Analytical philosophy of religion is engaged in an intensive exchange with the natural sciences. Key discoveries of the 20th and 21st centuries – for example in physics and biology – have brought fundamental philosophical and theological questions into sharp relief once again. Concepts of time and space, randomness and regularity, and the discussion about a possible multiverse challenge classical ideas of God as well as considerations of human freedom and providence.

Against this backdrop, the Centre for Philosophy and Theology of Religions addresses current questions at the interface between faith and science: What is the relationship between modern physics and human freedom? How can God's work be conceived in a biological world characterised by contingency? And what theological consequences arise from the possibility of extraterrestrial life?

From 2 March to 8 May 2026, the Centre is organising a public online lecture series as part of the online Master's programme ‘Philosophy, Theology and Religions (PhilTeR)’. International researchers from Europe and North America will be giving the individual lectures. The lectures will take place via Zoom and some of them will also be broadcasted on YouTube.

A registration is required.

Monday, March 2^nd, at 6 P.M. C.E.T.
God, Relativity and Free Will
(Prof. Jeff Koperski, Saginaw State Valley University, Michigan)

Friday, March 20^th, at 6 P.M. C.E.T.
Multiverses and the Problem of Evil
(Prof. Klaas Kraay, Toronto Metropolitan University)

Monday, April 13^th, at 6 P.M. C.E.T.
The Fate of Religions if Aliens Arrived
(Prof. Olli-Pella Vaino, Helsinki)

Friday, May 8^th, at 6 P.M. C.E.T.
Open Theism & Risk Management
(Prof. R.T Mullins, Lucerne and Biologist Dr. Emanuela Sani, PhD, University of Glasgow)