Gregory S Cootsona

California State University Chico 400 West First Street Chico CA 95928

Phone 5308915338 GCootsonacsuchicoedu

Professional Experience Lecturer Comparative Religion and Humanities Department (CORH California State University

at Chico 2014 to present Research Associate Professor of Theology School of Theology Fuller Theological Seminary

Pasadena CA 2015 to present Director Chico Triad on Philosophy Theology and Science Chico CA 2006 to present Associate Pastor for Adult Discipleship Bidwell Presbyterian Church Chico CA 2002-2014 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy Butte College Oroville CA 2005-07 Associate Pastor of Program Development Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church New York NY

1996-2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor Brooklyn College City University of New York 2000 Lecturer Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary Berkeley CA 1995

Education Ph D 1996 Graduate Theological Union Systematic and Philosophical Theology and the

Philosophy of Religion Post-graduate study 1991-92 Universities of Tu bingen and Heidelberg M Div 1991 Princeton Theological Seminary (Specialization New Testament B A 1984 University of California Berkeley (Comparative Literature French Attic Greek

Instruction (at Calfornia State University at Chico unless otherwise noted Religious Studies 241Philosophy 204 Science and Religion Religious Studies 180 Introduction to Religion Religious Studies 100 Judaism Christianity and Islam Religious Studies 180English 130i (U Course Introduction to Religion and Academic Writing Religious Studies 180Political Science 155 (U Course Introduction to Religion and Introduction

to American Government Humanities 3002 Great Books and Ideas Transcendence and Human Knowledge Philosophy 16 Western Religions Butte College Spring 2005-7

Books and Book Chapters or Entries Science and Religion in the United States The Present State and Future Directions Oxfordshire

UK Routledge 2019 (forthcoming Two entries in Connections A Lectionary Preaching and Worship Resource Louisville KY

Westminister John Knox 2019 (fortcoming) Science and the Sensus Divinitatis The Promise and Problem of the Natural Knowledge of

God Connecting Faith and Science Philosophical and Theological Inquiries Claremont Claremont School of Theology Press 2018

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Mere Science and Christian Faith Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults Downers Grove Illinois lnterVarsity Press 2018

Chapter in Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media Advice Tips and Testimonials San Diego SacraSage Press 2017

C S Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian Louisville WestminsterJohnKnox 2014 The Time for Yes Enjoying Whats Best in Life Work and Love Self-published through

CreateSpace 2012 Say Yes to No Using the Power of No to Create the Best in Life Work and Love New York

Doubleday 2009 California The Brill Dictionary of Religion Leiden Brill Leiden and Boston Brill 2007 Creation and Last Things At the Intersection of Theology and Science Foundations of Christian

Faith Charles Wiley general editor Louisville Geneva 2002 God and the World A Study in the Thought ofAlfred North Whitehead and Karl Barth

International Theology number 6 Jurgen Moltmann Michael Welker William Schweiker editors Frankfurt Peter Lang 2001

Kalifornien (California) Metzler Lexikon Religion 3 vols Christoph Auffarth Jutta Bernard Silvia Kurre and Hubert Mohr editors Stuttgart J B Metzler 1999

Fellowships Grants Awards and Other Recognition Project Leader Science and Theology for Emerging Adult Ministries a $2 million grant project

funded by the John Templeton Foundation 2016-2019 Project Leader Assessment of Scientists in Congregations a $150000 grant project funded by

the John Templeton Foundation and the Blankemeyer Foundation 2018 Project Leader Science for Students and Emerging Young Adults a $170000 planning grant

project funded by the John Templeton Foundation 2014-15 Onsite Co-Project Leader Scientists in Congregations a $2 million grant project funded by the

John Templeton Foundation 2010-14 Outstanding in the Field Alumusa Princeton Theological Seminarys Alumiae magazine

lnSpire Winter 2008 42-43 Local Societies Initiative Grant for the Chico Triad on Philosophy Theology and Science

Metanexus Institute 2005-8 Project Leader Toward the Public Advancement of Scholarly Research into the Interaction of

