Robert John Russell is founder and Director of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS). He is also the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU). He has written and edited extensively on possible scientific mechanisms of Christian belief. Russell is an ordained minister in the

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. He received a

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in physics from the

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, a

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in physics from Stanford University, an

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in physics from

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, and an M.A. in Theology and an M. Div. from

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. Russell taught physics at Carleton College and science and religion with Ian Barbour for several years before joining the GTU in 1981. His wife, Charlotte, is an associate minister at First Congregational Church,

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From 1984 to the present, Robert John Russell has published papers exploring consonance and dissonance between modern physics, evolutionary biology and Christian theology. He is the Principal Investigator of "STARS: Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series". In ''God’s Action in Nature’s World: Essays in Honour of Robert John Russell'', 15 writers on the interaction between theology and science analysed their views of Russell’s contribution to the subject.

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* * * ;Editor * ;Coeditor *'' Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action'' (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2002) *''Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments'' (Eerdmans, 2002) *'' Theology and Science'' (journal)

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CTNS Website

Graduate Theological Union Website

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