Revisiting and Reimagining the Relationships between Science and Religion (SRF 50th Anniversary)

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Revisiting and Reimagining the Relationships between Science and Religion

28th - 31st May Halifax Hall Sheffield & Hybrid

The 2025 Anniversary conference celebrates 50 years of the Science and Religion Forum.  The conference doesn't pose the question of whether science and religion can  interact but how and where they are in dialogue. The conference is taking a broad look at the the ongoing points of connection and dissonance between science and religion. This includes questions on the interaction of indigenous knowledge with science and technology, the role of religion in tackling global issues such as sustainability, and how questions of science-and-religion are addressed in education. We welcome papers that engage critically with established/historic positions on science-and-religion as well as those that look forward to the upcoming opportunities and challenges. 

We want you to help us reimagine the science and religion landscape in 2025!

• 28th May evening: Public Gowland Lecture
• 29th May - 31st May: Main Conference
• 30th May: Formal Conference Dinner

The conference willl address a range of issues at the intersection of science and (any) religion. Whilst continuing to value the Christian origins of the Forum, we particularly keen to welcome papers that engage with science and religion from Eastern Orthodox, and non-Christian perspectives which are historically under-represented at our conferences. We encourage speakers to engage directly with the theme "revisiting and reimaging" the relationship. This may include approaches that engage critically with the (continued?) relevance of established/historic positions; addressing underrepresented voices in the sector (including issues related to colonisation, gender, and/or indigenous religions/science); questions of inter/multi disciplinary research, science-and-religion education, and those that look forward to the upcoming opportunities and challenges science-and-religion.