Theology and Science American Academy of ReligionWestern Region Mini-Grant 2004 Project Leader Becoming Sabbath A Study of Spiritual Retreat Centers in our Western

Technological Society Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program Grant 2001 Project Leader Creating a Training Model for Adult Christian Education based on the Center for

Christian Studies The Louisville Institute General Grant Program 1999 Chan Essay Award Graduate Theological Union 1992 Leadership Development Scholarship World Council of Churches 1992 Tubingen Exchange Fellowship Princeton Theological Seminary 1991

Papers Lectures Panels and Participation at Professional Meetings

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Advisory board member Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds (REAL CHANGE) project A $215000 project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund and funded by Templeton Religion Trust Religion and Public Life Program Rice University 2017-18

The Interaction of Religion Science and Technology as a Global Issue California State University at Chicos Global Perspectices on Religon series 31 January 2017

Invited participant The Religion Among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) research presentation and book workshop Global research project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund Rice University Houston Texas 3-4 December 2015

Justice and Mercy Across Religions An interreligious discussion of Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy California State University at Chico 26 October 2015

Listening to Emerging Adults and Discerning the Future State of the Dialogue of Science and Religion Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Public Forum Berkeley CA 22 October 2015

Invited interlocutor Enhancing Life Project a $47 million grant program funded by the John Templeton Foundation and administered by the University of Chicago and Ruhr-University Bochum Germany Banff Canada 6-9 August 2015

Problems Facing the Science-Faith Dialogue with Emerging Adults Church and Culture section BioLogos Evolution and Christian Faith Conference 1 July 2015

The Present and Predicted Future State of the Science and Religion Dialogue Inaugural Meeting of the Theology Science and Religion Caucus Union Theological Seminary New York City 23 April 2015

Panelist Perceptions Science and Religious Communities a conference of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) Dialogue on Science Ethics a Religion(DoSER) Washington DC 13 March 2015

C S Lewis and Science Thurber Thursday American Church in Paris 25 September 2014 A Christian Spirituality of Beautiful Sustainable Simplicity CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2009 Say No to Ecological Abuse and Yes to Stewarding Gods Creation CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2008 The Telos of Beauty A Common Quest for Theologians and Scientists Transdisciplinarity and

the Unity of Knowledge Metanexus Institute Conference on science and religion University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA June 2007

Assessing the Cases for Theistic Evolution 2006 JK Rusell Fellows Research Conference 15 September 2006

Calculating God Workshop for We Believe in God A Theology Convocation for the Whole Church Theology Worship and Discipleship Unit of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Pittsburgh PA 23-26 April 2003

Theological Issues in a Scientific Age Weekend Seminar for the Presbyterian Association on Science Technology and the Christian Faith Rocky Mountain Chapter Wheat Ridge Colorado 1-2 November 2002

Transforming Education and Keeping the Change Theological Students Forum Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton NJ 28 November 2001

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Constructing a Doctrine of Creation in a Scientific Age Learning from Karl Barth and Alfred North Whitehead theology section AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting Glen Mills PA March 2000

Founder and Director Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Churchs Distinguished Speaker Series 1997-2002 (speakers Wayne Muller Thomas Cahill Stephen Carter Peter Gomes George Gallup Jr Tommy Hilfiger)

Barth and Whitehead Must a Scientific Theology Choose Between Them The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Fifteenth Anniversary Forum Series The Graduate Theological Union Berkeley CA 2 October 1996

Making Sense of a Changing World The Development of a Theological Conception of the World Based on a Critical Reading of Karl Barths Early Theology Philosophy of Religion section AAR Western regional meeting San Diego CA March 1996

Panelist and Respondent to Sin Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters Founders Day Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary September 1995

Organizer (in cooperation with New College Berkeley and Radix Magazine) Jesus Film Festival Berkeley CA October 1994

Articles and Shorter Pieces

Science Theology and the Power of the Ring Response to Alister McGrathsA Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement Participatio The Journal of the Thomas F Torrance Theological Fellowship 2017 (7) 17-26

Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science Zygon Journal of Religion and Science Vol 51 no 3 (September 2016) 557-72 Peer-reviewed journal

Published Interview Colin Nicholl author or The Great Christ Comet Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem Christianity Today December 2015

Blogger The Huffington Post 2013-present CS Lewis and the Crises of Belief Article in Houses of Worship Wall Street Journal 28

November 2014 When Science Comes to Church Christianity Today online March 2014 How Nature and Beauty Can Bring Scientists and Theologians Together Theology and Science

9 number 4 (2011) 379-93 Peer-reviewed journal The Urgency of Strategic Breaks Cnbccom blog 27 April 2009 The Church of the Last Stop The Story of Bidwell Presbyterian Church Price H Gwynn Ill

Leadership Series Louisville Kentucky Geneva 2007 The Music and Message of U2 Co-written with Jim Coons TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2006 So Many People So Little Time The Challenge for Large Churches Congregations 2005 18-

21 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2005 Theology Matters Congregations Winter 2003 19-21 Do Creatures Make Themselves A Presbyterian Pastor Responds to Polkinghornes

Comments on Evolution Presbyterians Today 93 number 8 (October 2003) 13 The Sabbath Pastor Perspectives A Journal of Reformed Thought 17 number 2 (February

2002) 2-3

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Mere Science and Christian Faith Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults Downers Grove Illinois lnterVarsity Press 2018

Chapter in Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media Advice Tips and Testimonials San Diego SacraSage Press 2017

C S Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian Louisville WestminsterJohnKnox 2014 The Time for Yes Enjoying Whats Best in Life Work and Love Self-published through

CreateSpace 2012 Say Yes to No Using the Power of No to Create the Best in Life Work and Love New York

Doubleday 2009 California The Brill Dictionary of Religion Leiden Brill Leiden and Boston Brill 2007 Creation and Last Things At the Intersection of Theology and Science Foundations of Christian

Faith Charles Wiley general editor Louisville Geneva 2002 God and the World A Study in the Thought ofAlfred North Whitehead and Karl Barth

International Theology number 6 Jurgen Moltmann Michael Welker William Schweiker editors Frankfurt Peter Lang 2001

Kalifornien (California) Metzler Lexikon Religion 3 vols Christoph Auffarth Jutta Bernard Silvia Kurre and Hubert Mohr editors Stuttgart J B Metzler 1999

Fellowships Grants Awards and Other Recognition Project Leader Science and Theology for Emerging Adult Ministries a $2 million grant project

funded by the John Templeton Foundation 2016-2019 Project Leader Assessment of Scientists in Congregations a $150000 grant project funded by

the John Templeton Foundation and the Blankemeyer Foundation 2018 Project Leader Science for Students and Emerging Young Adults a $170000 planning grant

project funded by the John Templeton Foundation 2014-15 Onsite Co-Project Leader Scientists in Congregations a $2 million grant project funded by the

John Templeton Foundation 2010-14 Outstanding in the Field Alumusa Princeton Theological Seminarys Alumiae magazine

lnSpire Winter 2008 42-43 Local Societies Initiative Grant for the Chico Triad on Philosophy Theology and Science

Metanexus Institute 2005-8 Project Leader Toward the Public Advancement of Scholarly Research into the Interaction of

Theology and Science American Academy of ReligionWestern Region Mini-Grant 2004 Project Leader Becoming Sabbath A Study of Spiritual Retreat Centers in our Western

Technological Society Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program Grant 2001 Project Leader Creating a Training Model for Adult Christian Education based on the Center for

Christian Studies The Louisville Institute General Grant Program 1999 Chan Essay Award Graduate Theological Union 1992 Leadership Development Scholarship World Council of Churches 1992 Tubingen Exchange Fellowship Princeton Theological Seminary 1991

Papers Lectures Panels and Participation at Professional Meetings

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Advisory board member Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds (REAL CHANGE) project A $215000 project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund and funded by Templeton Religion Trust Religion and Public Life Program Rice University 2017-18

