Residence USA Name Karl Giberson Citizenship Canadian Role Physicist | Nationality Canadian Doctoral advisor Barry Dunning | |
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Books The Anointed, Oracles of science, The Language of Scienc, Species of Origins, Saving Darwin |
Clip 5: Is God visible in nature? (Templeton Foundation)
Karl Willard Giberson (born May 13, 1957) is a physicist, scholar, and author specializing in the creation-evolution debate (see Creation-evolution controversy). He has held a teaching post since 1984, written several books, and been a member of various academic and scientific organizations. He formerly served as vice president of the BioLogos Foundation.
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- Clip 5 Is God visible in nature Templeton Foundation
- Clip 2 Why did you stay religious Templeton Foundation
- Education
- Career
- Published works
- Books
- References

Clip 2: Why did you stay religious? (Templeton Foundation)
Education
Giberson holds two Bachelor's degrees (in Philosophy and in Physics/Math) from Eastern Nazarene College, and both a Master's degree in Physics and a PhD in Physics from Rice University.
Career
Giberson was a member of the faculty at his alma mater, Eastern Nazarene College, from 1984 to 2011. In that time, he taught courses on physics, astronomy, and science and religion, as well as directing the Honors Scholar Program. His strong support for evolution made him increasingly controversial and played a role in his departure in 2011.
Giberson is also a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA). He co-directed the Venice Summer School on Science and Religion, and has lectured on science and religion at Oxford University, the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Sicily, and various colleges and universities in the United States. In 2006, he was invited to speak at the Vatican on "America's Ongoing Hostility to Darwinism" and at the Harvard Club of New York in 2008. In early 2009, Giberson became the Executive Vice President of The BioLogos Foundation, founded by Francis Collins. He served briefly as president before leaving the foundation in 2011 to further pursue his passion for writing.
In 2012, Giberson became a faculty member at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, where he presently serves as Scholar-in-Residence in science and religion.
In 2013, Giberson was elected to the International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR).
Published works
Giberson is a contributing editor to Books & Culture, where he has published many essays on science. He was the founding editor of Science & Theology News, the leading publication in the field until it ceased publication in 2006, and editor-in-chief of Science & Spirit from 2003-2006 for the John Templeton Foundation.
Giberson has published over two hundred articles, reviews, and essays, both technical and popular. In addition to blogging regularly at the Huffington Post, Giberson has written for The New York Times, Salon.com, Discover, Perspectives on Science & Faith, CNN.com, Quarterly Review of Biology, Weekly Standard, Christian History, Christianity Today, Zygon, USA Today and other publications. He has appeared on many radio shows including NPR's Talk of the Nation.
His essay "Say it Ain't So: America's Ongoing Hostility to Religion" appears in the college reader What Matters in America.