SPECIALIZATON

The relationships among neuroscience, religious experience, theology, and complexity studies.

EMPLOYMENT

2006- Visiting Professor of Religion and Science, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1995-2001 Co-Director, Midwest Region, Religion and Science Course Program (SRCP), funded by the John Templeton Foundation through the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, California

Publisher, Bridge Building (North American SRCP newsletter)

Co-Director, Southern Region; SRCP Publisher, Science & Religion South (SRCP newsletter)

1989-1998 Executive Editor, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science
1983-1993 Writer of "Doctor, I've Read. . . " SmithKline medical newsletter (circulation 30,000 primary care physicians)
Other
experience		 Free-lance editorial consultant for seminaries and publishers, specializing in theology, psychology, and business, 15 years

World Book encyclopedia, article editor, 5 years

Lutheran Campus Ministry, local director and national board member

MEMBERSHIPS AND OFFICES

Board of Directors, Copenhagen University Network of Science and Religion, 2009-

The American Theological Society, Midwest Division, Executive Council, Past President

Chair of the 2008 ZCRS conference "HIV/AIDS: Medical and Religious Perspectives," Oct. 4

Institute for Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS)

Center for Advanced Study in Religion and Science (CASIRAS), Treasurer

Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS)

American Academy of Religion (AAR)

Society of Midland Authors

 



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