The Interaction of Religion Science and Technology as a Global Issue California State University at Chicos Global Perspectices on Religon series 31 January 2017

Invited participant The Religion Among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) research presentation and book workshop Global research project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund Rice University Houston Texas 3-4 December 2015

Justice and Mercy Across Religions An interreligious discussion of Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy California State University at Chico 26 October 2015

Listening to Emerging Adults and Discerning the Future State of the Dialogue of Science and Religion Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Public Forum Berkeley CA 22 October 2015

Invited interlocutor Enhancing Life Project a $47 million grant program funded by the John Templeton Foundation and administered by the University of Chicago and Ruhr-University Bochum Germany Banff Canada 6-9 August 2015

Problems Facing the Science-Faith Dialogue with Emerging Adults Church and Culture section BioLogos Evolution and Christian Faith Conference 1 July 2015

The Present and Predicted Future State of the Science and Religion Dialogue Inaugural Meeting of the Theology Science and Religion Caucus Union Theological Seminary New York City 23 April 2015

Panelist Perceptions Science and Religious Communities a conference of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) Dialogue on Science Ethics a Religion(DoSER) Washington DC 13 March 2015

C S Lewis and Science Thurber Thursday American Church in Paris 25 September 2014 A Christian Spirituality of Beautiful Sustainable Simplicity CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2009 Say No to Ecological Abuse and Yes to Stewarding Gods Creation CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2008 The Telos of Beauty A Common Quest for Theologians and Scientists Transdisciplinarity and

the Unity of Knowledge Metanexus Institute Conference on science and religion University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA June 2007

Assessing the Cases for Theistic Evolution 2006 JK Rusell Fellows Research Conference 15 September 2006

Calculating God Workshop for We Believe in God A Theology Convocation for the Whole Church Theology Worship and Discipleship Unit of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Pittsburgh PA 23-26 April 2003

Theological Issues in a Scientific Age Weekend Seminar for the Presbyterian Association on Science Technology and the Christian Faith Rocky Mountain Chapter Wheat Ridge Colorado 1-2 November 2002

Transforming Education and Keeping the Change Theological Students Forum Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton NJ 28 November 2001

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Constructing a Doctrine of Creation in a Scientific Age Learning from Karl Barth and Alfred North Whitehead theology section AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting Glen Mills PA March 2000

Founder and Director Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Churchs Distinguished Speaker Series 1997-2002 (speakers Wayne Muller Thomas Cahill Stephen Carter Peter Gomes George Gallup Jr Tommy Hilfiger)

Barth and Whitehead Must a Scientific Theology Choose Between Them The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Fifteenth Anniversary Forum Series The Graduate Theological Union Berkeley CA 2 October 1996

Making Sense of a Changing World The Development of a Theological Conception of the World Based on a Critical Reading of Karl Barths Early Theology Philosophy of Religion section AAR Western regional meeting San Diego CA March 1996

Panelist and Respondent to Sin Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters Founders Day Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary September 1995

Organizer (in cooperation with New College Berkeley and Radix Magazine) Jesus Film Festival Berkeley CA October 1994

Articles and Shorter Pieces

Science Theology and the Power of the Ring Response to Alister McGrathsA Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement Participatio The Journal of the Thomas F Torrance Theological Fellowship 2017 (7) 17-26

Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science Zygon Journal of Religion and Science Vol 51 no 3 (September 2016) 557-72 Peer-reviewed journal

Published Interview Colin Nicholl author or The Great Christ Comet Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem Christianity Today December 2015

Blogger The Huffington Post 2013-present CS Lewis and the Crises of Belief Article in Houses of Worship Wall Street Journal 28

November 2014 When Science Comes to Church Christianity Today online March 2014 How Nature and Beauty Can Bring Scientists and Theologians Together Theology and Science

9 number 4 (2011) 379-93 Peer-reviewed journal The Urgency of Strategic Breaks Cnbccom blog 27 April 2009 The Church of the Last Stop The Story of Bidwell Presbyterian Church Price H Gwynn Ill

