Hamilton, ON - The Canadian Scientific and Christian Affiliation

The CSCA Hamilton chapter has typically held events at McMaster Divinity College, and recently we expanded our venue to the wider community through association with MacNeill Baptist Church where we held our 2019-2020 lecture series. Since the COVID lockdowns, all of our events have been online and are easily accessible from this page. Our events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Coming Up

Here is a list of upcoming science-faith events. We aim to include as many details here as early as possible. Local CSCA chapter events are listed here with a teal background. Events that officially apply to multiple CSCA chapters (nearby or not) are in orange. Online ASA local chapter events, including live-streams, are in blue. As a courtesy, we also occasionally list non-CSCA events of interest in grey. Missing infomation (e.g. time, location) means that these details are still TBA. If you would like to submit something to be listed here, please contact our Digital Media and Communications Specialist.

Diving Deeper Discussion (Online)

May 11 2024

Graeme Finlay & Basil Favis
"God’s Gift of Science: Theological Presuppositions Underlying Exploration of the Natural World"

Saturday | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT | Zoom

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Diving Deeper Discussion (Online)

Jun 08 2024

Arie Leegwater
"Dead Chemists Do Tell Tales: The Religious Shaping of Chemical Knowledge"

Saturday | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EDT | Zoom

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Non-CSCA Conference of Interest

ASA/CSCA Annual Meeting (Conference)

Jul 26 2024

CSCA/ASA 2024
"One Body, Many Gifts: The Diversity of Divine and Human Endeavor"

Fri, Jul 26 - Mon, Jul 29 | The Catholic University of America

620 Michigan Ave NE, Washington, DC 20064, United States

More Info.Facebook Event Submissions due Feb 10

Past Events

Apr 13, 2024 - Ben McFarland: "The Irreducible Novelty of Chemistry in Natural History."
Apr 12, 2024 - Kathy Belicki: "Memory’s Characteristics and the Differences Among the Resurrection Accounts: Lessons from the Memory Wars."
Mar 22 - 23, 2024 - TWU (Faculty of Science; School of Nursing) / CSCA: "Planetary Health: Protecting and sustaining the well-being of our ecosystems."
Mar 09, 2024 - Derek Schuurman: "Virtue and Artificial Intelligence." (Watch Video)
Mar 01, 2024 - Janet Warren: "Science and Christianity: Not What, but Who and How We Know."
Feb 10, 2024 - Alexander Massman & Keith R. Fox: "Modifying Our Genes: Theology, Science and "Playing God." (Watch Video)
Jan 27, 2024 - Elaine Howard Ecklund: "Why Science and Faith Need Each Other in These Times." (Watch Video)
Jan 27, 2024 - "Winter Symposium Watch Party."
Jan 13, 2024 - William Horst: "Did the New Testament Authors Believe the Earth is Flat?." (Watch Video)

