Robert J. Russell: Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theology in Creative Mutual Interaction

Session IV: Bridging Cosmology and Theology Cosmology, Philosophy, and Theology in Creative Mutual Interaction Robert Russell, Director, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences and Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley March 1, 2014 | 1:30 -- 2:15 p.m. In this lecture, we will explore the ways in which Christian theology and philosophy influenced the rise of modern science, in particular contemporary Big Bang cosmology. We will also explore the ways in which Big Bang cosmology raises important implications for Christian theology. Robert J. Russell is the Founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley. He is the author of Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics, and Eschatology in Creative Mutual Interaction (University of Notre Dame Press, 2012) and Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: Towards the Mutual Creative Interaction of Theology and Science (Fortress Press, 2008). Russell serves as Co-editor of Theology and Science journal and co- edited Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments, ( Eerdmans, 2002) and edited Fifty Years in Science and Religion: Ian G. Barbour and His Legacy (Ashgate, 2004). He holds a Ph.D. in experimental physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, an M.Div. and an M. A. in theology and science from the Pacific School of Religion, an M. S. in physics from the University of California, Los Angeles, and he triple- majored in physics, religion and music at Stanford University. He is ordained in the United Church of Christ and is a member of the Society of Ordained Scientists.