I embrace the idea that living scientifically – basing decisions on evidence and scientific research – is a superior way to live. Science involving determinism and randomness probably explains or will explain everything about the world. Before totally entering the process of living according to scientific evidence, I wanted to discuss a few areas of study that aren’t conclusively validated yet are still interesting. These ideas are basically subjects that are on the fringes of science but are worth keeping in mind for potential future reference – just in case it turns out that the universe is stranger than we think. The people in the following list tend to have academic posts or technical expertise. It doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right, but it’s worth paying attention to their work to note potential opportunities for proving or disproving their ideas.
From a materialist perspective, the researchers on this list are working on unscientific topics. Some people in this list seek to combine science with spirituality. Right now this type of science takes place on the frontiers. Maybe these researchers will create a new form of science, or maybe their endeavors will fail. Maybe the materialists will be wrong and the nonmaterialists will be proven right. Or maybe spiritual scientists will fail to prove their ideas. That’s how science works, and it’s exciting to follow along with the progress of mainstream scientists as well as scientists working on the edges. As Thomas Kuhn described in his book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (notes here), anomalous results play an important role in scientific progress. These people are brave for risking their careers and trying new things. They may turn out to be wrong, of course, but that’s the way science works.
Personally, I’m skeptical of these spiritual areas of research and think that mainstream topics like regenerative medicine are more promising. Even though I believe in God, I think the resources expended on combining science and spirituality would be better spent on medical research that has real world benefits. I also think these researchers didn’t necessarily choose their religious or spiritual beliefs, as described in my post The Biology of Religion. I’ll still keep an open mind in the rare event these scientists and organizations have actually discovered verifiable anomalies. Some of the people mentioned in this post may have conventional careers in scientific research and perform research in parapsychology and fringe science as a hobby or side project.
A related post is my coverage of near death experiences.
Researchers:
Adrian Parker: studies paranormal experiences and altered states
Aileen A. O’Donoghue: physics professor with an interest in theology
Alan Gauld: taught psychology and was president of the Society for Psychical Research
Alexis Champion: artificial intelligence researcher and parapsychologist
Alister McGrath: biophysicist and theologian
Amit Goswami: a physicist who combines quantum physics and spirituality
Anabela Cardoso: electronic voice researcher
André Eggen: geneticist and creationist
Andrei Linde: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Andrew Briggs: nanomaterials professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Andrew McIntosh: engineering professor and creationist
Andrew Nichols: parapsychologist and investigator of poltergeist cases
Andrew Snelling: geologist and creationist
Andrew Steane: physics professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Angela Meyer: horticultural scientist and creationist
Angela Thompson Smith: psychologist and remote viewer
Ann Gauger: developmental biologist and advocate of intelligent design
Anthony Rizzi: physicist with an interest in theology
Anthony Tongen: math professor and board member of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Archie Roy: astronomer and parapsychological researcher
Ard Louis: physicist and board member of BioLogos Foundation
Ariel Roth: parasitologist and creationist
Arkadiusz Jadczyk: theoretical physicist who researches psi
Art Chadwick: geologist and creationist
Arthur Hastings: professor who studies parapsychology
Arthur Jaffe: math professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Arthur Jones: biologist and creationist
Arthur Robinson: scientist skeptical of evolution
Ashfaq Shuaib: medical professor and member of the Center for Islam and Science
Athena Drewes: coauthor of a book about children and parapsychology
B. Alan Wallace: connects Buddhism to neuroscience and physics
Barrie Colvin: researches poltergeist activity
Barry Taff: psychophysiologist and parapsychologist
Barry Tapp: geologist and creationist
Basarab Nicolescu: theoretical physicist with an interest in theology
Ben Carson: neurosurgeon who has written about faith
Ben Goertzel: an artificial intelligence researcher who also writes about psi
Benjamin McFarland: biochemistry professor who blogs about Christianity
Bernard Carr: professor of mathematics and astronomy who was president of the Society for Psychical Research
Bernard d’Espagnat: physicist and winner of the Templeton Prize
Bernard Haisch: astrophysicist and author of books on how God is expressed through the universe
Bernardo Kastrup: computer engineer who explores spirituality
