, John Luopa, Unitarian Society of Hartford, CT

2001 Human Meaning in a Technological Culture, Chairs Willem B. Drees and  Bruce Naylor

• Willem B. Drees, philosophy, religion, and ethics, Leiden University, Netherlands (2x)
• Alice Mulvehill, advanced technologies--artificial intelligence, BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA
• Rustum Roy, science, technology, and society, Pennsylvania State University (2x)
• Bruce Naylor, computer science, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, CA
• Ursula Goodenough, biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• William R. La’Fleur, Japanese studies, bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
• Tom Rockwell, design, art, and science, Painted Universe, Inc., Ithaca, NY
• John Teske, psychology, Elizabethtown College
• Billy Grassie, philosophy of science and religion, Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science
• Chaplain, Philip Hefner, theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

2002 Is Nature Enough?  The Thirst for Transcendence, Chairs Terrence Deacon and  Michael Cavanaugh

• Michael Cavanaugh, law, Baton Rouge, LA (2x)
• John F. Haught, systematic theology, Georgetown, University 
• Volker Sommer, evolutionary anthropology, University of London
• Jerome Stone, philosophy and religion, Meadville Lombard Theological School, Chicago
• Pranab Das, physics, Elon University, North Carolina
• Terrence Deacon, anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, CA
• Anne Spirn, landscape architecture and planning, MIT
• Lawrence Fagg, nuclear physics, Catholic University of American, Washington, DC
• David Sloan Wilson, evolutionary biology and anthropology, State University of New York, Binghamton
• V. V. Raman, physics, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Chaplain, Barbara Whittaker-Johns, Unitarian Universalist Minister, Arlington, MA

2003 Ecomorality, Chairs Ursula Goodenough, Brian Swimme, and Mary Evelyn Tucker

• George Fisher, geology and global studies of culture, power, and history, Johns Hopkins University
• Ursula Goodenough, biology, Washington University
• John Grim, religion, indigenous traditions, Bucknell University
• Terrence Deacon, anthropology, University of California at Berkeley
• Michael Kalton, religion and environmental ethics, University of Washington
• Barbara Smuts, primatology and psychology, University of Michigan
• Brian Brown, religion--Buddhism, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
• Stephanie Preston, neurology and psychology, University of Iowa
• Paul Woodruff, Greek moral philosophy, University of Texas, Austin
• David L. Haberman, religious studies--Hinduism, Indiana University
• Mary Evelyn Tucker, world religions--Japanese Confucianism, Bucknell University
• Chaplain, Brian Swimme, physics, California Institute of Integral Studies

2004 Earth’s Waters in Crisis: A Scientific, Spiritual, and Moral Challenge, Chairs Solomon Katz, George Fisher and Jeanie Graustein

• George Fisher, (2x) geology and global studies of culture, power, and history, Johns Hopkins University
• Owen Gingerich, astronomy and history of science, Harvard University
• Ursula Goodenough, biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• David Haberman, religious studies--Hinduism, Indiana University
• Bonnie G. Colby, agricultural and resource economics, University of Arizona
• Barbara Rossing, New Testament, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• Les Roberts, geography and environmental engineering, Johns Hopkins University
• Frederick M. Denny, Islamic studies, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Holmes Rolston, III, philosophy and environmental ethics, Colorado State University
• Solomon Katz, biological anthropology, University of Pennsylvania
• Chaplain, V. V. Raman, physics and humanities, Rockefeller Institute of Technology

2005 Varieties of Spiritual Transformation: Scientific and Religious Perspectives, Chairs, Andrew Newberg and Karl Peters

• Andew Newberg (2x), radiology and psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 
• Philip Hefner, theology, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
• Ashok Gangadean, philosophy, Haverford College
• Richard C. Schwartz, psychotherapy, Center for Self Leadership, Oak Park, IL
• Joan Koss-Chioino, medical anthropology, George Washington University
• Jean Kristeller, psychology, Center for the State of Health, Religion and Spirituality, Indiana State University
• David Hufford, family and community medicine, neural and behavioral sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, and religious studies, Penn State University
• Bruce Greyson, psychiatry, and personality studies, University of Virginia Medical School
• Solomon Katz, anthropology, Krogman growth Center, University of Pennsylvania
• Chaplain, Karl Peters, philosophy and religion, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL

2006 Emergence: Nature’s Mode of Creativity, Chairs George Fisher and Ursula Goodenough

• Loyal Rue, philosophy and religion, Luther College, Decorah, IA
• Stuart Kauffman, theoretical biologist, Santa Fe Institute, NM, and Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics, Calgary, Canada
• Michael Silberstein, philosophy, Elizabethtown College and Foundation of Physics Program, University of Maryland
• Michael Wysession, earth and planetary science, Washington University, St. Louis
• Bruce Weber, science and natural philosophy, Bennington College, VT
• Gordon Kaufman, theology, Harvard Divinity School
• Ursula Goodenough, biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Terrence Deacon, anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
• Barbara Smuts, psychology, University of Michigan
• Guy Hoelzer, biology, University of Nevada, Reno
• Mary Evelyn Tucker, religion and ecology, Institute for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University
• Brian Swimme, evolutionary cosmology, California Institute for Integral Studies
• Chaplains, George Fisher, geology, Johns Hopkins University, Gretchen van Utt, Minister, Harundale Presbyterian Church, Glen Burnie, MD