Nov 17, 2023 - John Wood (and celebration committee): "CSCA 50th Anniversary Year-End Event." (Watch Video)
Nov 11, 2023 - Andrew Loke: "The Origin of Humanity and Evolution: Science and Scripture in Conversation." (Watch Video)
Oct 14, 2023 - Janel Curry and Dorothy Chappell: "Women in the American Scientific Affiliation: Past, Present, and Future.." (Watch Video)
Oct 13, 2023 - Alan Dickin: "Did Joshua Really Fight the Battle of Jericho? A Reassessment of the Scientific Evidence." (Watch Video)
Jul 29, 2023 - Donna Strickland: "Science Studies the Question: How? Religion Wonders About the Question: Why?."
Jul 28 - 31, 2023 - CSCA/ASA 2023: "Moving Forward Together: The Future of Science and Faith."
Jul 08, 2023 - Robert Mann and Janet Warren: "ASA 2023/50th Anniversary of CSCA: "Moving Forward Together: The Future of Science and Faith."."
Jun 10, 2023 - Randy Isaac, Stephen Freeland, & John Wood: "Rethinking Abiogenesis: Part III, Meaning in the Light of Complexity, Information, and Simplification." (Watch Video)
May 13, 2023 - Ethan J. Brue, Derek C. Schuurman, Steven H. VanderLeest, Dominic Halsmer: "A Christian Field Guide to Technology for Engineers and Designers." (Watch Video)
May 11, 2023 - Derek Schuurman: "Perspectives on Progress: Technological Visions and Illusions."
Apr 08, 2023 - Erin I. Smith: "Neuroscience and Self in Interdisciplinary Dialogue." (Watch Video)
Mar 26, 2023 - James Peterson: "Is MAiD Making a Bed We Want to Sleep In?." (Watch Video)
Mar 11, 2023 - D. Gareth Jones: "An Anatomist Considers Overflow at the Boundaries of Being a Person." (Watch Video)
Feb 26, 2023 - Gary Partlow, Emeritus Professor, U of Guelph: "A Christian Scientist in a Secular University: My faith journey and what provided encouragement and understanding along the way." (Watch Video)
Feb 17, 2023 - John W. Hilber: "Does the Bible Lie? Accommodation and Cosmology."
Feb 11, 2023 - William Lane Craig: "In Quest of the Historical Adam: A Biblical and Scientific Exploration." (Watch Video)
Jan 28, 2023 - Walter Kim (speaker), Jessica Moerman (respondent): "Scientists and the Church." (Watch Video)
Jan 14, 2023 - Beth Stovell and Matthew Morris: "Taxonomic Theology: An Interdisciplinary Approach to a Biblical and Biological Theology of Naming." (Watch Video)

Dec 10, 2022 - Tony Jelsma: "An Attempt to Understand the Biology of Gender and Gender Dysphoria: A Christian Approach." (Watch Video)
Dec 01, 2022 - E. Janet Warren: "Mental 'Illness': Evaluating Medical, Biblical, and Psychological Approaches." (Watch Video)
Nov 26, 2022 - Rebecca Dielschneider: "Vaccines, Faith, and Trust." (Watch Video)
Nov 18, 2022 - Joseph Vybihal: "Evidence of Siloing Thought in Social Media." (Watch Video)
Nov 12, 2022 - Justin Barrett: "Thriving With Stone Age Minds: Evolutionary Psychology, Christian Faith, and the Quest for Human Flourishing." (Watch Video)
Nov 03, 2022 - Ewan Goligher: "If People Matter, Should We Cause Their Death? Revisiting the Ethics of Physician-Assisted Death."
Oct 27, 2022 - Alynne MacLean: "Do Missionaries Wear Lab Coats? Celebrating What God Is Doing in Medical Mission Work Around the Globe."
Oct 14, 2022 - John Wood & Janel Curry: "ASA Leadership Transition Celebration." (Watch Video)
Sep 30, 2022 - Colin Campbell & Herb Gruning: "How on Earth Does God Work in the World?: The Doctrine of Providence After Physics." (Watch Video)
Jul 29 - Aug 01, 2022 - ASA / CSCA: "What Is a Human? Flourishing as a Person."
Jun 08 - 09, 2022 - Wycliffe / CSCA / CMDA / Apologetic Canada / Christ Church Toronto / Physicians for Life: "What Does it Mean to be Human? Scientific, Theological, and Moral Dimensions."
May 26, 2022 - Bill Jordan: "A Christian Approach to Sustainable Engineering." (Watch Video)
Apr 09, 2022 - Patrick Franklin: "Theodicy and the Historical Adam: Questioning a Central Assumption Motivating Historicist Readings." (Watch Video)
Mar 24, 2022 - Mark Strand: "The Health Benefits of Forgiveness."
Mar 19, 2022 - Providence University College & Theological Seminary: "In Him All Things Hold Together: Integrating Knowledge, Pursuing Vocation, Building Up the Body."
Feb 25, 2022 - David Chettle: "Limits on Knowing in Science and the Christian Faith." (Watch Video)
Jan 29, 2022 - Philip Yancey: "God, Science, and the Pandemic with Lessons from John Donne." (Watch Video)
Jan 21, 2022 - Edward Berkelaar: "Creation Care in an Age of Planetary Boundaries." (Watch Video)
Jan 08, 2022 - Terry Gray: "Pronuclear Environmentalists: An Introduction to Ecomodernism." (Watch Video)