Beverly Rubik: former professor at San Francisco State University who studies energy healing
Bill Joines: electrical engineer who serves on the board of the Rhine Research Center
Bill Newsome: neuroscientist who studies science and faith
Bob Compton: physiologist and creationist
Bob Hosken: biochemist and creationist
Bob White: geophysics professor and member of Christians in Science
Brenda Dunne: psychologist who was laboratory manager of the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research laboratory
Brian Heap: founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion
Brian Josephson: Nobel laureate and director of the Mind Matter Unification Project
Brian Stone: mechanical engineering professor and creationist
Brian Swimme: mathematical cosmologist who studies spiritual topics
Brooks Agnew: a physicist who has theories about “The Secret” and law of attraction
Bruce Lipton: developmental biologist who discusses spiritual topics
Bruno Guideroni: astrophysicist who researches Islam
Bryan Dawson: math professor and creationist
Byoung-Moo Im: veterinary scientist and creationist
Carl Johan Calleman: toxicologist who researches spirituality
Carl Feit: cancer researcher and Talmudic scholar
Carl Fliermans: biology professor and creationist
Carl Wieland: medical doctor and creationist
Carlos Alvarado: psychologist and parapsychology researcher
Carlos Puente: hydrology professor and intelligent design advocate
Caroline Crocker: immunopharmacologist who supports intelligent design
Caroline Watt: founding member of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at the University of Edinburgh
Carolle Jean-Murat: physician and intuitive healer
Casey Blood: a mathematical physicist who explores spirituality
Caslav Brukner: physics professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Cay Randall-May: entomologist and intuitive consultant
Cees Dekker: biophysicist and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Celia Deane-Drummond: plant physiologist and professor of theology
Charles Harper: planetary scientist and former Senior Vice President of the Templeton Foundation
Charles McCombs: organic chemist and creationist
Charles Tart: parapsychologist who studies the nature of consciousness
Charles Thaxton: chemist and intelligent design author
Charles Townes: Nobel prize winning physicist who seeks to unify science and religion
Choong-Kuk Chang: geneticist and creationist
Chris French: coordinator of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at University of London
Chris Osborne: biology professor and creationist
Christine Simmonds-Moore: psychologist and parapsychology professor
Christopher Isham: theoretical physicist and practicing Christian
Chung-Il Cho: biology professor and creationist
Ciaran O’Keeffe: professional parapsychologist
Claude Swanson: a physicist with ideas about subtle energies and paranormal topics
Clifford Pickover: physicist who has written about religious topics
Colin Humphreys: materials scientist who studies the Bible
Colin Mitchell: geography researcher and creationist
Colin Ross: physician who studies human energy fields
Colm Kelleher: research scientist who was an executive at the National Institute for Discovery Science
Cornelius Hunter: biophysicist and intelligent design researcher
Courtney Brown: political science professor who has studied remote viewing
D.B. Gower: biophysicist and creationist
Dale Graff: a physicist and former director of a government remote viewing program
Dale Matthews: a physician who studies the healing power of prayer
Damien Broderick: futurist and author of books studying the paranormal
Dan Sewell Ward: physicist with an extensive interest in spiritual ideas
Danah Zohar: physicist focused on the idea of spiritual intelligence
Daniel Benor: a physician who studies self healing
Daniel Criswell: biologist and member of the Institute for Creation Research
Danny Faulkner: astronomy professor and creationist
Darrel Falk: biology professor who is President of the BioLogos Forum
Daryl Bem: a social psychology professor who studies retroactive cognition
David Bailey: mathematician who writes about science and religion
David Berlinksi: math and biology researcher and intelligent design advocate
David Boylan: engineering professor and creationist
David Catchpoole: plant physiologist and creationist
David Chiu: computer scientist and intelligent design advocate
David DeWitt: neuroscientist and creationist
David Feinstein: clinical psychologist and energy medicine researcher
David Lahti: biology professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
David Lindberg: biologist and member of the International Society for Science and Religion
David Luke: president of the Parapsychological Association
David Menton: anatomy professor and creationist
David Morehouse: former Army special operations officer who trains people in remote viewing
David Rogstad: physicist and Christian writer
David Rosevear: chemist and creationist
David Sloan Wilson: biology professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
David Stone: mechanical engineer and intelligent design advocate
Dean Kenyon: biophysicist and intelligent design author
Dean Radin: parapsychology researcher
