2006 LSI SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT AWARDS

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Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., Inmaculada Ramos-Lerate and Eric Weislogel

STIC Barcelona
Seminari de Teologia I Ciéncies (STIC), Institut de Teologia Fonamental (ITF)
Barcelona, Spain
Chairperson:  Fr. Manuel G. Doncel, Ph.D.; Vice Chair: José María Romero Baró, Ph.D.
http://www.sticb.org

This society, the first in its nation, continues to provide intellectual leadership in the science and religion dialogue for its milieu. Its high-level explorations of questions in physics and biology and their relation to theology provide food for thought not only for local society members but also resources for education across the country…and beyond. Topics of interest to this 17 member society include the idea of a Christian anthropic principle; genetic roots of spirituality; theological implications of the fine tuning of universal constants; the Trinitarian trace in nature; creation and kenotic love; brain, gender, and religious experience; and lots more. The society has held regular group discussion meetings, organized academic courses, developed library holdings, sponsored public lectures, and promoted interdisciplinary collaboration. The group has offered intriguing courses, for instance, “Cosmobioevolution and the Eschatological Role of the Spirit.” They have developed a collaboration with a publisher to release a series of books under the general heading of “Teología y Ciencias.” They hope to continue to do translations of key Anglo-American science and religion texts, with books by Polkinghorne and Peters next on the list. Society members have been supervising three doctoral dissertations on science and religion themes, are engaged in the ongoing development of their website, and their work has been featured in mass media outlets. 
Award Accepted by : Inmaculada Ramos-Lerate
Inmaculada Ramos-Lerate was born in Cádiz (Southern Spain), studied Physics, and then moved to CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics) and later to Institut for Fysik og Astronomi (Aarhus, Denmark). In this period, she studied experimental nuclear physics for her Diploma thesis. Then, she changed her research field from applied nuclear physics to earth sciences, finishing her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Cádiz. In her thesis, nuclear techniques were applied to study relationships between oceanography and geology. At present, she is working at ALBA, the first electron accelerator to be installed in Spain (Barcelona). She is the main researcher of a development group dedicated to new X-Ray 2D fast detectors for time-resolved sub-millisecond experiments at the synchrotron facilities. She has always been interested in religion and the relationship between Science and Spirituality. At present, she belongs to the ‘Seminario Teología-Ciencias’ (STIC) headed by M. García Doncel at Barcelona, a program of the Metanexus Local Societies Initiative.
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