{"id":951,"date":"2005-09-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-15T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=951"},"modified":"2005-09-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-15T04:00:00","slug":"emu-forms-science-and-religion-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2005\/emu-forms-science-and-religion-society\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU Forms Science and Religion Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"174\" align=\"left\" alt=\"SASS\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/general\/images\/sass.gif\" \/> Those who seek to plow straight rows and grow healthy crops in the fields of science and religion often encounter many rocks and other obstacles in their path. <\/p>\n<p> A group of EMU faculty from a cross-section of departments are seeking to improve growing conditions in this arena by forming  the Shenandoah Anabaptist Science Society (SASS) for constructive engagement of science and religion. <\/p>\n<p> The group has received a three-year, $15,000 matching grant administered by the the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metanexus.net\/local_societies\/default.html\" target=\"_blank\">Metanexus Institute Local Societies Initiative<\/a>, a Philadelphia, Pa.-based organization, with funding from the John Templeton Foundation. <\/p>\n<p> One of the SASS organizers is Kenton T. Derstine, director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/seminary\/cpe\/\">Clinical Pastoral Education<\/a> (CPE) at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/seminary\/\">Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/a>. He said that the Metanexus funds &#8220;will be used to support ongoing study and discussion groups, bring outside speakers on the subject to campus, support publications that emerge from the group&#8217;s work, organize conferences and provide other forms of outreach in the larger Shenandoah Valley area.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> Events and special presentations &#8220;will be open to all interested people from the broader community,&#8221; Derstine said. <\/p>\n<p> Another steering commmittee member, Roman J. Miller, professor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/biology\/\">biology<\/a> at EMU, said the Society &#8220;will provide resources and a formal context to encourage the integration of Christian faith &#8211; particularly in its Anabaptist expression and convictions concerning peacemaking and service.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The Society will help deepen our faculty&#8217;s collaborative work across departments and disciplines as well as provide opportunities for students to benefit both from ongoing discussions and outside resource persons brought to campus,&#8221; Dr. Miller said. &#8220;We expect that students will gain important practical experience in helping with the organizational work and in learning more about major real-world issues at the intersection of science and Christian faith,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" vspace=\"5\" hspace=\"5\" height=\"157\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Whatever Happend to the Soul\" src=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/news\/images\/soul.jpg\" \/> Society activities have started over the Thursday noon hour in the east dining room with a weekly discussion of the book, &#8220;Whatever Happened to the Soul: Scientific and Theological Portraits of Human Nature,&#8221; by Nancey Murphy and others. Discussion leaders are Theodore (Ted) Grimsrud and Christian Early of EMU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/\">Bible and religion<\/a> department. The book&#8217;s author  will be on campus Oct. 27 to interact with faculty, students and community persons. <\/p>\n<p> SASS membership is open to EMU students, faculty and staff and community persons, including faculty and students from neighboring academic institutions. Membership dues are $5 for students and $10 for others. For more information, contact Ann G. Hershberger of the EMU <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/nursing\/\">nursing<\/a> department, (432-4190 or <a href=\"mailto:hershbea@emu.edu\">hershbea@emu.edu<\/a>) or Kenton T. Derstine of the seminary (<a href=\"mailto:hershbea@emu.edu\">432-4565<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:derstine@emu.edu\">derstine@emu.edu<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who seek to plow straight rows and grow healthy crops in the fields of science and religion often encounter many rocks and other obstacles in their path. 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