Deborah Delanoy: parapsychologist and lecturer at the University of Northampton
Deborah Haarsma: physicist who serves on the BioLogos board
Deepak Chopra: an endocrinologist who seeks to merge medicine, physics, and spirituality
Denis Alexander: molecular immunology researcher who directs the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
Denis Lamoreaux: biologist and evolutionary creationist
Dennis Flentge: chemistry professor and intelligent design advocate
Dennis Venema: biologist and evolutionary creationist
Deno Kazanis: biophysicist and remote viewer
Derek Schuurman: computer science professor and officer of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Diane Hennacy Powell: a physician who wrote a book on ESP
Dick Bierman: studies the relationship between consciousness, physics, and paranormal experiences
Don Batten: horticultural scientist and creationist
Don Lind: astronaut and physicist who served in the lay hierarchy of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Don Page: theoretical physicist and evangelical Christian
Donald Chittick: physical chemist and creationist
Donald DeYoung: physicist and creationist
Donald Hoffman: cognitive science professor with an interest in remote viewing
Donald Knuth: computer science professor and Lutheran
Dong-ha Shin: physics professor and creationist
Dong-won Park: geologist and creationist
Doug Matzke: electrical engineer and quantum computation expert who studies the law of attraction
Douglas Axe: chemical engineer and director of Biologic Institute
Douglas Richards: psychology professor who researches parapsychology
Douglas Stokes: parapsychology researcher
Duane Gish: biochemist and creationist
Dwain Ford: chemistry professor and creationist
E. Theo Agard: physicist and creationist
E. C. George Sudarshan: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Ed Holroyd: atmospheric scientist and creationist
Edgar Mitchell: former astronaut who studies psychic events
Edith Fiore: psychologist who writes about spirit possession
Edward Boudreaux: chemistry professor and creationist
Edward Close: a physicist who studies transcendental physics
Edward Kelly: coauthor of Irreducible Mind, a book proposing a dualistic theory of consciousness
Edward Nelson: math professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Edward Peltzer: ocean chemist and intelligent design supporter
Edwin May: head of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at the Laboratories for Fundamental Research
Elaine Kennedy: geologist and creationist
Elizabeth Rauscher: physicist who proposed a theory of psi
Elliot Benjamin: a mathematician who studies psi and philosophy
Emil Silvestru: geologist and creationist
Emily Kelly: coauthor of Irreducible Mind, a book proposing a dualistic theory of consciousness
Enho-Lee: biologist and creationist
Eric Davis: physicist and author of the teleportation study for the Air Force Research Laboratory, which discusses psychokinesis
Eric Middleton: scientist and chaplain
Eric Priest: theoretical solar physicist who encourages dialogue between science and religion
Etzel Cardeña: parapsychologist and professor at Lund University
Eugene Chaffin: physics professor and creationist
Evan Jamieson: hydrometallurgist and creationist
F. David Peat: physicist who studies the nature of human consciousness
Farzad Goli: physician who studies energy medicine
Fazale Rana: biochemist and executive vice president of Reasons to Believe
Felix Konotey-Ahulu: sickle cell anemia researcher and creationist
Finny Kuruvilla: MD-PhD and Christian writer
Folker Meissner: physician who practices bioenergetic medicine
Francis Collins: NIH director who seeks to unify science and spirituality
Francis Su: math professor and board member of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Francisco Ayala: biology professor and winner of the Templeton Prize
Frank Pasciuti: clinical psychologist who studies psi phenomena
Frank Tipler: mathematical physics professor and author of “The Physics of Christianity”
Fred Alan Wolf: physicist who appeared in fringe science documentaries
Fred Meyer: physician and Buddhist writer
Freeman Dyson: physicist who believes in ESP
Fritjof Capra: physicist who wrote spiritual books
Gaetan Chevalier: physicist who studies energy medicine
Garret Moddel: electrical engineering professor who studies the science of psi phenomena
Gary Locklair: computer science professor and creationist
Gary Parker: biology researcher and intelligent design advocate
Gene Rohrbaugh: computer science professor and officer of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Geoff Barnard: immunologist and creationist
Geoff Downes: plant physiologist and creationist
George Coyne: astronomer and priest
George Ellis: mathematician and cosmologist who studies faith
George Hawke: meteorologist and creationist
George Howe: botanist who is skeptical of evolution
George Javor: biochemistry professor and creationist
George Marshall: ophthalmic scientist and creationist
Georgia Purdom: molecular geneticist and creationist
Gerald Aardsma: nuclear physicist and creationist
Gerald Schroeder: a physicist who seeks to unify science and religion
Gerardus Bouw: astronomer and creationist
Ghillean Prance: botanist and trustee of A Rocha
Ginette Nachman: a physician who researches nonlocal healing
