Gregory S. Cootsona California State·University, Chico Phone:530-898-5661 400 West First Street [email protected] Chico, CA 95928

Professional Experience Lecturer. Comparative Religion and Humanities Department (CORH). California State University at Chico, 2014 to present Co-director. Science for the Church (nonprofit organization). 2019 to present Research Associate Professor of . School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA, 2015 to present Director. Chico Triad on Philosophy, Theology, and Science. Chico, CA 2006 to present Associate Pastor for Adult Discipleship. Bidwell Presbyterian Church, Chico, CA, 2002-2014 Adjunct Professor of Philosophy. Butte College. Oroville, CA, 2005-07 Associate Pastor of Program Development. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. New York, NY, 1996-2002 Adjunct Assistant Professor. Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 2000 Lecturer. Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Berkeley, CA, 1995

Education Ph. D., 1996, Graduate Theological Union, Systematic and Philosophical Theology and the Philosophy of Religion Post-graduate study, 1991-92, Universities of TObingen and M. Div., 1991, Princeton Theological Seminary (Specialization: New Testament) B. A., 1984, University of California, Berkeley (Comparative Literature: French, Attic Greek)

Instruction (at Calfornia State University at Chico, unless otherwise noted) 241/Philosophy 204: Science and Religion. Religious Studies 180: Introduction to Religion. Religious Studies 100: , , and Religious Studies 180/English 130i (U Course): Introduction to Religion and Academic Writing Religious Studies 180/Political Science 155 (U Course): Introduction to Religion and Introduction to American Government. Religious Studies 264: Death, Dying, and the Afterlife Humanities 222: Arts and Ideas: Modern Humanities 300: Great Books and Ideas: Transcendence and Human Knowledge. The Dream of America. Philosophy 16: Western Religions. Butte College. Spring 2005-7

Books and Book Chapters or Entries Chapter in Festschrift for Gunter Thomas. God's Presences. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2020 (forthcoming) Cootsona, page 2

Negotiating Science and Religion in America: Past, Present, and Future. Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge, 2020. Entries in Connections: A Lectionary Preaching and Worship Resource. Louisville, KY: Westminister John Knox, 2019. "Science and the Sensus Divinitatis: The Promise and Problem of the Natural Knowledge of God." Connecting Faith and Science: Philosophical and Theological Inquiries. Claremont: Claremont School of Theology Press, 2018. Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults. Downers Grove, Illinois: lnterVarsity Press, 2018. Chapter in Theologians and Philosophers Using Social Media: Advice, Tips, and Testimonials. San Diego: SacraSage Press, 2017. C. 5. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian. Louisville: WestminsterJohnKnox, 2014 The Time for Yes: Enjoying What's Best in Life, Work, and Love. Self-published through CreateSpace,2012 Say Yes to No: Using the Power of No to Create the Best in Life, Work, and Love. New York: Doubleday, 2009 "California." The Brill Dictionary of Religion. Leiden: Brill. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2007 Creation and Last Things: At the Intersection of Theology and Science. Foundations of Christian Faith. Charles Wiley, general editor. Louisville: Geneva, 2002 God and the World: A Study in the Thought ofAlfred North Whitehead and Karl Barth. International Theology, number 6. Jurgen Moltmann, Michael Welker, William Schweiker, editors. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 2001 "Kalifornien" (California). Metzler Lexikon Religion. 3 vols. Christoph Auffarth, Jutta Bernard, Silvia Kurre and Hubert Mohr, editors. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler, 1999

Fellowships, Grants, Awards, and Other Recognition Project Leader. "Science and Theology for Emerging Adult Ministries," a $2 million grant project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, 2016-2019 Project Leader. "Assessment of Scientists in Congregations," a $150,000 grant project funded by the John Templeton Foundation and the Blankemeyer Foundation, 2018 Project Leader. "Science for Students and Emerging, Young Adults," a $170,000 planning grant project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, 2014-15 Onsite Co-Project Leader. "Scientists in Congregations," a $2 million grant project funded by the John Templeton Foundation, 2010-14 "Outstanding in the Field" Alumus/a. Princeton Theological Seminary's Alumi/ae magazine, lnSpire. Winter 2008: 42-43 Local Societies Initiative Grant for the Chico Triad on Philosophy, Theology, and Science. Metanexus Institute, 2005-8 Project Leader. "Toward the Public Advancement of Scholarly Research into the Interaction of Theology and Science." American Academy of Religion/Western Region Mini-Grant 2004 Project Leader. "Becoming Sabbath: A Study of Spiritual Retreat Centers in our Western Technological Society." Lilly Endowment Clergy Renewal Program Grant, 2001 Project Leader. "Creating a Training Model for Adult Christian Education based on the Center for Christian Studies." The Louisville Institute General Grant Program, 1999 Cootsona, page 3

