The Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (ITEST) is an association of theologians, scientists, technology specialists, clergy, teachers, students, and others committed to a Catholic world view in which faith and science collaborate in exploring the truth. ITEST explores truth theologically in the wisdom traditions of the human community and in the data studied in the sciences.
Latest episodes
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ITEST Webinar The New Genetic Medicine (April 18, 2026)
The New Genetic Medicine: Miraculous Cures, Ethically Challenging Advances, or Both?This webinar was presented on April 18, 2026Our presentersFr. Kevin FitzGerald, SJ, PhD, PhDThe…
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ITEST Webinar: Can AI Have a Soul? What Theology, Psychiatry, and Science Fiction Say (February 7, 2026)
Robert Kurland, Ph.D.Can AI Have a Soul? What Science Fiction SaysDr. Robert Kurland, a convert to Catholicism in 1995, is a retired physicist who has applied magnetic resonance to…
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ITEST Webinar Why the Unborn Matter with Randal Mandock and Francis Etheredge (December 6, 2025)
In this webinar sponsored by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Randal Mandock and Francis Etheredge present on Why the Unborn Matter. Our present…
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ITEST Webinar Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence: The MagisAI App (October 18, 2025)
In this webinar hosted by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology and the Magis Center, Fr. Robert J. Spitzer introduces the Magis AI app. Fr. Robert J.…
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ITEST Webinar The Holy See and the United Nations: The International Conference on Population & Development (C…
The Holy See and the United Nations: The International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994) as a Case StudyPresenters:Jane Adolphe, LLB/BCL/JCL/JCD Dr. Jane F. Ad…
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ITEST Webinar Bioethics & AI as Human Flourishing: Where Catholic & Orthodox Social Teaching meet in One Chris…
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, ITEST presents a webinarentitled "Bioethics & AI as Human Flourishing: Where Catholic & Orthodox Social Teaching meet in…
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ITEST Webinar AI and Sin: Medieval Robots and the Theology of Technology (April 5, 2025)
In this webinar entitled AI and Sin: Medieval Robots and the Theology of Technology, hosted by the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Dr. Chris Reilly…
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ITEST Webinar on The Anthropic Principle with Dr. Bob Kurland and Dr. William M. Briggs (February 22, 2025)
Bob Kurland's Slide LinksIn all protein functions, parts of the proteins bind loosely to other parts of the protein and thus form appropriate structures that are essential to their…
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ITEST Webinar Christ, Science, and Reason (November 16, 2024)
Christ, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and Miracles. Our presentersChrist, Science, and Reason: What We Can Know about Jesus, Mary, and MiraclesFr. Robert…
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ITEST Webinar Brain and Artificial Intelligence: A Tale of Two Computers, but Only One Made in the Image of Go…
In this ITEST webinar, Dr. Rob Koons and Dr. Terrence Lagerlund deliver talks on Brain and Artificial Intelligence: A Tale of Two Computers, but Only One Made in the Image of God (…
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ITEST Webinar A New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas (August 17, 2024)
In this ITEST webinar entitled "A New Understanding of Quantum Mechanics: Back to Aristotle and Aquinas" Dr. Robert Kurland, Kenneth Francis, and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, discuss…
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ITEST Webinar Abortion Pill Reversal - Truth or Fiction (June 8, 2024)
ABORTION PILL REVERSAL – TRUTH OR FICTION?Abortion Pill Reversal - Truth or Fiction? - Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology (faithscience.org)OUR PRESENT…
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ITEST Webinar How Does Social Media Affect Children (April 13, 2024)
In this webinar of the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology, Sr. Marysia Weber, RSM, and Dr. Kevin Powell, discuss the effects of social media on childre…
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ITEST Webinar Teaching Research Processes Webinar (February 24, 2024)
WILLIAM BADKE - ENGAGING FACULTY IN TEACHING RESEARCH PROCESSESWilliam Badke grew up in Kelowna, BC, Canada. After completing a B.A. at the University of British Columbia in 1971 a…
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ITEST Webinar "Bridging the Chasm: Quantum Mechanics and Christian Spirituality" (December 16, 2023)
In this ITEST Webinar "Bridging the Chasm: Quantum Mechanics and Christian Spirituality," Dr. Bob Kurland and Dr. Terrence Lagerlund (December 16, 2023)BRIDGING THE CHASM: HOW QUAN…
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ITEST Webinar "Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible" with Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, and Dr. Tom…
ITEST Webinar entitled "Science, Reason, and Faith: Discovering the Bible" with Fr. Robert J. Spitzer, SJ, and Dr. Tom Sheahen (December 2, 2023)Built into our very nature is a des…
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ITEST Webinar Education and Evangelization in the Age of AI: Promise and Perils (November 18, 2023)
In this episode of I Thought You'd Like to Know This, Too, the Institute for Theological Encounter with Science and Technology presents Greg Miller and Dr. Sebastian Mahfood, OP, i…
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ITEST Webinar Principles of Change with Dr. Kristina Olsen, OCDS (November 4, 2023)
In this webinar, D. Kristina Olsen, OCDS, talks about Principles of Change: Teresa of Avila’s Carmelite Reform and Insights from Change Management (November 4, 2023)Dr. Olsen's boo…
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ITEST Webinar Surviving Abortion Inside and Out (October 21, 2023)
DR. PATRICK CASTLELIFE Runners President & FounderREAL HEALTHCARE DEFENDS LIFE AT ALL STAGESABSTRACTDid you know that Hippocratic Oath specifically forbids abortion and euthanasia?…
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ITEST Webinar Science at the Doorstep to God (September 23, 2023)
In this ITEST Webinar, "Science at the Doorstep to God," Fr. Robert Spitzer presents on his latest book, Science at the Doorstep to God, which is an especially important book at th…