Giuseppe Sermonti: geneticist and creationist
Glen Rein: biochemist who researches integral science
Grame Watmuff: geologist and creationist
Granville Sewell: math professor and intelligent design advocate
Gregory Reeves: chemical engineering professor who studies faith
Guillermo Gonzalez: astrophysicist who supports intelligent design
Halton Arp: astronomer and creationist
Harald Walach: psychologist who researches parapsychology
Harold Coffin: sedimentologist and creationist
Harold Puthoff: physicist who was involved in research on remote viewing
Harriet Kim: biochemist and creationist
Harvey Irwin: parapsychologist and author of books about parapsychology
Harvey McMahon: molecular biologist on the advisory board of the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion
Hee-Chun Ro: nuclear engineering professor and creationist
Heinz Lycklama: physicist and creationist
Helmut Schmidt: a pioneer in studying retropsychokinesis
Henner Fahrenbach: cryptozoologist who conducts sasquatch research
Henry Bauer: chemistry professor and fringe science researcher
Henry Monteith: engineering physicist who studies soulmates
Henry Reed: psychology professor and writer about developing psychic powers
Henry Schaefer: computational chemist and intelligent design supporter
Henry Zuill: biology professor and creationist
Howard Van Till: physics professor who writes about Christianity
Hoyt Edge: professor who studies parapsychology
Hoyt Stearns: engineer and remote viewing researcher
Hugh Ross: astronomer and founder of Reasons to Believe
Hwa-Su Park: metallurgy researcher and creationist
Hyun-Kil Shin: food chemist and creationist
Ian Baker: lecturer in psychology who studies parapsychology
Ian Barbour: physicist who studies the relationship between science and religion
Ian Hume: senior lecturer at Coventry University with an interest in ESP
Ian Macreadie: molecular biologist and creationist
Ian Walmsley: professor of experimental physics and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Imran Mirza: medical professor and member of the Center for Islam and Science
Jaap van Etten: biologist and spiritual researcher
Jack Houck: aeronautical engineer who studies psychokinesis
Jack Sarfatti: physicist who studies unusual physics topics
Jack Templeton: physician and president of the Templeton Foundation
Jake Hebert: physicist and member of the Institute for Creation Research
James Allan: geneticist and creationist
James Beichler: paraphysicist
James Bradley: math professor and officer of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
James Huggins: biology professor with an interest in theology
James Oschman: energy medicine researcher
James Spottiswoode: researches anomalous cognition
James Tour: synthetic organic chemist and evolution skeptic
James Trifone: science educator who studies psi and psychokinesis
Jane Katra: public health researcher and spiritual healer
Jason Lisle: astrophysicist and creationist
Javier Leach: mathematician and Jesuit priest
Jay Wile: nuclear chemist and creationist author
Jean Burns: physicist with parapsychological interests
Jed Macosco: biophysicist who conducts spiritual research
Jeff Hardin: zoology professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Jeff Levin: epidemiologist and religious scholar
Jeff Zweerink: astrophysicist and scholar at Reasons to Believe
Jeffrey Meldrum: anthropology professor who researches the sasquatch
Jeffrey Mishlove: psychologist and president of the Intuition Network
Jeffrey Schloss: biology professor and BioLogos board member
Jeffrey Schwartz: psychiatry professor and intelligent design advocate
Jeffrey Tomkins: geneticist and creationist
Jeffrey Williams: astronaut and creationist
Jennifer Wiseman: astronomer and president of the American Scientific Affiliation
Jeremy Case: math professor and board member of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Jeremy Walter: mechanical engineer and creationist
Jessica Utts: statistics professor and board member of the International Remote Viewing Association
Jim Carpenter: clinical psychologist who also conducts research in parapsychology
Jim Mason: nuclear physicist and creationist
Jimmy Davis: chemistry professor who also studies faith
Joachim Scheven: paleontologist and creationist
Joan Roughgarden: writes about biology and Christianity
Jocelyn Bell Burnell: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Joe Slate: psychologist who studies reincarnation and auras
Joel Primack: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Johan Kruger: nematologist and creationist
John Ashton: research scientist and Christian author
John Barrow: cosmologist and winner of the Templeton Prize
John Baumgardner: geophysicist and creationist
John Bindernagel: a wildlife biologist who researches the sasquatch
John Bloom: physicist and Christian writer
John Bryant: molecular biology professor and member of Christians in Science
John Byl: astronomer and Christian blogger
John Cimbala: mechanical engineering professor and creationist
John Hagelin: theoretical physicist and transcendental meditation supporter
John Hartnett: physicist and creationist
John Houghton: atmospheric physicist who combines Christianity and environmentalism
John Johnson: mathematician and president of Creation Association of Puget Sound
