International Society for Science and Religion

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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is a learned society established in 2001 for the purpose of the promotion of education through the support of inter-disciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion conducted where possible in an international and multi-faith context.^[1] The Society took shape after a four-day conference in Granada, Spain.^[2]

1 Membership
- 1.1 Varieties of faith tradition
- 1.2 Secretariat
2 Opposition to intelligent design
3 See also
4 Notes & References

[edit] Membership

Membership is through nomination by existing members only. There were 97 founding members, including five Fellows of the Royal Society.^[3]

[edit] Varieties of faith tradition

Although many of the founders of the ISSR are Christians, the society actively welcomes members from other faith traditions. The book Why the Science and Religion Dialogue Matters produced by the society has major contributions from:^[4]

John Polkinghorne, George Ellis, Holmes Rolston III and Fraser Watts (who are Christians), on why the science and religion dialogue matters
Carl Feit on Judaism
Munawar Anees on Islam
B.V. Subbarayappa on Hinduism
Trinh Xuan Thuan on Buddhism
Heup Young Kim on Asian Christianity

[edit] Secretariat

The society’s central office is based at St. Edmund's College at the University of Cambridge.^[5] The Executive Secretary is Dr Christopher Knight.^[6]