Spring 2025
Natural Science and Christian Belief/Naturvetenskap och kristen tro
Course in Swedish, hybrid-format (online/in place)
It starts the 15th of January, so register as soon as possible!
See the schedule below.

During the spring of 2025, Nordic Network is together with The Fjellstedtska School in Uppsala co-organizing a course on “Natural Science and Christian Belief”. It is possible to participate either online or “on location” in Uppsala. Several members of our network will participate as teacher. Note that it begins Wednesday the 15th of January, so be sure to register as soon as possible.

The course leader is dr Martin Sahlén, researcher and associate professor in astrophysics at Uppsala university and a member of the steering committee of the network.

(Note that the course will be held in Swedish.)

Open for all backgrounds, no compulsory examination.

The course sessions will take place on Wednesdays from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM on the following dates: January 15, January 29, February 12, February 26, March 12, March 26, and April 9. (The last date is somewhat tentative.)
The themes for the different lectures are:

January 15, 2025, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
The Church, Theology, and Science – A Historical Overview
Per Starke, theologian, historian of ideas, and author

January 29, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
The Modern Dialogue Between Science and Religion
Marina Hannus, Doctor of Theology

February 12, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Miracles, Divine Action, and the Historical Jesus
Ulf Jonsson, Professor of Philosophy of Religion

February 26, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Biology and Evolution in Dialogue with Theology
Christoffer Skogholt, PhD candidate in Philosophy of Religion

March 12, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Physics, Astronomy, and Cosmology in Dialogue with Theology
Patrik Adlarson, Associate Professor of Physics, and Martin Sahlén, Associate Professor of Astronomy

March 26, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Theology of Science for the Present – Constructive Syntheses and Practices
Ingrid Malm Lindberg, PhD in Philosophy of Religion and priest in the Church of Sweden; Sara Wrige, PhD in Engineering and priest in the Church of Sweden, among others

April 9, 6:30 PM–8:30 PM
Contemporary Trends: What Is a Human? Consciousness, the Soul, AI, and Transhumanism
Stefan Lindholm, Lecturer in Systematic Theology and Philosophy of Religion