Past Conferences
Our annual conference brings together leading academics and practitioners in the scientific, technological, religious and, theological fields. Contributors have included many of the world's leading scientists, theologians, philosophers and historians. As can be seen from the list of past conferences below, we have considered many topics. We meet at various venues around the United Kingdom and our Conferences attract around 100 people.
A report on each of the conferences from 2003 onwards is available by clicking on the year in the list below.
2010, Edinburgh, Is Religion Natural? (Joint with ESSSAT)
2009, Cambridge, Evolving Darwinism: From Natural Theology to a Theology of Nature.
2008, LIverpool, Matter and Meaning: Is Matter Sacred or Profane?
2007, Canterbury, Theology, Evolution and the Mind.
2006, Manchester, Creation and the Abrahamic Faiths.
2005, Oxford, Einstein, God and Time. Jointly organised with the Ian Ramsey Centre (Faculty of Theology) and the Clarendon laboratory (Dept of Physics).
2004, Exeter, Faith, Values and the Scientific Enterprise.
2003, Birmingham, The Place of Humans in the Universe; World Faiths Perspectives.
Pre-2003 conferences:
| Year | Place | Title |
| 1976 | Windsor | Man's responsibility for nature |
| 1977 | Leeds | Science and Religion, partners in education |
| 1978 | Bristol | God's action in the world |
| 1979 | Cambridge | Technology was made for man - and man for? |
| 1980 | Manchester | New perspectives on man |
| 1981 | Oxford | The theologians take account of developments in science |
| 1982 | Guildford | Cosmos and Creation - the physicists' view |
| 1983 | Durham | The challenge of socio-biology to ethics and theology |
| 1984 | Canterbury | From artificial intelligence to human consciousness |
| 1985 | Oxford | In the beginning: the science and pseudo-science of creation |
| 1986 | Nottingham | Science & religion: philosophical and historical aspects of the dialogue |
| 1987 | Winchester | Wholeness and holiness: Freud, Jung and God |
| 1988 | Liverpool | Tradition and authority in science and religion |
| 1989 | Hoddesdon | "Could do better" Educational perspectives on Science and Religion |
| 1990 | Hoddesdon | God, Time and the New Physics |
| 1991 | Durham | God's Action in the World |
| 1992 | Durham | Science and Religion: from feud to reconciliation |
| 1993 | Hoddesdon | Questions about Ecology |
| 1994 | Hoddesdon | What goes wrong? The public perception of Science and Religion |
| 1995 | Chester | Objections to Christian Belief and how to counter them |
| 1996 | Hoddesdon | Contours of Ecology: religious faith and issues in ecology today (joint meeting with the British Ecological Society) |
| 1997 | Leeds | Religion in an age of Science (John Mason Conference at the British Association Festival of Science) |
| 1998 | Chester | Genetics - Technology and Theology |
| 1999 | Durham | Human Significance and Modern Cosmology |
| 2000 | Cambridge | What is means to be human: theological and scientific voices in conversation |
| 2001 | London | The Public Understanding of Science and Religion (Held in conjunction with the British Association Annual Meeting) |
| 2002 | Chester | Good God? Science, Evil, and Religion |
