Science and Religion in Education

“The whole volume offers a transformative framework for science and religion to flourish in education, and I heartily agree. I hope it finds its way on to reading lists for trainees … . this is a field-leading contribution to science and religion studies and practice that will only be surpassed through the continuing exercise of interdisciplinary teamwork of the same excellent quality.” (Stephen Thompson, Science & Christian Belief, Vol. 33 (1), 2021)

Berry Billingsley is Professor of Science Education and leads the LASAR (Learning about Science and Religion) research team at Canterbury Christ Church University. Her interests include students' ideas about the nature of science and more broadly, developing strategies to support the development of epistemic insight, young people's engagement in science, artificial intelligence, Big Questions bridging science, religion and the wider humanities and the communication of science and technology news in the media. Equipped with a physics degree, Berry's first career was with the BBC where she produced and presented television and radio programmes including BBC World Service's 'Science in Action', BBC TV's 'Tomorrow’s World' and BBC Education's 'Search out Science'. She then travelled to Australia, to become a senior project manager with the Department of Education. She regularly publishes in science education.

Keith Chappell is Research Fellow in the Learning AboutScience and Religion team at the Canterbury Christ Church University. He has previously taught biological sciences at the University of Reading and the University of Derby. As well his interests in biology he writes in the field of theology and religious studies, having been a Las Casas scholar at Blackfriars Hall, Oxford studying Christian social teaching. He is a visiting lecturer at the Maryvale Institute, Birmingham and Liverpool Hope University. He is also a theological advisor to the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales. In addition to science and religion he is engaged in research in the sociology of religion and the philosophy of biology.

Michael J Reiss is Professor of Science Education at UCL Institute of Education, Visiting Professor at the Universities of Kiel, York and the Royal Veterinary College, Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association and of the College of Teachers, Docent at the University of Helsinki, a Fellow of the Academy of SocialSciences and a Priest in the Church of England. He is President of the International Society for Science & Religion and of the International Association for Science and Religion in Schools and has research and consultancy interests in science education, bioethics and sex education.