Introduction

​'Faith and Thought' is the working name of the Victoria Institute.  
Since 1865, this has been a forum for those who wish to hold together Christian faith and advances in scientific knowledge. We seek to communicate these issues to the non-specialist.

Our journal Faith&Thought published twice a year, seeks to convey to non-specialists the pastoral and ethical implications of advances in science. It also contains the text of lectures from our Annual Symposium.
A full archive of back issues of Faith & Thought (and earlier publications of The Victoria Institute) are available online at BiblicalStudies.org.uk

Science and Christian Belief is published jointly with Christians in Science.
We occassionally publish other works.   A booklet on Scripture and Science by Prof Gerrit Blaauw has recently been added here

Officers must be evangelical Christians, but membership is open to those of all faiths or none.
Find out more about becoming a member here (subscription starts at just £10 per year).
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Genexis 2021

A new series of Genexis events is planned for 2021 at Coventry and London.
  • Genexis is a series of talks by world leading scientists and academics presenting simple evidence for a creator.
  • Genexis films can be accessed on our YouTube Channel.
  • Genexis is an evidence based case for a creator; a challenge to atheism based on scientific, philosophical and historical grounds.
  • Genexis advances its claim by asking big questions about Beginnings, Numbers, Life, DNA, Ethics, Consciousness and Life after Death.
  • Genexis will not seek to prove the existence of a creator God, nor will it seek to “convert” you to a Christian faith.
  • Genexis will instead ask you to weigh the competing arguments in a fair minded way, rethink any presumptions, and further enquire into the most important question we face: why are we here?​
  • At Genexis we're passionate about taking big questions and making them simple; simplicity without triviality.

 2021 Symposium - All four presentation videos now available:

ECLAS Project

ECLAS is a separate organisation with whom we have much in common.  As well as conducting orignal research, ECLAS supports Science for Seminaries and Scientists in Congregations and provides leadership conferences.  Find out more by clicking the image below.

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Faith & Thought Academic Grants

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Are you engaged in or planning postgraduate study of some form into the area of Faith & Thought?  Perhaps you’re planning a sabbatical, or enrolled on a course already.   Maybe you work for an academic institution and would like to pursue your own study or research area?  We are making available two grants per year of £1000 each to support such work.   Maybe you know someone else who would benefit from this?    Find out more here including the application form.

If you can publicise this initiative for us then we would be most grateful,  a poster can be downloaded here:
Get Published in Faith&Thought Journal
Have you written an article relating Science and Christian Faith which might be suitable for publication?  We welcome submissions in various forms:
  • Referenced Articles - full articles are usually between 3000 and 7000 words.  Formatting is not important provided it is sent as an editable document (.doc or .rtf for example rather than .pdf).   We slightly prefer footnotes to endnotes and please include a short note describing the author, in about 25 words.
  • Short pieces - opinion pieces, obituaries or other short articles are usuallly between 1000 to 3000 words.
  • 'Particles of Faith' - very short descriptions of other material that might interest our readers from other media sources.  Include hyperlinks if possible.  50 to 200 words is usually sufficient.
  • Book reviews - these are always very popular with our readers, we aim to keep them to about 300 to 750 words.
Please contact  admin@faithandthought.org for more information
Our constitution states 'Papers presented to the Society shall be considered as the property of the Society unless there shall have been any previous engagement with its author to the contrary, and the Council may cause the same to be published in any way and at any time it may think proper.'
The full constitution is here
​Faith and Thought is the working name of the Victoria Institute or Philosophical Society of Great Britain
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