Chan Essay Award. Graduate Theological Union, 1992 Leadership Development Scholarship. World Council of Churche~, 1992 Hibingen Excha·nge Fellowship. Princeton Theological Seminary, 1991

Papers, Lectures, Panels, and Participation at Professional Meetings "Contours of the Future for Science and Religion." Paper presented to the Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion Seminar at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. San Diego. 23 November 2019. Respondent. JK Russell Fellowship event. Paper presented by Joshua M. Moritz, "What has Science to Do with Youth Ministry?" Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. 13 April 2019. "Bringing Mainstream Science to Church." Paper presented to the Science, Technology, and Religion program unit at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Denver. 17 November 2018. "The World of Karl Barth's Second Edition of The Epistle to the Romans." Paper presented to the Karl Bath Society of North America at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion. Denver. 17 November 2018. Advisory board member. "Reaching Evangelical American Leaders to Change Hearts and Minds (REAL CHANGE)" project. A $215,000 project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund and funded by Templeton Religion Trust. Religion and Public Life Program, Rice University. 2017-18. "The Interaction of Religion, Science and Technology as a Global Issue." California State University at Chico's Global Perspectices on Religon series. 31 January 2017. Invited participant. The Religion Among Scientists in International Context (RASIC) research presentation and book workshop. Global research project directed by Elaine Howard Ecklund. Rice University. Houston, Texas. 3-4 December 2015. "Justice and Mercy Across Religions." An interreligious discussion of Bryan Stevenson's Just Mercy. California State University at Chico. 26 October 2015. "Listening to Emerging Adults and Discerning the Future State of the Dialogue of Science and Religion." Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Public Forum. Berkeley, CA. 22 October 2015. Invited interlocutor. "Enhancing Life Project," a $4. 7 million grant program, funded by the John Templeton Foundation and administered by the University of Chicago and Ruhr-University Bochum, . Banff, Canada, 6-9 August 2015. "Problems Facing the Science-Faith Dialogue with Emerging Adults." Church and Culture section. BioLogos Evolution and Christian Faith Conference, 1 July 2015. "The Present and Predicted Future State of the Science and Religion Dialogue." Inaugural Meeting of the Theology, Science and Religion Caucus. Union Theological Seminary. New York City, 23 April 2015. Panelist. "Perceptions: Science and Religious Communities," a conference of American Association for the Advancement of Science's (AAAS) Dialogue on Science, Ethics, a Religion(DoSER). Washington, DC, 13 March 2015. "C. S. Lewis and Science." Thurber Thursday. American Church in Paris. 25 September 2014 "A Christian of Beautiful, Sustainable Simplicity." CSU Chico Sustainability Conference, November 2009 Cootsona, page 4

