Notre Dame theologian to lead year-long study on evolution/human nature | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Liquid error: internal Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame theologian to lead year-long study on evolution/human nature Notre Dame theologian to lead year-long study on evolution/human nature Published: October 05, 2011 Author: Liquid error: internal University of Notre Dame theologian Celia Deane-Drummond has been chosen to lead a research team of theologians and scientists in residence at Princeton University for the 2012-13 academic year, to address questions of nature and nurture raised by the biological evolution of human beings. Deane-Drummond, along with Dominic Johnson of the University of Edinburgh, will serve as senior research fellows for the Center of Theological Inquiry (CTI) to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue for its “Inquiry on Evolution and Human Nature.” CTI will assemble of team of 12 other scholars in the fields of evolutionary biology, psychology, anthropology, religious studies and philosophy of science. With Deane-Drummond and Johnson leading the inquiry team, the project has at its helm two interdisciplinary scholars whose expertise span biology, theology and political science. Each holds two doctorates –Deane-Drummond in theology and plant physiology, and Johnson in evolutionary biology and political science “Theological understandings need to face the challenge of science, but also within those theological traditions there is a wisdom that has relevance to how science is developing,” says Deane-Drummond, whose research seeks to bridge the gap between her two disciplines with publications including “Genetics and Christian Ethics,” “Ecotheology” and “Christ and Evolution.” “It’s not just a one-way process of theology trying to come to terms with the explosion in scientific and biological knowledge; it’s also what theological perspective might have to say to the way the science is developing.” Contact: Celia Deane-Drummond, Celia.Deane-Drummond.1@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn