Answering a scientist’s prayer for a hopeful future

I remember that a religious expert once told me that there was no career way to become a professor of religion and science, and perhaps a part of it is just in understanding that such a career will not be supported.

This problem of funding is the same as scientists have fought in the past years, but never as today.

Today, most of the work under religion and science is mostly done on a voluntary basis, with some of the key supporters of John Templeon Foundation and Lily Endowment. These funders have been primarily identifying educational research at an interesting intersection where curiosity, beliefs and scientific knowledge are found.

This does not have to say that other groups, such as the Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology, have not played their role in supporting science and supporting science in Pew. In today’s current Real Political and Funding Discussions, it seems that more work is needed.

In our central feature this month, Leslie Weekman and Beth Revis have identified another clear but disturbing fact – less than 16 % of the research fellow of science and religion organizations are women. What does it say about women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) or about female religious experts and priests? How could we lose this, but completely clear truth?

This month’s issue is dedicated to many arrogant women (Ahmed, some who served in the LAFST steering committee). These women who have met in writing about faith and science in the last 20+ years, have volunteered for countless hours, have taken courageous steps to connect their scientific work with faith, and more importantly, they can help others and when they can help.

One such woman, Grace Wolf Chase, I met my eldest son on a winter day in Edler Planettrium. We both compared notes at the time to make our family life work and try our best to ‘impress’ the next generation. It was often difficult to cooperate in the sciences for dialogue with religious leaders, and now we have gone at a time when science support is left behind.

This month, in the Clerk Letter Project News Letter, Wolf Chase wrote about the potential losses due to the National Science Foundation and NASA on the proposed budget related to science and science education. Now she works at the planet’s institute, which has been largely funded by the NSF and NASA. These budget debates mean that some scientists will be forced to change their careers, and some of them will likely be women who are standing at the top in their field. Choosing is often one of the family’s care.

The American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS) has created a R&D Dashboard Submitting budget cuts in various agencies including NIH, NOAA, US Geological Survey. Most of what is being carved is focused on public engagements and education. At the AAS annual meeting last month, many people were disappointed with the current state of turmoil from Washington.

“The changing land renovation in the United States has created confusion, anger, uncertainty and anxiety among the members of our community,” Joseph Francisco, the chair of the AAS board, told the participants. These feelings are true. “

In this group, which has a separate unit dedicated to faith and science, dozer, has taken numerous steps to deal with these fears. The vision for American science and technology, or the wider, is focused on the global 21st -century 21st -century American science and technology enterprise with solid policy tips.

Another group is Stemum (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) Opportunities Alliance, which is a network of more than 260 partners around the United States that will develop the capacity of organizations and organizations so that they can add 20 million new steam workers to the US economy by 2050. Scientific Enterprise.

These efforts to maintain the progress in diversity in recent years. Look. And while scientists themselves may feel that they need a challenge to go through this complex time, but the question remains as to what we can do in the faith and the science community to support scientists in our parties and communities that can struggle to see and listen to this unprecedented time in our history.

I am sure that we listen to the first, secondly, to reach our lawmakers, and thirdly, our concerns should be discussed in public as much as possible – maybe in our own parties or public places.

I think more priests are being called to offer uncertainty at this time. And for those who have long been going on with or without funds, new characters will need to be in response.

Now let’s take your part to help find a solution as the future depends on it – because it happens.