2007 Conference cancelled by Star Island Corporation for fire safety reasons

2008 Emergence: Nature’s Mode of Creativity--The Human Dimension, Chairs Philip Clayton, Terrence Deacon, and Ursula Goodenough

• Ursula Goodenough, biology, Washington University, St. Louis
• Neils Gregersen, systematic theology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Sue Savage-Raumbaugh, scientist--language development in apes, Great Ape Trust of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
• Duane Raumbaugh, scientist--animal intelligence, behavior, and language learning, Great Ape Trust of Iowa, Des Moines, IA
• Mark Turner, cognitive science, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
• Keith Sawyer, psychology--social emergence and creativity, Western University, St. Louis
• Eduardo Kohn, social-cultural anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
• George Ellis, applied mathematics, general relativity and cosmology, University of Capetown, South Africa
• Mark Vickard, cognitive robotics and philosophy of knowledge, Lehigh, University
• Terrence Deacon, anthropology and neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley
• Philip Clayton, philosophy and religion, Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University, CA
• Chaplain, Edwin Robinson, Minister, Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Chatham, MA 

2009 The Mythic Reality of the Autonomous Individual, Chairs Ted Laurenson and John Teske (Chautauqua Institution)

• Ted Laurenson, corporate and securities law, New York, NY
• Philip Cary, history of western philosophy and theology, Eastern University, Philadelphia 
• Anindita N. Balslev, philosopher--Hinduism, Denmark
• Lene Arnett Jensen, psychology, Clarke University, Worcester, MA
• Alicia Juarrero, philosophy, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD
• Amy Banks, psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Director of Advanced Training, Jean Baker Miller Training Institute, Wellesley College
• Anne Foerst, computer science and theology, St. Bonaventure University, Olean, NY
• John Teske, psychology, Elizabethtown College
• Kenneth J. Gergen, psychology, Swarthmore College, President, Taos Institute, Taos, NM
• Steven L. Winter, constitutional law, Wayne State University Law School
• Werner F. M. DeBondt, behavioral economics, DePaul University, Chicago
• Chaplain, Michael Cavanaugh, law, science and religion, Baton Rouge, LA

2010 The Energy Transition: Religious and Ethical Perspectives, Chairs Normand Laurendeau and Larry Rasmussen (Star Island)

• Normand Laurendeau, combustion, thermodynamics, and engineering ethics, Purdue University
• John Abraham, mechanical engineering--combustion, Purdue University
• Susan Leschine, microbiology, Director of the Institute for Massachusetts Biofuels Research, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• R. D. Ravikrishna, mechanical engineering--biofuel based energy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
• George Hoguet, electrical engineering, Native Energy Co., Vermont
• Chuck Kutscher, solar energy, National Renewal Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO
• Anne Perkins, carpenter and contractor for energy efficient construction, Director of Home Ownership Programs for Rural Development, Turner’s Falls, MA
• William Irvine, philosophy, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
• James Martin Schram, religion--Christian environmental ethics, Luther College, Decorah, IA
• Fletcher Harper, Episcopal priest, religion and the environment, Executive Director of GreenFaith, New Jersey
• Larry Rasmussen, social ethics, Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
• Chaplain, Drew Christiansen, S.J., Catholic social ethics, Editor in Chief of America (a national Catholic weekly).  (Absent because of illness.   Christiansen’s talks were presented by Normand Laurendeau, Jeannie Graustein, and Larry Rasmussen; services were created and conducted by Rev. Barbara Whittaker-Johns.) 

2011 Doing Good, Doing Bad, Doing Nothing:  Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Human Behavior, Chairs Karl E. Peters and Barbara Whittaker-Johns (Chautauqua Institution)

• Melvin Konner (2x), anthropology, neuroscience, and behavioral biology, Emory University
• Mahzarin Banaji (2x), psychology and social ethics, Harvard University
• Cheryl Kirk-Duggan (2x), theology and women’s studies, Shaw University Divinity School, Raleigh, NC
• Ervin Staub (2x), psychology of peace and violence, University of
• Massachusetts, Amherst
• Laurie Anne Pearlman, clinical psychology--trauma recovery, Holyoke, MA
• Bob and Alice Evans (2x), conflict transformation and peace skills development, Plowshares Institute, Simsbury, CT
• Chaplain, Barbara Jean Jamestone, eastern religions, Minister, Unitarian Society of Hartford

