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 Theology. 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 Heidelberg 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) Religious Studies 241/Philosophy 204: Science and Religion. Religious Studies 180: Introduction to Religion. Religious Studies 100: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 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, Germany. 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 Spirituality 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 Alfred North Whitehead," theology section, AAR Mid-Atlantic regional meeting, Glen Mills, PA, March 2000 Founder and Director, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church's