Research Profile
My research areas are on the methodological and conceptual interactions between Christian Trinitarian theology and the natural sciences and mathematics. This includes the resurrection of Jesus and the eschatological transformation of the cosmos in light of contemporary science; theistic evolution and non-interventionist objective divine action in light of science.
Teaching Profile
I regularly teach doctoral and seminary courses as a faculty member of the Graduate Theological Union where I am the Ian G. Barbour Professor of Theology and Science in Residence. Courses include introductory classes in science and religion for advanced M. Div. students and specialized doctoral seminars in theology and science on selected frontier topics.
Selected Publications
Time in Eternity: Pannenberg, Physics and Eschatology in Mutual Interaction (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 2012)
Cosmology from Alpha to Omega: Theology and Science in Creative Mutual Interaction, (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2008)
Physics and Cosmology: Scientific Perspectives on the Problem of Natural Evil, Nancey Murphy, Robert John Russell, and William R. Stoeger, S. J., eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications: Berkeley: Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 2007)
Resurrection: Theological and Scientific Assessments, Ted Peters, Robert John Russell, and Michael Welker, eds. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002)
Quantum Physics: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Robert John Russell, Philip Clayton, Kirk Wegter-McNelly, and John Polkinghorne, eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, and Berkeley, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 2002). Distributed in the U.S. by University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana.
The Neurosciences and the Person: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Robert John Russell, Nancey Murphy, Theo Meyering and Michael Arbib, eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, and Berkeley: The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1999). University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana.
Evolution and Molecular Biology: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Robert John Russell, William R. Stoeger, S. J. and Francisco J. Ayala, eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, and Berkeley: The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1998). University of Notre Dame Press.
Chaos and Complexity: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Robert John Russell, Nancey Murphy and Arthur R. Peacocke, eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, and Berkeley: The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1995). University of Notre Dame Press.
Quantum Cosmology and the Laws of Nature: Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action. Robert John Russell, Nancey Murphy and C.J. Isham, eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory Publications, and Berkeley: The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1993) Distributed in the U. S. by University of Notre Dame Press.
Physics, Philosophy and Theology: A Common Quest for Understanding. Robert John Russell, William Stoeger, S. J., and George Coyne, S.J., eds. (Vatican City State: Vatican Observatory, 1988). University of Notre Dame Press.
Contact
Phone: (01) 510-848-8152
Website: http://www.gtu.edu/academics/faculty-directory/m/russell-robert-gtu
Email: rrussell@ctns.org
