local societies initiative...

In 2004, The Center for Process Studies began a new program: "Dialogues Concerning Science and Natural Religion." Funded jointly by the Metanexus Institute's Local Societies Initiative and the Helios foundation, the program's goal is to promote discussion between science and religion, using process thought as a bridge between the two fields. This program is explicitly focused on promoting fruitful interaction in the local community. The Dialogues consist primarily of three major public conferences...

1. Religious Interpretations of Evolutionary Biology (2004)
   

2. Quantum Physics, Process Philosophy, and Matters of Religious Concern (2005)
   

3. Cosmology and Philosophy in Dialogue:  Fundamental Philosophical Issues in Recent Cosmology and their Religious Significance (2006)