During the current triennium, the SciTech&Faith Committee is currently active in four areas, with a subcommittee for each: (1) Genetically Engineered Foods, (2) Creation, (3) Genomics and Nanotechnology, and (4) the Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Church. (URL )
The G.E. Foods Subcommittee presented a national conference in January 2001 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City. Members are preparing an edited proceedings of the conference and a series of educational pamphlets and tapes on this and other related topics to distribute to the wider church, through publishing arms of the dioceses and the national church. Members have been invited to address the Executive Council Committee on National Concerns later this year on pressing issues of food security, local, national, and international. To learn more about the activities of this subcommittee, contact the Chairperson,Ms. Susan Youmans.
The Subcommittee on Creation has completed a draft of its Statement of Mission and Goals, which will be presented and finalized when the SciTech&Faith Committee meets in April in Louisville. This subcommittee seeks to promote greater knowledge and understanding of the Christian doctrine of creation, particularly in its Anglican expression. Neglect of this area of theological understanding during the past few decades has led to an educational void that has been filled largely by conservative evangelical and fundamentalist voices presenting a limited and inadequate understanding of creation. To learn more about the activities of this subcommittee, contact the Chairperson, Dr. Robert Schneider.
The Subcommittee on Genomics and Nanotechnology co-presented a symposium and public talk by Bill Joy last February at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco. Joy is Chief Scientist and Corporate Executive Officer of Sun Microsystems. His talk is available in videostreaming at the website of the Counterbalance Foundation, a co-presenter of the event. Here's the link, www.meta-library.net/gnr.index-frame.html, Joy talk. To learn more about this subcommittee, contact the Chairperson, The Rev. Mark Winward.
The Subcommittee on the Ecumenical Roundtable on Science, Technology and the Church is planning the program for the 2002 meeting of the Roundtable, to be hosted by the delegation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The Rev. Dr. Edward Gleason, Editor and Director of Forward Movement Publications, will address a plenary session, sharing his wide experience with publishing educational materials for use by ordinary parishioners. (See announcement above.) This subcommittee is also arranging the venue for the 2003 Roundtable, to be hosted by the Episcopal delegation, the SciTech&Faith Committee. For further information, contact the Chairperson, the Rev. Barbara Smith-Moran, S.O.Sc. The Rev. Barbara Smith-Moran, S.O.Sc.
