Goshen College

Conference on Religion and Science

March 6-8, 2026

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The Future of Spirituality:
From Temples to Toolkits

What comes after the world we’ve known? As religious affiliation shifts, technologies reshape our inner lives, and communities search for trustworthy sources of meaning, the future of spirituality has never felt more urgent – or more open. This three-lecture series brings the best of contemporary science and humanities into conversation with lived spiritual practice.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Dr. Wesley Wildman portrait photoDr. Wesley J. Wildman
Professor of Philosophy, Theology, and Ethics, and of Computing and Data Sciences, Boston University

Dr. Wesley Wildman is a scholar, educator, and nonprofit leader whose work spans philosophy of religion, philosophical theology, ethics, religion and science, and computational social science.

PUBLIC LECTURES

Two of the lectures are free and open to the public:

  • Resilient, Reimagined, or Relegated? Challenges facing traditional religion
    7:30 pm, Friday, March 6, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room
  • Shaping the Sacred? Understanding and designing spiritual experiences
    10:30 am, Saturday, March 7, College Mennonite Church – Koinonia Room

Registered participants will:

  • Take part in the third lecture, Spiritual Journeys beyond Religion? Purpose, virtue, meaning, and belonging (10 a.m. Sunday, March 8)
  • Join the registrant-only conference sessions, including respondent reactions and discussions with the lecturer,
  • Take all meals together, including the Saturday evening conference banquet in an Amish home restaurant, with lively informal interaction!
  • Receive readings ahead of the conference, and access to recordings of lectures and discussions after the conference.

Students registered for the conference are full participants in all of these activities. Additionally, students will take part in a student-only discussion session with the conference speaker (1 p.m. Saturday, March 7). 

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Location

The conference will take place in and around the College Mennonite Church-Chapel on the campus of Goshen College. Parking will be in the lot south of the Church-Chapel.

1900 South Main Street
Goshen, Indiana 46526

Conference Registration

About the Conference

Questions? Contact us.

Paul Meyer Reimer
Professor of Physics, Department Chair
[email protected]