Leadership Series Louisville Kentucky Geneva 2007 The Music and Message of U2 Co-written with Jim Coons TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2006 So Many People So Little Time The Challenge for Large Churches Congregations 2005 18-

21 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2005 Theology Matters Congregations Winter 2003 19-21 Do Creatures Make Themselves A Presbyterian Pastor Responds to Polkinghornes

Comments on Evolution Presbyterians Today 93 number 8 (October 2003) 13 The Sabbath Pastor Perspectives A Journal of Reformed Thought 17 number 2 (February

2002) 2-3

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Advisory board member Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds (REAL CHANGE) project A $215000 project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund and funded by Templeton Religion Trust Religion and Public Life Program Rice University 2017-18

The Interaction of Religion Science and Technology as a Global Issue California State University at Chicos Global Perspectices on Religon series 31 January 2017

Invited participant The Religion Among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) research presentation and book workshop Global research project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund Rice University Houston Texas 3-4 December 2015

Justice and Mercy Across Religions An interreligious discussion of Bryan Stevensons Just Mercy California State University at Chico 26 October 2015

Listening to Emerging Adults and Discerning the Future State of the Dialogue of Science and Religion Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Public Forum Berkeley CA 22 October 2015

Invited interlocutor Enhancing Life Project a $47 million grant program funded by the John Templeton Foundation and administered by the University of Chicago and Ruhr-University Bochum Germany Banff Canada 6-9 August 2015

Problems Facing the Science-Faith Dialogue with Emerging Adults Church and Culture section BioLogos Evolution and Christian Faith Conference 1 July 2015

The Present and Predicted Future State of the Science and Religion Dialogue Inaugural Meeting of the Theology Science and Religion Caucus Union Theological Seminary New York City 23 April 2015

Panelist Perceptions Science and Religious Communities a conference of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) Dialogue on Science Ethics a Religion(DoSER) Washington DC 13 March 2015

C S Lewis and Science Thurber Thursday American Church in Paris 25 September 2014 A Christian Spirituality of Beautiful Sustainable Simplicity CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2009 Say No to Ecological Abuse and Yes to Stewarding Gods Creation CSU Chico Sustainability

Conference November 2008 The Telos of Beauty A Common Quest for Theologians and Scientists Transdisciplinarity and

the Unity of Knowledge Metanexus Institute Conference on science and religion University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA June 2007

Assessing the Cases for Theistic Evolution 2006 JK Rusell Fellows Research Conference 15 September 2006

Calculating God Workshop for We Believe in God A Theology Convocation for the Whole Church Theology Worship and Discipleship Unit of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Pittsburgh PA 23-26 April 2003

Theological Issues in a Scientific Age Weekend Seminar for the Presbyterian Association on Science Technology and the Christian Faith Rocky Mountain Chapter Wheat Ridge Colorado 1-2 November 2002

Transforming Education and Keeping the Change Theological Students Forum Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton NJ 28 November 2001

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Constructing a Doctrine of Creation in a Scientific Age Learning from Karl Barth and Alfred North Whitehead theology section AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting Glen Mills PA March 2000

Founder and Director Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Churchs Distinguished Speaker Series 1997-2002 (speakers Wayne Muller Thomas Cahill Stephen Carter Peter Gomes George Gallup Jr Tommy Hilfiger)

Barth and Whitehead Must a Scientific Theology Choose Between Them The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Fifteenth Anniversary Forum Series The Graduate Theological Union Berkeley CA 2 October 1996

Making Sense of a Changing World The Development of a Theological Conception of the World Based on a Critical Reading of Karl Barths Early Theology Philosophy of Religion section AAR Western regional meeting San Diego CA March 1996

Panelist and Respondent to Sin Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters Founders Day Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary September 1995

Organizer (in cooperation with New College Berkeley and Radix Magazine) Jesus Film Festival Berkeley CA October 1994