2012 Saving The Future, Chairs Robert Bercaw and V.V. Raman

• Henry N. Pollack, emeritus professor of geophysics, earth and environmental sciences, University of Michigan
• Robert Bercaw, nuclear and pion physics, alternative energy programs, spacecraft and aeronautical electrical systems, NASA
• Bron Taylor, professor of religion and environmental ethics, University of Florida
• Paul Carr, philosophy, science and religion, U. Mass Lowell, research on microwave ultrasound and surface acoustic waves AF Research Laboratory
• David Anderson, author of books on theology, philosophy, geopolitics, and economics, international risk manager
• Ted Laurenson, practitioner of corporate and securities law, New York
• Ruben Nelson, executive directory of Foresight Canada, futures research
• Janet Ranganathan, vice-president for Science and Research at the World Resources Institute: Climate, Energy and Transport, institutions and Governance, People and Ecosystems, Markets and Enterprise
• V.V. Raman, emeritus professor of physics and humanities, Rochester Institute of Technology
• Brian Czech, president of the Center of Advancement of the Steady State Economy, a non-profit organization
• Chaplain, Richard S. Gilbert, retired minister, First Unitarian Church of Rochester, New York

2013 Scientific, Spiritual and Moral Challenges in Solving the World Food Crisis

Chairs Sol Katz and Pat Bennett

• Solomon Katz, director of the Krogman Center for Child Growth and Development and professor of physical anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, CEO of the World Food Forum, Chair of the American Anthropological Association Task Force on World Food Problems, author of the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
• Sandra Hassink, director of the Nemours Pediatric Obesity Initiative, author chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Advisory Committee for Healthy Childhood Weight
• Barrett P. Brenton, professor of anthropology, director of the Center for Global Development and Graduate Program in Global Development and Social Justice
• Ellen Messer, anthropologist specializing in food security, religion and human rights, visiting faculty at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy 
• Robert L. Lawrence, established the Center for a Livable Future to focus on the health effects of our current food system, helped to found Physicians for Human Rights (PHS) which investigated humanrights in El Salvador, Guatemala, Chile, South Africa, Egypt, Czechoslovakia, the Philippines, and Kosovo,  and won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1997
• Ian Barbour, emeritus professor at Carleton College, where he taught physics and founded the department of religion. Author of several books on Science and Religion, in 1999 was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for work in creating, developing, and sustaining a dialogue between the worlds of science and religion
• Sedhev Kumar, emeritus profess of Environmental Ethics, University of Waterloo, and professor at the University of Toronto, Canada
• Anita Spring, emeritus professor anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida, author, research includes agricultural intensification and food security, gender issues in business and entrepreneurship and policy and management styles
• Steven Finn, managing director of ResponseEcology, a sustainability and change of management consulting firm, affiliated faculty at theUniversity of Pennsylvania, sustainability research in areas of food waste and global food security
• A. Whitney Sanford, professor of Religion and Nature and Religions of Asia, University of Florida, research on the intersection of religion, food agriculture and social equity, focusing on South Asia
• William Clark, executive director of Philabundance, a hunger relief organization that has created innovative programs that increase access to emergency food assistance and provides services to nine countries 
• Chapel Speaker: V.V. Raman, emeritus professor of physics and humanities at the Rochester Institute or Technology

2014 Science and Religion in a Globalizing World
Co-Chairs:  Whitney Bauman and Karl E. Peters

• Nancy Abrams, University of California, Santa Cruz (attorney and cultural philosopher). 
• Zain Bagir, Director of the Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies at the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (religion, science and technology). 
• Whitney Bauman, Florida International University (religion, science, and globalization). 
• Willem B. Drees, University of Leiden, Editor of Zygon (interactions between religious convictions and practices, and contemporary culture, modern science and technology). 
• Sarah Fredericks, University of North Texas University (religion, technology, and sustainability). 
• James Haag, Suffolk University (naturalism and religion). 
• Mark Juergensmeyer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Director of the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies (sociology, religion and politics, religious violence). 
• Karl E. Peters, Rollins College emeritus (evolution and religion). 
• Joel Primack, University of California, Santa Cruz, Director of the University of California system-wide High-Performance AstroComputing Center (theoretical cosmology). 
• Michael Ruse, Florida State University, Director of the History and Philosophy of Science Program (philosophy of biology). 
• Lea Schweitz, Director, Zygon Center for Religion and Science, Lutheran School of Theology, Chicago (humanity’s relation to God and nature). 
• Dennis Moon, Senior Minister, South Church UCC, Granby, CT--daily Chapel Speaker

2015 Unsettling Science and Religion: Contributions and
         Questions from Queer Studies, Chairs: Whitney
         Bauman, Lisa Stenmark

2016 How Can We Know? Co-creating Knowledge in
         Perilous Times
         Pat Bennet, Ruben Nelson, John Teske
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