Karl E. Peters is a Professor Emeritus of Religion at Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, and former adjunct professor of philosophy,

University of Hartford The University of Hartford (UHart) is a private university in West Hartford, Connecticut. Its main campus extends into neighboring Hartford and Bloomfield. The university attracts students from 48 states and 43 countries. The university and it ...

, Hartford, CT and adjunct professor of religion and science,

Meadville Lombard Theological School The Meadville Lombard Theological School is a Unitarian Universalist seminary in Chicago, Illinois. History Meadville Lombard is a result of a merger in the 1930s between two institutions, a Unitarian seminary and a Universalist seminary. M ...

, Chicago. He also is the former editor and then co-editor of Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science, and is a founder, organizer, and first President of the University Unitarian Universalist Society in central Florida. His scholarly research and teaching focuses on issues in science and religion, including the concept of God and evolution, epistemology in science and religion, world religions and the environment, and religious and philosophical issues in medicine. Peters has been for many years a member and lecturer at the

Institute on Religion in an Age of Science The Institute on Religion in an Age of Science (IRAS) is a non-denominational society that promotes and facilitates the ongoing dialectic between religion and science. The Institute has held annual week-long conferences at Star Island in New Hampsh ...

where he has been active in the development of

Religious Naturalism Religious naturalism combines a naturalist worldview with ideals, perceptions, traditions, and values that have been traditionally associated with many religions or religious institutions. "Religious naturalism is a perspective that finds religi ...

. He has six times served as co-chair of the annual conference. *2014 - Science and Religion in a Globalizing World *2011 - Doing Good, Doing Bad, Doing Nothing: Scientific and Religious Perspectives *2005 - Varieties of Spiritual Transformation: Scientific and Religious Perspectives *1997 - The Evolution of Morality *1992 - Global Ecology and Human Destiny *1986 - Free Will: Is It Possible and Is it Desirable? *1978 - The Future of the Child: Religious and Scientific Perspectives Peters' current focus in on developing a Christian Religious Naturalism.

Major publications

*''Dancing With the Sacred: Evolution, Ecology, and God'' - Trinity Press International, 2002, *''Spiritual Transformations: Science, Religion, and Human Becoming'' - Augsberg Fortress - eBooks Account, 2008, * Video - Beginning Reflections of One Unitarian Universalist on Cloning and Genetic Technologies

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peters, Karl E. Religious naturalists Living people University of Hartford faculty Rollins College faculty Presidents of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science Year of birth missing (living people)