Dec 11, 2021 - Peter Bussey: "How Might God Have Guided Evolution? Scientific and Theological Viewpoints." (Watch Video)
Nov 18, 2021 - Erin I. Smith: "Leveraging Psychological Science to Improve Science-Faith Communication." (Watch Video)
Nov 12, 2021 - Rebecca Dielschneider: "Science Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic." (Watch Video)
Oct 28, 2021 - Annabelle Pratt: "Modernizing the Electric Grid: Why and How." (Watch Video)
Oct 22, 2021 - Alan Dickin : "What Can Genetics Tell Us About the Origins of Adam and Human Civilization?." (Watch Video)
Jul 29 - Aug 01, 2021 - ASA / CSCA / Henry Center: "ASA 2021: The Gift of Scientia, the Body of Christ, and the Common Good: Scientists and Theologians Working Together."
Jun 12, 2021 - Judy Toronchuk, Janet Warren, & Randy Isaac: "Dec. 2018 PSCF Issue on Addiction." (Watch Video)
May 28, 2021 - Hamilton Planning Committee: "Reflections on Science and Faith."
May 26, 2021 - cal-diel-22: "Vaccine Hesitancy: Christian Reasons & Responses." (Watch Video)
May 08, 2021 - Sarah Lane Ritchie & Randy Isaac: "Divine Action and the Human Mind." (Watch Video)
Apr 10, 2021 - Rebecca Dielschneider & Randy Issac: "Vaccine Hesitancy: Christian Reasons and Responses." (Watch Video)
Mar 25, 2021 - Roger Wiens: "Mars Exploration and the Search for Life in the Universe." (Watch Video)
Mar 13, 2021 - Randy Issac: "September 2020 PSCF on the Global Food Chain." (Watch Video)
Feb 24, 2021 - E. Janet Warren: "Book launch: All Things Wise and Wonderful." (Watch Video)
Jan 30, 2021 - Francis Collins: "Winter Symposium." (Watch Video)

Nov 19, 2020 - Frank Robinson: "Asymptomatic Racism: The Silent Contagion of Hatred in Us All." (Watch Video)
Nov 13, 2020 - Heather Prior: "All Generations: A Personal Story of Inheritance." (Watch Video)
Oct 17, 2020 - Bryan Dik: "Leading Lives of Purpose: The Science of Discerning Your Calling and Work for a Lifetime." (Watch Video)
Oct 16, 2020 - Bryan Dik: "Leading Lives of Purpose: The Science of Discerning Your Calling and Work for a Lifetime." (Watch Video)
Jul 25, 2020 - ASA / Emerging Scholars Network: "Growing in Your Vocation as a Science Professional: Online Early Career Mini-Conference." (Watch Video)
Jul 20 - 26, 2020 - ASA / CSCA: "ASA 2020 Summer Something Series." (Watch Video)
May 08, 2020 - Isaiah Ritzmann: "Technology: Progress or Prudence?." (Watch Video)
Apr 25, 2020 - John Wood, John Pohl, Patrick Franklin: "ASA member assembly meeting." (Watch Video)
Apr 24, 2020 - John Wood, John Pohl, Patrick Franklin: "ASA member assembly meeting." (Watch Video)
Jan 31, 2020 - Janet Warren: "I do the things I do not want to do: Commonalities between addiction and sin."

