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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning authors for the 2023 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion.

Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, we seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially if they have the potential to take the field in new directions.

For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: https://www.issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize/

ISSR is pleased to have awarded the following authors the 2023 ISSR Book Prize on Science and Religion:

In the academic category, the prize went to Jonathan Topham for Reading the Book of Nature: How Eight Bestsellers Reconnected Christianity and the Sciences on the Eve of the Victorian Age from the University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo173082681.html#:~:text=This%20series%20of%20eight%20works,beyond%20all%20expectations%2C%20the%20series

https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/143/professor-jon-topham

In the general readership category, the prize went to Andrew Briggs and Michael Reiss for Human Flourishing: Scientific Insight and Spiritual Wisdom in Uncertain Times from Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/human-flourishing-9780198850267?cc=us&lang=en&

https://andrewbriggs.org/

https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48389-michael-reiss

In the category for professionals and educators, the prize went to Donovan Schaefer for Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin from Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-experiment

https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/people/donovan-schaefer

Joining the Discussion are John Hedley Brooke, Russell Re Manning, Josh Reeves, Megan Ulishney, and the chair, Fraser Watt.

ISSR was established with a global and multi-faith perspective. 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 ISSR In Conversation.

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

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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the 2024 ISSR Boyle Lecture Discussion with the Lecturer (David Fergusson) and Respondent (Fiona Ellis), joined by Dr Joanna Leidenhag, Dr Russell Re Manning, and ISSR Prof President Niels Gregersen as chair. These Discussions aim to go beyond the Lecture and push the Lecturer to reflect on and engage with thoughts on or related to their Lecture with thoughts and reflections from the panel.

What you are about to watch (or listen to) was recorded live after the YouTube Premiere of the Boyle Lecture on 06 March 2024, with the Boyle Lecture recorded on 12 February 2024 at St Mary-le-Bow Church in London. The Lecturer for 2024 was The Very Revd Professor David Fergusson, OBE, FRSE, FBA, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland and Dean of the Order of the Thistle, on “Is religion natural?” This year's Response was from Professor Fiona Ellis, Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Centre for Practical Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at the University of Roehampton, London.

If you haven’t yet watched the 2024 ISSR Boyle Lecture, I would recommend you watch that first. You can click the link on the screen, follow the link in the "playlist," or this link here:

https://youtu.be/LLbDObghLvk?si=UObd2...

The Boyle Lectures and other ISSR content are available on your favourite podcast app:

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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 thank St Mary-le-Bow, the Parish Council, and the Boyle Lecture Trustees for their continued support and guidance.

The first Live Discussion occurred in 2021 after the late Tom McLeish’s Boyle Lecture had to be put online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Attracting a large audience, Tom’s Lecture and Discussion helped cement the Lecture and this post-lecture discussion as an annual online feature of the Boyle Lectures and ISSR’s commitment to offering the public stimulating discussions on academic topics at the intersection of science and religion.

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:

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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to present the 2024 Boyle Lecture, which was given by The Very Revd Professor David Fergusson, OBE, FRSE, FBA, Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge, Dean of the Chapel Royal in Scotland and Dean of the Order of the Thistle, with the Lecture titled

“Is religion natural?”

The Response was given by Professor Fiona Ellis, Professor of Philosophy, and Director of the Centre for Practical Philosophy, Theology, and Religion at the University of Roehampton, 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, learn, and enjoy this most prestigious lecture series.

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 for the promotion of education through interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields 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