"Say No to Ecological Abuse and Yes to Stewarding God's Creation." CSU Chico Sustainability Conference, November 2008 "The Telos of Beauty: A Common Quest for Theologians and Scientists." "Transdisciplinarity and the Unity of Knowledge," Metanexus Institute Conference on science and religion, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, June 2007 "Assessing the Cases for Theistic Evolution." 2006 JK Rusell Fellows Research Conference, 15 September 2006 "Calculating God." Workshop for "We Believe in God: A Theology Convocation for the Whole Church." Theology, Worship, and Discipleship Unit of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Pittsburgh, PA, 23-26 April 2003 "Theological Issues in a Scientific Age." Weekend Seminar for the Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith Rocky Mountain Chapter. Wheat Ridge, Colorado, 1-2 November 2002 "Transforming Education and Keeping the Change." Theological Students' Forum. Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, 28 November 2001 "Constructing a Doctrine of Creation in a Scientific Age: Learning from Karl Barth and ," theology section, AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting, Glen Mills, PA, March 2000 Founder and Director, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church's Distinguished Speaker Series, 1997- 2002 (speakers: Wayne Muller, Thomas Cahill, Stephen Carter, Peter Gomes, George Gallup, Jr., Tommy Hilfiger) "Barth and Whitehead: Must a 'Scientific' Theology Choose Between Them?" The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Fifteenth Anniversary Forum Series, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 2 October 1996 "Making Sense of a Changing World: The Development of a Theological Conception of the World Based on a Critical Reading of Karl Barth's Early Theology." Philosophy of Religion section, AAR Western regional meeting, San Diego, CA, March 1996 Panelist and Respondent to Sin: Radical Evil in Soul and Society by Ted Peters, Founders Day, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, September 1995 Organizer (in cooperation with New College Berkeley and Radix Magazine), "Jesus Film Festival," Berkeley, CA, October 1994

Articles and Shorter Pieces "Mere Christianity, Mainstream Science, and Emerging Adults." God and Nature. Fall 2018. "Science, Theology, and the Power of the Ring." Response to Alister McGrath's 'A Manifesto for Intellectual Engagement."' Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship 2017 (7): 17-26. "Some Ways Emerging Adults Are Shaping the Future of Religion and Science." Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science. Vol. 51, no. 3 (September 2016): 557-72. Peer-reviewed journal. Published Interview. Colin Nicholl, author or The Great Christ Comet: Revealing the True Star of Bethlehem. Christianity Today December 2015. Blogger. The Huffington Post. 2013-18. "C.S. Lewis and the Crises of Belief." Article in Houses of Worship. Wall Street Journal. 28 November 2014. Cootsona, page 5

"When Science Comes to Church." Christianity Today online. March 2014 "How Nature and Beauty Can Bring Scientists and Theologians Together." Theology and Science 9, number 4 (2011): 379-93. Peer-reviewed journal. "The Urgency of Strategic Breaks." Cnbc.com blog. 27 April 2009 "The Church of the Last Stop: The Story of Bidwell Presbyterian Church." Price H. Gwynn Ill Leadership Series. Louisville, Kentucky: Geneva, 2007 "The Music and Message of U2." Co-written with Jim Coons. TheThoughtfulChristian.com, 2006 "So Many People, So Little Time: The Challenge for Large Churches." Congregations 2005: 18- 21 "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." TheThoughtfulChristian.com, 2005 "Theology Matters." Congregations Winter 2003: 19-21 "Do Creatures 'Make Themselves'? A Presbyterian Pastor Responds to Polkinghorne's Comments on Evolution." Presbyterians Today 93, number 8 (October 2003): 13 "The Sabbath Pastor." Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought 17, number 2 (February 2002): 2-3 "On Seeing Howard Finster in Manhattan." re:generation 7, number 1 (March 2001): 43 "Sanctifying Ministers in Prayer." dialog 38, number 4 (Fall 1999): 260-3 "The Deep Fault Line in Religion about Science: Whitehead and Barth in the 21st Century?" Science and Spirit 9, number 2 (May 1998): 20-23 "Trinitarian Creation of a Complex World." dialog 36, number 3 (Summer 1997): 175-9 Essays for The Everyday Study Bible. Dallas: Word, 1996 Theological "Profile" of Ted Peters. Catalyst 21, number 2 (February 1995): 4-5 "Jesus the God of Justice and Compassion in Pasolini's The Gospel According to Matthew." Radix Magazine 23, number 1 (1994): 8-9, 21

