Metanexus Institute
The Metanexus Institute is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1997 to explore scientific and philosophical questions. The institute has organized the exchange of ideas through conferences{{Cite web | url=http://www.wnrf.org/cms/metanexus_science_religion.shtml | title=MetaNexus to Host Science & Religion Conference }}http://www.regent.edu/acad/global/publications/ijls/new/vol6iss1/4_Final%20Edited%20Middlebrooks_pp65-83.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}} and published books.{{cite book |editor-first=Gregory |editor-last=Hansell |title=H+/- Transhumanism and its Critics |year=2011}}
History
With the help of Peter Dodson, Soloman Katz, Andrew Newberg, and Stephen Dunning, William Grassie created the Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science (PCRS) to promote literacy in science and religion by hosting seminars, courses, and conferences.Faye Flam, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 9, 1999, “Science, at a High Power/Is God in the Details?” PCRS was renamed to Metanexus Institute in 2000, and the Meta-List was relaunched as a website with the support of a grant from the John Templeton Foundation, and Metanexus launched a $5.1 million Local Societies Initiative.David O’Reilly and Melissa Dribben, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2008, “An Investor in Money and Faith.” In 2003, Metanexus launched the $3.3 million Spiritual Transformation Scientific Research Project.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140518140505/http://articles.philly.com/2002-10-13/news/25352919_1_metanexus-institute-spiritual-transformation-research-proposals The Philadelphia Inquirer] {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}} The organization hosted numerous conferences at universities and elsewhere, including a conference entitled Science and Religion in Context at the University of Pennsylvania.{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/theologians-and-scientists-hold-interdisciplinary-conference-7130/|title = Theologians and Scientists Hold Interdisciplinary Conference| date=4 June 2004 }} Metanexus has promoted the concept of Big History, sometimes termed the Epic of Evolution, which examines history using long time frames through a multidisciplinary approach.{{cite book |first=David |last=Christian |title=Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History|year=2004 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520235007 |url=https://archive.org/details/mapsoftimeintrod00chri |url-access=registration }}
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External links
- [http://www.metanexus.net Metanexus Institute]
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Category:Organizations based in Philadelphia
Category:Non-profit organizations based in Pennsylvania