John Klotz: biology professor and creationist
John Kramer: biochemist and creationist
John Lennox: mathematician who explores science and theology
John Ling: materials engineer and education secretary of Christians in Science
John Marcus: biochemist and creationist
John McEwan: chemist and creationist
John Meyer: zoologist and creationist
John Morris: geological engineer and president of the Institute for Creation Research
John Palmer: psychologist and former director of the Rhine Research Center
John Polkinghorne: a physicist and priest
John Rankin: mathematical physicist and creationist
John Sanford: plant genetics professor and intelligent design advocate
John Suppe: geologist who writes about Christianity
John White: chemistry professor and founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion
John Whitmore: geology professor and creationist
Johng-Bae Kim: biochemist and creationist
Jonathan Henry: chemistry professor and creationist
Jonathan Sarfati: chemist and creationist
Jonathan Senning: math professor and board member of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Jonathan Wells: biologist and advocate for intelligent design
Jose Armilla: social psychologist and feng shui practitioner
Joseph Mastropaolo: kinesiology professor and creationist
Joung-il Kim: mechanical engineer and creationist
Judith Orloff: a psychiatrist with an interest in ESP and intuition
Judith Palagallo: math professor and board member of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Jung-Han Kim: organic chemist and creationist
Jung-Ku Ro: life scientist and creationist
Jung-Wook Lee: environmental scientist and creationist
Justin Barrett: psychologist and professor at Fuller Theological Seminary
Karen Jensen: biology professor and creationist
Karen Weissman: has a doctorate in engineering from Princeton and studies spirituality
Karl Giberson: seeks to unify science and spiritual belief
Kathryn Applegate: cell biologist and program director of the BioLogos Foundation
Keith Fox: biochemistry professor and chairman of Christians in Science
Keith Harary: coauthor of a book on remote viewing
Keith Wanser: physics professor and creationist
Kelly Hollowell: molecular pharmacologist and creationist
Ken-sik Jang: mechanical engineering professor and creationist
Kenneth Cumming: biology professor and creationist
Kenneth Miller: believes that evolution is compatible with the belief in God
Ker Thomson: geophysicist and creationist
Kevin Anderson: biology professor and creationist
Kim Jongerius: math professor and president of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Klaus Heinemann: a physicist who explores spirituality
Koneru Ramakrishna Rao: established the department of parapsychology at Andhra University
Kurt Wise: geologist and young earth creationist
Kyoung-rae Kim: chemistry professor and creationist
Lance Storm: parapsychologist and research fellow at the University of Adelaide
Lane Lester: biology professor and creationist
Larry Dossey: a doctor who writes about spiritual topics
Larry Helmick: chemistry professor and creationist
Larry Vardiman: atmospheric scientist and creationist
Lawrence LeShan: a psychologist who studied parapsychology
Lee Spencer: biology professor with theological interests
Lee Spetner: physicist who studies theology
Leonard Brand: biology professor and creationist
Leonard Laskow: physician who practices holoenergetic healing
Linda Walkup: molecular geneticist and creationist
Linn Carothers: statistics professor and creationist
Loren Haarsma: physicist who writes about faith
Lorenzo Albacete: physicist and priest
Lothar Schafer: professor of physical chemistry who has an interest in metaphysics
Loyd Auerbach: director of the Office of Paranormal Investigation
Luc Jaeger: chemistry professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Lydia Jaeger: physicist who studies religion
Malcolm Cutchins: aerospace engineering professor and creationist
Man-suk Song: computer science professor and creationist
Marco Bersanelli: physicist who supports religious faith
Marco Biagini: physicist who believes consciousness is nonphysical
Marcus Ross: paleontologist and creationist
Maria Zack: math professor and officer of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Marian Scully: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Marilyn Schlitz: CEO of the Institute for Noetic Sciences
Mario Beauregard: a neuroscientist with nonmaterialist ideas about the brain
Mark Harwood: engineer and creationist
Mark McClain: chemistry professor and creationist
Martin Bott: geologist and vice president of Christians in Science
Martin Nowak: mathematical biology professor who supports both evolution and religion
Marty Rosenblatt: physicist who studies remote viewing
Matthieu Ricard: molecular geneticist and Buddhist monk
Mehdi Golshani: writes about the interactions between science and religion
Michael Behe: biochemist and intelligent design advocate
Michael Brown: molecular biologist and creationist
Michael Denton: biologist and intelligent design advocate
Michael Egnor: neurosurgeon who supports intelligent design
Michael Grosso: researches parapsychology
Michael Persinger: professor who conducts research on telepathy
Michael Todhunter: geneticist and creationist