Reviews Alister McGrath. A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God. Christianity Today on line. January 2020 Antony Alumkal. Paranoid Science: The Christian Right's War on Reality; Nova Religio May 2020 Olli-Pekka Vainio, Cosmology in Theological Perspective: Understanding Our Place in the Universe; Journal of Inkling 9: 223-225 Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable; Books and Culture 13, number 5 (September/October 2007): 23 Ted Peters, Playing God? Second edition; Science and Theology, volume 1; number 2 (2003). Peer-reviewed journal. and Michael Welker, The Ends ofGod and the End of the World: Science and Theology on Eschatology; The Christian Century 2001, 4 April 2001: 25-27 William C. Placher, The Domestication of Transcendence: How Modern Thinking About God Went Wrong; The Princeton Seminary Bulletin 29, number 2 (1998): 220-2 Margaret Wertheim, Pythagoras' Trousers: God, Physics, and the Gender Wars; CTNS Bulletin 16, number 2 (Spring 1996): 28-30 Wolfhart Pannenberg, Toward a Theology ofNature, edited by Ted Peters; CTNS Bulletin 14, number 3 (Summer 1994): 19-21 Cootsona, page 6

Clark Pinnock and Delwin Brown, 'rheological Crossfire; Catalyst 18, number 3 (March 1992): 2-3

Interviews and Television Appearances Interview and podcast on Conversing with Mark Labberton, President of Fuller Seminary, "Science and Christian Faith," http://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/series/conversing, 2020 upcoming Interview and podcast on To the Best of Our Knowledge with Charles Monroe Kane "What Does It Really Mean to Be a Born Again Christian?" https://www.ttbook.org, 15 September 2018 Interview on "Nancy's Bookshelf' with Nancy Wiegman on Mere Science and Christian Faith: Bridging the Divide with Emerging Adults. NSPR Radio, www.mynspr.org, 21 March 2018, Interview on "Nancy's Bookshelf' with Nancy Wiegman on C. S. Lewis and the Crisis of a Christian. NSPR Radio, www.mynspr.org, 5 March 2018 Interview on "Nancy's Bookshelf" with Nancy Wiegman on religion and rationality. NSPR Radio, www.mynspr.org, 21 November 2014 "The Power of No," NBC News, Today show, July 2009 "Sermon on Work/Life Balance," Business News Nightly, July 2009 Interviews on Daxle.com, Mcloughlin at Work, KCHO, USA Weekend, March-July 2009 "'Today' Wedding," NBC News, Today show, 6 October 2006 "Hometown Wedding," NBC News, Today show, 16 September 2005 "Young Dot-Commers Hit Really Early Midlife Crisis," Wall Street Journal, 15 November 2000 "Higher Learning," New York Magazine, 2 August 1999 "The New Church Social," The New York Times, 1 November 1998 "End of the World," CNN Network News, 9 August 1994

Workshops Faculty Writing Group. California State University at Chico. Fall semester 2015. The Venice Summer School on Science and Religion. Venice, Italy. 25-28 May 2010 Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS). Funded by the John Templeton Foundation. Cancun, Mexico. 18-22 January 2007 · John Templeton Foundation's Science and Religion Course Program, Berkeley, CA, 7-11 June 1996

Languages (in descending order of competence) Primary: French, German, Koine Greek Secondary: Biblical Hebrew, Attic Greek, Latin, Italian

Memberships American Academy of Religion American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Bio Logos Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Christians in the Visual Arts (CIVA)

Service to University and Community Cootsona, page 7

Co-chair. Religion, Science, and Technology program unit. American Academy of Religion, Western Region. 2019-present Co-chair. Science, Technology, and Religion. American Academy of Religion. National. 2015- 2021 Advisory Board Member. Sinai and Synapses. 2019-present Advisory Committee Member. "Engaging Scientists in the Science and Religion Dialogue" Project. Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion Program (DoSER). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). 2017-present Advisory Board Member. The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) to the Graduate Theological Union. 2016-19 Advisory Counsel Member. Biologos. 2016-19 Founding Board Member. The Thoughtful Christian. Presbyterian Publishing Company, 2005-08 Search Committee Member for Dean/Vice President for Academic Affairs. Graduate Theological Union, 1995-6

References Joel Zimbleman. Professor Emeritus. Comparative Religion and Humanities. California State University, Chico. 530-898-5351, [email protected] Ted Peters. Professor of Systematic Theology. 2770 Marin Ave, Berkeley, CA 94708. (510) 559- 2734, [email protected] Elaine Howard Ecklund. Herbert S. Autrey Chair in Social Sciences. Rice University, Department of Sociology, MS-28, 6100 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892, (713) 348-6761, [email protected]