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| European Association for the Study of Science and Theology | |
|---|---|
| Name | European Association for the Study of Science and Theology |
| Formation | 1989 |
| Type | Learned society |
| Headquarters | Leiden |
| Region served | Europe |
| Language | English |
| Leader title | President |
European Association for the Study of Science and Theology The European Association for the Study of Science and Theology is a pan-European learned society that brings together scholars from across France, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, Israel, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, Belarus, Moldova, Iceland and other countries to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among specialists in fields such as those represented by Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, Charles Darwin, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Louis Pasteur, Gregor Mendel, Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie, Andrei Sakharov, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, Erwin Schrödinger, Johannes Kepler, Robert Boyle, Antoine Lavoisier, Michael Faraday, James Clerk Maxwell, Rene Descartes, Blaise Pascal, Immanuel Kant, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Saint Augustine, Aquinas' Summa Theologica, Nicolaus Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Rene Descartes' Meditations, Gottfried Leibniz, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Adam Smith, David Hume.
Founded in 1989 during gatherings influenced by centers such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Leiden, University of Paris, University of Rome, University of Bologna, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Vienna, Heidelberg University, University of Zurich, University of Geneva, KU Leuven, Uppsala University, Trinity College Dublin, Charles University, Jagiellonian University, University of Warsaw, University of Budapest, and institutes like the Max Planck Society, the association emerged from networks connected to conferences at venues including Royal Society, Pontifical Gregorian University, Vatican Observatory, Cambridge Union, All Souls College, Institut Pasteur, Collège de France, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, École Normale Supérieure, and the European University Institute. Early figures associated with its founding included scholars who had affiliations or intellectual links to Karl Popper, Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, Michael Polanyi, Alvin Plantinga, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne, Nancey Murphy, Arthur Peacocke, Jürgen Moltmann, Paul Tillich, Hans Küng, Joseph Ratzinger, Pope John Paul II era dialogues, and scholars connected with projects at UNESCO and the European Commission. Over subsequent decades the association expanded through symposia in cities such as Leiden, Oxford, Cambridge, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Brussels, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Lisbon, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan, Zurich, Geneva, Lausanne, Groningen, Gdansk, Krakow, Belgrade, Zagreb, adapting after events like the Cold War and the enlargement of the European Union.
The association’s mission aligns with scholarly aims advanced at institutions such as Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Columbia University, Stanford University, University of Chicago, Duke University, University of Notre Dame, Georgetown University, Boston College, and with the working methods of publishers and academies like Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Routledge, Springer-Verlag, Palgrave Macmillan, Brill, De Gruyter, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, SAGE Publications, and Bloomsbury. Objectives include fostering dialogue among researchers influenced by traditions linked to Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, and engaging policy debates at venues like European Parliament, Council of Europe, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Health Organization. The association aims to promote rigorous interdisciplinary research, mentorship modeled on programs at Marie Curie Actions, support for early-career scholars in the manner of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and translation of scholarship into public discourse through channels similar to BBC, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, The New York Times, The Economist, and De Standaard.
Structured with an executive board, advisory council, regional coordinators and working groups, governance reflects practices seen at European Research Council, Max Planck Society, Royal Society of Arts, Royal Academy of Belgium, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Athens, and Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Membership includes professors and researchers affiliated with universities and seminaries such as University of Oxford, King's College London, University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, Trinity College Dublin, Sorbonne University, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Bologna, University of Paris-Sorbonne, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, University of Tübingen, Heidelberg University, University of Basel, University of Geneva, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Barcelona, University of Porto, University of Lisbon, University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, University of Helsinki, University of Turku, University of Warsaw, Charles University in Prague, Masaryk University, Jagiellonian University, University of Zagreb, University of Belgrade, University of Sarajevo, University of Bucharest, University of Sofia, and independent scholars linked to think tanks like Chatham House, Carnegie Europe, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, Knocklong Institute.
The association organizes biennial and annual conferences hosted in collaboration with universities, ecclesiastical institutions and cultural centers similar to Royal Society, Pontifical Gregorian University, Vatican Observatory, European University Institute, Central European University, Humboldt University of Berlin, Vienna University, KU Leuven, Trinity College Dublin, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Cambridge Theological Federation, Institute of Advanced Studies; keynote speakers have included scholars with profiles comparable to John Polkinghorne, Ian Barbour, Alvin Plantinga, Wolfram von Eschenbach, Paul Feyerabend, Thomas Kuhn, Karl Popper, Michael Polanyi, Peter Berger, Hans Küng, Jurgen Moltmann, Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, G. E. M. Anscombe, Alasdair MacIntyre, Charles Taylor, Jürgen Habermas, Jurgen Habermas, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, E. O. Wilson, Steven Pinker, Noam Chomsky, Martha Nussbaum, Judith Butler, Zygmunt Bauman). Publications include edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals distributed by presses like Brill, Springer, Routledge, Cambridge University Press, and thematic issues responding to debates around works such as Origin of Species, Principia Mathematica, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, The God Delusion, Consciousness Explained, The Selfish Gene, A Brief History of Time.
Research themes mirror topics addressed in seminars and projects at St. John's College, Cambridge, Wolfson College, Oxford, Vienna Circle-inspired workshops, and centers linked to figures like Ludwig Wittgenstein, Bertrand Russell, Gottlob Frege, Henri Bergson, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Paul Ricœur, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Julia Kristeva, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, Karl Jaspers, Emil Brunner, Friedrich Schleiermacher. The association supports empirical and conceptual projects on topics related to historical episodes such as Galileo affair, Copernican Revolution, Enlightenment, Reformation, Counter-Reformation, Scientific Revolution, and modern issues intersecting with institutions including European Medicines Agency, European Space Agency, European Southern Observatory, CERN, ITER, International Space Station, Human Genome Project, CRISPR-Cas9 debates, bioethics controversies connected to Nuremberg Code, Helsinki Declaration, environmental challenges referenced to Paris Agreement, climate science findings by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and public theology dialogues involving World Council of Churches and World Evangelical Alliance.
Collaborative links extend to universities, academies, research councils and ecumenical and interfaith organizations such as Vatican City, Pontifical Council for Culture, World Council of Churches, European Commission, UNESCO, Council of Europe, European Research Council, Max Planck Society, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Wellcome Trust, Swiss National Science Foundation, Royal Society, British Academy, Austrian Science Fund, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), NWO, ERC Advanced Grant consortia, and publishing partnerships with Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press, while maintaining ties with scholarly societies like History of Science Society, British Society for the History of Science, Society for the Study of Theology, American Academy of Religion, European Society for the History of Science, and regionally with universities in cities such as Leuven, Ghent, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Aalborg, Tromsø, Reykjavik.