Antje Jackelén

Dr. Antje Jackelén is a former director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science and associate professor of theology and religion and science at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Dr. Jackelén came to the United States in 2001 from Sweden where she had been a pastor in the Church of Sweden since 1980. Having studied at the University of Tübingen in her native Germany, she earned her degree from Uppsala University (M.A. Theology, 1979) and Lund University (Ph.D. Theology, 1999) in Sweden. Dr. Jackelén is on the council for the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT). She was the regional director for Europe for the Science and Religion Course Program of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) from 1999-2001.