Mohamed Salim Sabir: surgeon and member of the Center for Islam and Science
Mona Lisa Schultz: physician and medical intuitive
Monty White: chemistry researcher and intelligent design advocate
Munawar Adees: biologist who writes about religious topics
Muzaffar Iqbal: chemist and Islamic scholar
Myoung-Joon Chai: chemistry professor and creationist
Nadr Mohamed Jomha: medical professor and member of the Center for Islam and Science
Nancy Bryson: chemist and creationist
Nancy Darrall: botanist and creationist
Nancy Zingrone: psychologist who researches psychic phenomena
Nathaniel Jeanson: cell biologist and creationist
Neal Rzepkowski: physician interested in spirituality
Nidhal Guessoum: astrophysicist and writer on Islamic topics
Nina Sotina: explores the phenomenon of telekinesis
Norbert Smith: zoologist and creationist
Norman Nevin: medical genetics professor and creationist
Olga Kharitidi: psychiatrist who studies spiritual topics
Olga Louchakova: neuroscientist who practices spirituality
Omar Farooq: surgeon and member of the Center for Islam and Science
Osman Bakar: mathematician who popularizes connections between Islam and science
Owen Gingerich: professor of astronomy at Harvard who combines science and faith
Pat Fosarelli: physician and theologian
Patrick Briney: microbiologist and creationist
Patrick Young: chemist and creationist
Paul Baba: scientist who writes about Christianity
Paul Chien: biology professor and intelligent design supporter
Paul Davies: cosmologist and winner of the Templeton Prize
Paul DeBell: a psychiatrist who conducts past life regressions
Paul Kariya: geographer and trustee of A Rocha
Paul LeBlond: former director of the International Society of Cryptozoology
Paul Stevens: parapsychology researcher
Percival Davis: zoologist and intelligent design author
Peter Clarke: cell biologist and evangelical Christian
Peter Russell: explores links between science and God
Pierre Gunnar Jerlström: molecular biologist and creationist
Pierre Julien: civil engineering professor and creationist
Pranab Das: physicist and executive editor of the International Society for Science and Religion
Ralph Abraham: mathematician who researches the soul
Ramanath Cowsik: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Rana Dajani: biologist who writes about Islam and science
Randy Isaac: physicist who serves on the BioLogos board
Randy Scott: biochemist and chair of the BioLogos board
Raúl López: atmospheric scientist and creationist
Ray Rempt: physicist and creationist
Raymond Bohlin: molecular biologist and Christian speaker
Raymond Chiao: physics professor and member of the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
Raymond Damadian: medical professor and creationist
Rex Stanford: psychology professor and parapsychology researcher
Richard Blasband: psychiatrist who studies orgone energy
Richard Broughton: psychology lecturer and parapsychology author
Richard Grossinger: anthropologist who researches psi
Richard Shoup: computer scientist and parapsychology researcher
Richard Sternberg: scientist who is open to intelligent design
Rick Berger: parapsychology researcher who served on the board of directors of the Parapsychological Association
Rick Strassman: discussed theories of contacting beings in other dimensions via psychedelics
R.J. Berry: geneticist who researches science and Christian faith
Robert Asher: paleontologist with religious beliefs
Robert Bakker: paleontologist and minister
Robert Boyd: physics professor
Robert Brabenec: math professor and officer of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Robert Carter: marine biologist and creationist
Robert Eckel: medical professor and creationist
Robert Franks: biology professor and creationist
Robert Gentry: nuclear physicist and creationist
Robert Gilbert: researches spiritual topics
Robert Herrmann: mathematician who studies religious topics
Robert Jahn: professor emeritus at Princeton who studies consciousness anomalies
Robert Marks: engineering professor and proponent of intelligent design
Robert Piccioni: physicist who combines science and religion
Robert Pollack: biology professor with an interest in religion
Robert Russell: physicist and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Robert Schoch: geologist and parapsychology researcher
Robert Ulanowicz: theoretical ecology professor who writes about science and religion
Robert Van de Castle: studies telepathic dreaming
Robin Taylor: psychology lecturer and parapsychology researcher
Rodney Holder: astrophysicist and priest
Roger Christianson: biology professor and evangelical Christian
Roger Nelson: Director of the Global Consciousness Project
Roger Schlafly: mathematician and evolution skeptic
Roger Walsh: physician who researches integral studies
Ron Samec: physics professor and creationist
Ronald Bryan: physics professor with an interest in remote healing
Ronald Marks: chemistry professor and creationist
Rosalind Picard: professor at MIT who practices faith
Roy Spencer: proponent of intelligent design
Royal Truman: organic chemist and creationist
Rupert Sheldrake: biochemist who researches telepathy
Russell Carlson: biochemist and intelligent design advocate
Russell Cowburn: nanotechnology researcher director who also practices religion
