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Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., Javier Leach and Ignacio Antón Boix and Eric Weislogel
Cátedra Ciencia Technología y Religión LSI
Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Chairpersons: Javier Leach, Ph.D. and Javier Monserrat, Ph.D.
http://www.upcomillas.es/webcorporativo/Centros/catedras/ctr/
http://www.tendencias21.net/index.php
This society consists of some of the leading thinkers in its nation. Its members are moved in their work in the science and religion dialogue by a cultural imperative to provide a hedge against fundamentalisms of various sorts and to make a positive contribution to mitigating the clash of cultures that accompany mass immigration and movement of peoples. The society is embarked on an initial three year research initiative exploring the process of religious knowledge as it pertains to religious pluralism, the focus of their weekly seminars. They plan to develop a unique series of programs aimed at public and private school teachers to promote a well-balanced science and religion dialogue. Their working methodology is based on the principles of “autonomy” (avoiding dogmatism), “critical distance” (avoiding ethno- or religio-centrism), and “pluralistic analyses” (adopting scientific, philosophical, sociological, and theological perspectives). Very “metanexus.” Twenty workshops are held each year, and government-certified continuing education credits are available to participants. This is a prestigious society, drawing its inspiration from one of Spain’s greatest philosophers, whose numerous theologically and scientifically informed works include Man and God, The Philosophical Problem of the History of Religions, and The Dynamic Structure of Reality. Even though this society is hosted by an independent foundation, its course offerings are accepted in doctoral programs at three of the nation’s elite universities. They have leveraged funds from commercial firms, government ministries, and publishing houses. I believe this will be a high-profile engagement with their nation’s culture and educational institutions.
Award Accepted by : Javier Leach and Ignacio Antón Boix
Javier Leach is a Jesuit priest and has been Director of the Metanexus Local Societies Initiative Chair of Science, Technology and Religion at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas since its creation in 2003. Currently he is also Professor at the School of Computing of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. From 1961-1965, he studied Philosophy at the Facultad Pontificia San Francisco de Borja in Barcelona. From 1965-1970, he studied Mathematics at the School of Mathematics, Universidad de Zaragoza. From 1970-1973, he studied Theology at the Philosophisch-theologische Hochschule Sankt Georgen in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). In 1977, he obtained the title of Doctor in Mathematics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Since 1987, he has been Professor at the Universidad Complutense in the area of Computer Languages and Systems. Among other subjects, he has given undergraduate courses on Discrete Mathematics, Logic, Logical Programming, Functional Programming, and Artificial Intelligence. He has given Doctoral Courses on Automatic Demonstration, Functional Programming, Methods for the Automation of Demonstrations in First Order Logic, and Demonstrators of theorems for transitive relations. From 1999-2005, he has been the Coordinator of the Group of European Jesuits in Science.
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For further information or other inquires, please contact Metanexus at 212.789.2200 or lsi@metanexus.net.