Dec 06, 2019 - Dirk Windhorst: "Is Technology a Threat to Education? George Grant in the Light of John Dewey."
Nov 29, 2019 - Derek Schuurman: "The Challenges of Transhumanism: Discerning a Christian Response."
Nov 08, 2019 - Robert Mann: "A Finely Tuned Universe."
Nov 08, 2019 - "Annual General Meeting (AGM)."
Oct 25 - 26, 2019 - Canadian-American Theological Association / CSCA, ASA, BioLogos, Northeastern Seminary: "God’s Wisdom and the Wonder of Creation: Exploring the Intersection of Scripture, Theology, and the Sciences."
Oct 18, 2019 - John Bonnet: "The Pursuit of History and Beauty by Other Means: Some Thoughts on the Potential for a Digital Theology."
Sep 25, 2019 - Alister McGrath: "Einstein's God: A Theory of Everything (That Matters)."
Sep 19, 2019 - Travis Kroeker: "Technology as Principality: The Elimination of Incarnation."
Jul 19 - 22, 2019 - American Scientific Affiliation / CSCA: "Annual Meeting 2019: Exploring Creation."
Mar 29, 2019 - Rudy Eikelboom: "The Strange Story of the Pigs: The Place of Humans and Animals in Creation."
Mar 08, 2019 - Alan Dickin: "Un-Creation, Re-Creation, Creation: A New Theory for the Origins of Genesis 1."
Feb 01, 2019 - Bob Geddes: "Science & Faith in 19th Century Canada: Sir J. William Dawson and the Psalms."

Nov 09, 2018 - CSCA AGM, Featuring Patrick Franklin: "Science as a Missional Enterprise." (Watch Video)
Oct 24, 2018 - Luke Janssen: "Facts or Faith? Reconciling Science & God."
Jun 21, 2018 - Arnold Sikkema: "Faith and Academics."
May 11 - 14, 2018 - CSCA 2018: "From Sea to Sea … to Sky! Science and Christianity in Canada." (Watch Video)
Apr 27, 2018 - Colin Campbell: "Providence and Physical Law."
Mar 21, 2018 - Elisabeth Gedge: "Living Entanglement and Revisionist Ecotheology."
Feb 23, 2018 - Milton Friesen: "Religion & Science: Conspiring Together for Good."
Jan 31, 2018 - Janet Warren: "Alternative Medicine: A Christian Perspective."

Dec 01, 2017 - Dennis Venema: "Adam and the Genome: What Our DNA Says (and Doesn't Say) about Our Origins."
Oct 30, 2017 - Don Wallar: "Dual Revelation."
Jun 14, 2017 - Chris Barrigar: "Freedom All The Way Up: God and the Meaning of Life in a Scientific Age."
Apr 21, 2017 - John Findlay: "End-of-Life Legislation."
Mar 31, 2017 - Daniel Rudisill: "Teaching Science/Religion in a Non-University Setting." (Watch Video)
Mar 03, 2017 - Derek C. Schuurman: "Responsible Automation: Faith and Work in an Age of Intelligent Machines." (Watch Video)
Jan 27, 2017 - Luke Janssen: "Adam & Eve: Genesis Versus Genetics, and the Impact on Christian Theology." (Watch Video)

Nov 11, 2016 - Arnold Sikkema: "Quantum Physics and Christianity." (Watch Video)
Oct 14, 2016 - Leslie Wickman: "Christians & Climate Change."
Sep 23, 2016 - Janet Warren, Paul Fayter, Gordon Murray: "Playing God? After 3.7 billion years of life, have we opened Pandora’s Box?." (Watch Video)
Apr 29, 2016 - Philip Wood: "Christianity and Engineering."
Apr 01, 2016 - Lydia Kapiriri: "East African Health Ethics."
Feb 26, 2016 - Robert Mann: "Time and Eternity."
Jan 30, 2016 - Denis Alexander: "Are We Slaves to Our Genes?."