Dr. George L.
Murphy
538 Cynthia Lane, Tallmadge,
Ohio 44278
(330) 633-4376 (home) or (330) 836-9327 (office)
gmurphy@raex.com
EDUCATION
- B.S. in physics from Ohio
University, 1963
- Ph.D. in physics from Johns
Hopkins, 1972.
- M.Div.
from Wartburg Seminary, 1983.
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
- Teaching and research in
departments of physics at Luther
College, The University of
Western Australia, and Westminster College (PA).
- Adjunct faculty, Trinity
Lutheran Seminary, Columbus OH.
PASTORAL EXPERIENCE
- 1999-present: Pastoral
Associate, St. Paul's
Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio
- 1984-1999: Pastor, St. Mark
Lutheran Church, Tallmadge, Ohio
- 1981-1982: Intern, St.
Andrew's Lutheran Church,
Ames, Iowa
SELECTED CHURCHWIDE SERVICE
- Ohio
Lutheran Peace Task Force
- Environment Task Force, Evangelical
Lutheran Church
in America
- Steering Committee, ELCA Alliance
on Faith, Science and Technology
- Leader of continuing
education events, Trinity Seminary
- Consultation on Science and
Theology sponsored by the Center
of Theological Inquiry, Burlingame
CA, 1988
- Chaplain and presenter, 1994
Summer Institute for Ministry, Gettysburg Seminary
- Resource Person for the North
American Congress on Christianity and Ecology, Milwaukee
WI, 1996
- Faculty and resource person,
Templeton Foundation science-religion conferences
- Invited speaker, conference
on Christian Faith and the Scientific World View, Bratislava Lutheran
Seminary, Slovakia,
1996.
- Visiting Scholar, Center for
Theology and the Natural Sciences, 1999
- Speaker on faith-science
themes at clergy retreats
- Member of the task force on “The
Incarnation and the Internet,” Episcopal Diocese of Ohio, 2001
HONORS
- Honorable Mention, Gravity
Research Foundation Essay Contest, 1973 and 1977
- Winner, "Augsburg
at 450" essay contest, 1981
- Winning entry, John Templeton
Foundation Humility Theology Essay Program, 1993 and 1995
- Templeton award for
science-religion course development, 1995
- Listed in Who's Who in
Theology and Science
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- The American Physical Society
- The Center for Theology and
the Natural Sciences
- Fellow of the American Scientific
Affiliation
Selected publications