Articles and Shorter Pieces

Science Theology and the Power of the Ring Response to Alister McGrathsA Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement Participatio The Journal of the Thomas F Torrance Theological Fellowship 2017 (7) 17-26

Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science Zygon Journal of Religion and Science Vol 51 no 3 (September 2016) 557-72 Peer-reviewed journal

Published Interview Colin Nicholl author or The Great Christ Comet Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem Christianity Today December 2015

Blogger The Huffington Post 2013-present CS Lewis and the Crises of Belief Article in Houses of Worship Wall Street Journal 28

November 2014 When Science Comes to Church Christianity Today online March 2014 How Nature and Beauty Can Bring Scientists and Theologians Together Theology and Science

9 number 4 (2011) 379-93 Peer-reviewed journal The Urgency of Strategic Breaks Cnbccom blog 27 April 2009 The Church of the Last Stop The Story of Bidwell Presbyterian Church Price H Gwynn Ill

Leadership Series Louisville Kentucky Geneva 2007 The Music and Message of U2 Co-written with Jim Coons TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2006 So Many People So Little Time The Challenge for Large Churches Congregations 2005 18-

21 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2005 Theology Matters Congregations Winter 2003 19-21 Do Creatures Make Themselves A Presbyterian Pastor Responds to Polkinghornes

Comments on Evolution Presbyterians Today 93 number 8 (October 2003) 13 The Sabbath Pastor Perspectives A Journal of Reformed Thought 17 number 2 (February

2002) 2-3

Cootsona page 4

Constructing a Doctrine of Creation in a Scientific Age Learning from Karl Barth and Alfred North Whitehead theology section AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting Glen Mills PA March 2000

Founder and Director Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Churchs Distinguished Speaker Series 1997-2002 (speakers Wayne Muller Thomas Cahill Stephen Carter Peter Gomes George Gallup Jr Tommy Hilfiger)

Barth and Whitehead Must a Scientific Theology Choose Between Them The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Fifteenth Anniversary Forum Series The Graduate Theological Union Berkeley CA 2 October 1996

Making Sense of a Changing World The Development of a Theological Conception of the World Based on a Critical Reading of Karl Barths Early Theology Philosophy of Religion section AAR Western regional meeting San Diego CA March 1996

Panelist and Respondent to Sin Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters Founders Day Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary September 1995

Organizer (in cooperation with New College Berkeley and Radix Magazine) Jesus Film Festival Berkeley CA October 1994

Articles and Shorter Pieces

Science Theology and the Power of the Ring Response to Alister McGrathsA Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement Participatio The Journal of the Thomas F Torrance Theological Fellowship 2017 (7) 17-26

Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science Zygon Journal of Religion and Science Vol 51 no 3 (September 2016) 557-72 Peer-reviewed journal

Published Interview Colin Nicholl author or The Great Christ Comet Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem Christianity Today December 2015

Blogger The Huffington Post 2013-present CS Lewis and the Crises of Belief Article in Houses of Worship Wall Street Journal 28

November 2014 When Science Comes to Church Christianity Today online March 2014 How Nature and Beauty Can Bring Scientists and Theologians Together Theology and Science

9 number 4 (2011) 379-93 Peer-reviewed journal The Urgency of Strategic Breaks Cnbccom blog 27 April 2009 The Church of the Last Stop The Story of Bidwell Presbyterian Church Price H Gwynn Ill

Leadership Series Louisville Kentucky Geneva 2007 The Music and Message of U2 Co-written with Jim Coons TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2006 So Many People So Little Time The Challenge for Large Churches Congregations 2005 18-

21 The Chronicles of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

TheThoughtfulChristiancom 2005 Theology Matters Congregations Winter 2003 19-21 Do Creatures Make Themselves A Presbyterian Pastor Responds to Polkinghornes

Comments on Evolution Presbyterians Today 93 number 8 (October 2003) 13 The Sabbath Pastor Perspectives A Journal of Reformed Thought 17 number 2 (February