Russell Humphreys: physicist and creationist
Russell Stannard: physicist who practices Christian faith
Russell Targ: physicist and remote viewing researcher
Rustum Roy: materials scientist who studies science and religion
S. Barry Cooper: math professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
Saami Shaibani: physics professor and Biblical Christian
Sally Rhine Feather: psi researcher
Satyan Devadoss: math professor and Christian writer
Scott Minnich: microbiology professor and intelligent design supporter
Sean Ho: math professor who writes about Christianity
Sean Pitman: pathologist and Christian blogger
Serena Roney Dougal: obtained a Ph.D. in parapsychology
Seung-hoon Yang: physics professor and creationist
Shaikh Abdul Mabud: physicist who researches connections between Islam and science
Siegfried Scherer: microbiology professor who writes about science and religion
Simeon Hein: director of the Institute for Resonance
Simon Kolstoe: structural biology researcher and member of Christians in Science
Simon Conway Morris: paleontologist who seeks to unify evolution and Christian faith
Sondra Barrett: biochemist and spiritual researcher
Stanislav Grof: psychiatrist who studies anomalous states of consciousness
Stanley Krippner: psychology professor who studies parapsychology
Stanley Mumma: architectural engineering professor and creationist
Stefan Einhorn: professor of molecular oncology and author of a book about God
Stefan Schmidt: has researched topics in parapsychology
Stephan Schwartz: senior fellow at the Samueli Institute who has conducted experiments in parapsychology
Stephen Barr: physicist who studies science and religion
Stephen Braude: professor and parapsychologist
Stephen Grocott: chemistry professor and creationist
Stephen La Berge: conducted remote viewing experiments with the military
Stephen Taylor: electrical engineering lecturer and creationist
Stephen Unwin: physicist and writer on faith and probability
Steven Austin: geology professor and creationist
Steven Gollmer: physics professor and creationist
Steven Hayes: nuclear engineer and Christian
Stuart Burgess: engineering professor and creationist
Stuart Wilson: parapsychologist and lecturer in psychology
Sung-Ki Min: mechanical engineer and creationist
Syman Stevens: physicist and executive director of the BioLogos Foundation
Tas Walker: mechanical engineer and creationist
Thierry Magnin: physics professor and priest
Thomas Yi: mechanical engineer and creationist
Tiago Branco: chemical engineer and member of A Rocha
Timothy Standish: biologist and intelligent design supporter
Todd Wood: biologist and creationist
Tom Campbell: physicist who researches out of body experiences
Tom Tadfor Little: astronomer and Tarot writer
Travis Taylor: optical physicist and the author of a book about the law of attraction
Trinh Xuan Thuan: astrophysicist who studies Buddhism
Troy Riggs: math professor and vice president of Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences
Troy Van Voorhis: MIT chemistry professor and evangelical Christian
Tsevi Mazeh: astrophysics professor who studies science and religion
Ulrich Mohrhoff: physicist who combines physics with Indian spiritual teachings
Usama Hasan: physicist who writes about faith
Vijai Shankar: molecular biologist and spiritual teacher
Vinoth Ramachandra: nuclear engineer and advocate of Christianity
Walt Brown: mechanical engineer and creationist
Walter Bradley: engineering professor and creationist
Walter Thirring: physicist who promotes the compatibility of science and religion
Walter Veith: nutritional physiology professor with an interest in Biblical prophecy
Walter von Lucadou: physicist and parapsychology researcher
Warren Brown: neuropsychologist and founding member of the International Society for Science and Religion
Wayne Carr: psychologist and remote viewing researcher
Wayne Frair: biologist and creationist
Werner Gitt: information scientist and creationist
William Bengston: sociology professor who studies energy healing
William Braud: studies consciousness and transpersonal psychology
William Hurlbut: neurology professor and advisor to the Templeton Foundation
William Kautz: scientist who studies intuition and channeling
William Phillips: Nobel prize winning physicist with an interest in the connection between science and religion
William Roll: parapsychologist and professor at the University of West Georgia
William Stoeger: astrophysicist and theologian
William Tiller: professor emertius of materials science at Stanford who studies subtle energies
Wolfgang Kuhn: biology professor and creationist
York Dobyns: researcher at Princeton who studies retropsychokinesis
Young-Gil Kim: materials science professor and creationist
Young-Sang Choi: physics professor and creationist
Zaki Kirmani: chemist who researches connections between Islam and science
Zoltan Vassy: physicist and parapsychology researcher
Organizations:
Academy of Spirituality and Paranormal Studies: researches knowledge of paranormal phenomena
Alister Hardy Society: promotes the study of spiritual experiences
American Scientific Affiliation: organization of religious scientists
American Society for Psychical Research: explores psi phenomena
Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit: part of the psychology department at the University of London
Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences: network of Christian mathematicians
Atlantic University: a distance learning institute with professors who research parapsychology
Australian Institute of Parapsychological Research: a nonprofit parapsychology association
Bial Foundation: funds research in parapsychology
BioLogos Forum: an organization started by National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins to study the intersection of science and faith
Boundary Institute: a nonprofit science research organization whose activities include attempting to send a message back in time
California Institute of Integral Studies: an institute that studies consciousness and transformation
Center for Islam and Science: discusses interactions between science and Islam
Center for Research on Consciousness and Anomalous Psychology: organization that researches anomalies
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences: promotes the interaction between theology and the natural sciences
Centre for Fundamental and Anomalies Research: studies controversial and anomalous issues in science
Christian Neuroscience Society: organization for religious scientists
Christians in Science: organization for scientists who are religious
Conference on Science and Consciousness: a conference that discusses the frontiers of consciousness
CPAK Conference: a conference on precession and ancient knowledge
Foundation for Mind/Being Research: studies metaphysics and consciousness
Global Congress of Spiritual Scientists: event for scientists who practice spirituality
HESA Institute: an organization that studies bioenergy fields
Institute for Creation Science: organization that promotes creationism
Institute of Noetic Sciences: studies consciousness and the nature of reality
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology: a school for those interested in studying psychology and spirituality
Integral Institute: an organization that includes scholars who research a variety of topics
International Academy of Consciousness: studies out of body experiences
International Consciousness Research Laboratories: exploring the spiritual heritage of scientific inquiry
International Remote Viewing Association: studies and promotes responsible remote viewing
International Society for Complexity, Information, and Design: an organization that promotes intelligent design
International Society for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine: studies the therapeutic potential of various forms of energy
Islamic Crescents’ Observation Project: studies Islamic astronomy
Koestler Parapsychology Unit: a research group at Edinburgh University that studies parapsychology
Laboratories for Fundamental Research: involved in studying remote viewing
Maharishi University of Management: a school for consciousness based education
Metanexus Institute: promotes the engagement of science and religion
Mind & Life Institute: exploring the relationship between science and Buddhism
Monroe Institute: explores consciousness and out of body experiences
Monterey Institute for the Study of Alternative Healing Arts: studies epigenetics and the biofield and has an extensive list of scientific advisors
Pacific Neuropsychiatric Institute: researches anomalistic cognition
Parapsychological Association: an organization of scientists who study psi
Parapsychology Foundation: an organization that supports the scientific investigation of psi
Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity: a group skeptical of evolution
Project Stargate: a series of experiments on remote viewing conducted by the CIA and SRI
Psyleron: a research organization that explores the connection between the mind and the physical world
Quantrek: researches frontier science
Reasons to Believe: a group of scientists that seeks to unify science and Christian faith
Rhine Research Center: studies consciousness and parapsychology
Science and Nonduality: a conference that seeks to combine science and spirituality
Society for Psychical Research: an organization that explores psi and paranormal phenomena
Society for Scientific Exploration: explores phenomena beyond the boundaries of mainstream science
Templeton Foundation: makes grants to projects that explore science and spirituality
The Consciousness Chronicles: a documentary series focused on consciousness
The Ghost Club: the world’s oldest parapsychological association
William A. Tiller Foundation: studies the effects of human intention on physical reality
Journals:
Australian Journal of Parapsychology
European Journal of Parapsychology
International Journal of Parapsychology
Journal of Consciousness Studies
Journal of Near-Death Studies
Journal of Parapsychology
Journal of Religion and Psychical Research
Journal of Scientific Exploration
Journal of Subtle Energy
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research
Journal of the Society for Psychical Research
Parapsychologia
Parapsychological Journal of South Africa
Parapsychology Review
Paranormal Review
Proceedings of the Parapsychological Association
Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research
Psi Journal
Psychoenergetics
Research in Parapsychology
Subtle Energies
Updated 7/8/2012
