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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the ISSR 2025 Boyle Lecture Discussion, which was recorded live following the Premiere of the 2025 Boyle Lecture on YouTube.

The discussion included:
The Most Reverend Dr Antje Jackelén, Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala and Primate Emerita of Sweden
https://www.ctr.lu.se/en/person/antjejackelen/

Professor Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College London
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp/people/professor-arthur-petersen-0

Professor Noreen Herzfeld, Saint John's University
https://www.csbsju.edu/theology/person/noreen-herzfeld/

and

Professor and Chair of Nanomaterials Andrew Briggs, University of Oxford
https://andrewbriggs.org/

These live discussions emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic when ISSR hosted an entirely digital Boyle Lecture led by the late Tom McLeish in 2021. Since then, ISSR has maintained the Digital Lecture and Discussion so all can enjoy this prestigious event and the accompanying conversations. All of the Digital Lectures and Discussions can be found on our YouTube channel.

The original Boyle Lectures were given as a series of sermons at several churches in London and Westminster following their establishment in 1692. The ‘original Boyles’ lasted until about 1730, although sporadic later ‘Boyle Lectures’ continued to be given in the centuries since then. The lecture series was revived in 2004 at one of its original locations, the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside in the City of London, where it continues to be hosted each year.

Prior Boyle Lectures before 2021 can be found on St Mary-le-Bow’s YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/stmarylebow

The International Society for Science and Religion was founded in 2002 to promote education through interdisciplinary learning and research in the field of science and religion, conducted in an international and multi-faith context. To find out more about ISSR, please visit our website here: https://www.issr.org.uk/

ISSR is thankful to all who continue to make the Boyle Lectures and Discussions possible each year.

Anthony K Nairn
www.anthonynairn.com
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the 2025 Boyle Lecture, which was given by The Most Reverend Dr Antje Jackelén, Archbishop Emerita of Uppsala and Primate Emerita of Sweden, on:

“Science, Technology, Theology and Spirituality — A Necessary Partnership?”

This year's Response was given by Professor Arthur Petersen, Professor of Science, Technology and Public Policy, University College London.

The original Boyle Lectures were given as a series of sermons at several churches in London and Westminster following their establishment in 1692. The ‘original Boyles’ lasted until about 1730, although sporadic later ‘Boyle Lectures’ continued to be given in the centuries since then. The lecture series was revived in 2004 at one of its original locations, the Wren church of St Mary-le-Bow on Cheapside in the City of London, where it continues to be hosted each year. We are grateful to St Mary-le-Bow the Rector, Revd George Bush, the Parish Council, and the Boyle Lecture Trustees for their continued support and guidance.

Since the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Boyle Lectures (available on our channel) have been offered online for all to listen to, learn from, and enjoy this most prestigious lecture series.

Prior Boyle Lectures before 2021 can be found on St Mary-le-Bow’s YouTube channel.

The International Society for Science and Religion was founded in 2002 to promote education through interdisciplinary learning and research in the field of science and religion, conducted in an international and multi-faith context. To find out more about ISSR, please visit our website here: https://www.issr.org.uk/

ISSR is thankful to all who continue to make the Boyle Lectures possible each year.

Anthony K Nairn
www.anthonynairn.com
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk

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Welcome back to the ISSR Podcast.

For many years, ISSR has had a presence at the AAR/SBL annual conference. In November 2024, ISSR was again at the San Diego, California conference. ISSR is pleased to bring you our sessions from this massive conference for the first time.

This panel was titled "Author Meets Critics Book Panel: Climate, God and Uncertainty by Arthur Petersen." Referring mainly to works by Latour, William James and Heinrich Rickert, Petersen develops ‘transcendental naturalism’ to reinterpret the interface between science and politics in the context of climate change. He highlights, for instance, issues such as the religious disenchantment of nature, the scientific disbelief in a plurality of value-laden perspectives, and the disregard for non-modern worldviews in politics. In developing its argument, the book makes a methodological intervention on the sort of naturalism that guides both Latour’s work and a large part of the academic field called ‘science and religion’.

The panel consisted of:

Dr Pete Jordan - https://www.theology.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-pete-jordan

Dr Josh A. Reeves - https://www.samford.edu/arts-and-sciences/directory/Reeves-Josh

Dr Bethany Sollereder - https://edwebprofiles.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-bethany-sollereder

Prof Whitney Bauman - https://sipa.fiu.edu/people/faculty/religious-studies/bauman.whitney.html

Prof. Dr. Gijsbert van den Brink - https://vu.nl/en/research/scientists/gijsbert-van-den-brink

Prof Lisa Sideris - https://es.ucsb.edu/people/lisa-sideris

And the book's author, Prof Arthur Petersen - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/steapp/people/professor-arthur-petersen-0

Each panellist critically evaluated themes in the book, with Petersen responding at the end.

ISSR was established as an elite academic society to foster global and multi-faith perspectives on the intersection of science and religion. We invite you to learn more about us and consider becoming an Associate member by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.

Thank you for joining us, and we’ll see you next time on the ISSR Podcast.

Anthony K Nairn
www.anthonynairn.com
ISSR Executive Assistant
www.issr.org.uk