2002) 2-3

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On Seeing Howard Finster in Manhattan regeneration 7 number 1 (March 2001) 43 Sanctifying Ministers in Prayer dialog 38 number 4 (Fall 1999) 260-3 The Deep Fault Line in Religion about Science Whitehead and Barth in the 21st Century

Science and Spirit 9 number 2 (May 1998) 20-23 Trinitarian Creation of a Complex World dialog 36 number 3 (Summer 1997) 175-9 Essays for The Everyday Study Bible Dallas Word 1996 Theological Profile of Ted Peters Catalyst 21 number 2 (February 1995) 4-5 Jesus the God of Justice and Compassion in Pasolinis The Gospel According to Matthew

Radix Magazine 23 number 1 (1994) 8-9 21

Reviews Lisa Sideris Consecrating Science Wonder Knowledge and the Natural World Journal for the

Study of Religion Nature and Culture 2018 (forthcoming) Nassim Nicholas Taleb The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable Books and

Culture 13 number 5 (SeptemberOctober 2007) 23 Ted Peters Playing God Second edition Science and Theology volume 1 number 2 (2003)

Peer-reviewed journal John Polkinghorne and Michael Welker The Ends of God and the End of the World Science and

Theology on Eschatology The Christian Century 2001 4 April 2001 25-27 William C Placher The Domestication of Transcendence How Modern Thinking About God

Went Wrong The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 29 number 2 (1998) 220-2 Margaret Wertheim Pythagoras Trousers God Physics and the Gender Wars CTNS Bulletin

16 number 2 (Spring 1996) 28-30 Wolfhart Pannenberg Toward a Theology of Nature edited by Ted Peters CTNS Bulletin 14

number 3 (Summer 1994) 19-21 Clark Pinnock and Delwin Brown Theological Crossfire Catalyst 18 Number 3 (March 1992) 2-3

Interviews and Television Appearances Interview on Nancys Bookshelf NSPR Radio Chico CA 5 March 2018 Interview on Nancys Bookshelf NSPR Radio Chico CA 21 November 2014 The Power of No NBC News Today show July 2009 Sermon on WorkLife Balance Business News Nightly July 2009 Interviews on Daxlecom Mcloughlin at Work KCHO USA Weekend March-July 2009 Today Wedding NBC News Today show 6 October 2006 middot Hometown Wedding NBC News Today show 16 September 2005 Young Dot-Commers Hit Really Early Midlife Crisis Wall Street Journal 15 November 2000 Higher Learning New York Magazine 2 August 1999 The New Church Social The New York Times 1 November 1998 End of the World CNN Network News 9 August 1994

Workshops Faculty Writing Group California State University at Chico Fall semester 2015 The Venice Summer School on Science and Religion Venice Italy 25-28 May 2010

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Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS) Funded by the John Templeton Foundation Cancun Mexico 18-22 January 2007

John Templeton Foundations Science and Religion Course Program Berkeley CA 7-11 June 1996

Languages (in descending order of competence) Primary French German Koine Greek Secondary Biblical Hebrew Attic Greek Latin Italian

Memberships

American Academy of Religion American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) BioLogos Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)

Service to University and Community Advisory Committee Member Engaging Scientists in the Science and Religion Dialogue

Project Dialogue on Science Ethics and Religion Program (DoSER) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2017-present

Advisory Board Member The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) to the Graduate Theological Union 2016-19

Advisory Counsel Member BioLogos 2016-19 Co-chair Science Technology and Religion Session American Academy of Religion 2015-2021 Founding Board Member The Thoughtful Christian Presbyterian Publishing Company 2005-08 Search Committee Member for DeanVice President for Academic Affairs Graduate Theological

Union 1995-6

Three References

Joel Zimbleman Professor and Acting Chair Comparative Religion and Humanities California State University Chico 530-898-3088 jzimblemancsuchicoedu

Ted Peters Professor of Systematic Theology 2770 Marin Ave Berkeley CA 94708 (510) 559-2734 tedfpetersgmailcom

Kathryn Sylvia Lecturer Political Science California State University Chico (530) 898-5737 ksylviacsuchicoedu