Nancey Murphy

Nancey Murphy (born 12th June 1951) is an American philosopher and theologian who is Senior Professor of Christian Philosophy at Fuller Theological Seminary (FTS), Pasadena, CA .

She is a member( and former chair) of the Board of Directors of the Center for Theology and National Science (CTNS) . She is also a member of the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Society of Christian Philosophers (SCP). She was an advisor to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and serves on the planning committee of the Vatican Observatory.
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Nancey is an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren.

Her first book *Theology in the Age of Scientific Reasoning * (1990) won the American Academy of Religion award for excellence.

Degrees
B.A. Philosophy and Psychology from Creighton University (CU) in 1973
Ph.D. Philosophy and Science from University of California in 1980
Th.D. Theology from Graduate Theology Union (GTU) in 1987 Recognition
1998 Alumnus of the year for C U
1999 J.K. Russel Fellow at the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
2006 Alumnus of the year for GTU

Nancey joined the faculty at FTS in 1989. She is still there over 30 years later.
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Nancey’s research interests focus on the role of modern and postmodern philosophy in shaping Christian Theology on relations between theology and science, and relations among neuroscience, philosophy of mind and Christian anthropology.

She is a prolific writer. She has written 10 books and co-authored 11 volumes. She has written chapters for books and articles for Journals and magazines. ( See ‘Among her many publication are’, ‘Bio’, ‘Career’ and ‘Books’ plus Amazon)
Nancey also serves as an editorial advisor for numerous publishers and journals.

Nancey is highly sought after as a speaker at inter/national conferences on philosophy and the relationship between theology and science.

In 2007 the * Los Angeles Magazine* include her in the list of *100 most influential people.

Sources
AAAS
Amazon
Center for Theology and the natural Science
Fuller seminary
Wikipedia