Dr. George L. Murphy
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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