Willem Drees

Dr. Willem Drees holds the chair in philosophy of religion, ethics, and encyclopaedia of religion in the Department of Theology at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands. He is also the president of The European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT). From 1971-1977 he studied theoretical physics at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands). He studies theology/philosophy of religion at The University of Amsterdam and the University of Groningen. Drees also coordinated programs on religious, philosophical, and social aspects of the sciences at Rije Universiteit (Amsterdam) from 1989-2001. He held the Nicolette Bruining Chair for Philosophy of Nature and of Technology from a Liberal Protestant Perspective at Twente University (Enschede, NL) from 1995-2001. In 2001, Drees was the executive director of ALLEA, the association of all European Academies. In 2000, he was a Dickinson Distinguished Visiting Professor at Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH).. His Publications include Creation: From Nothing Until Now, Is Nature Ever Evil? and Religion, Science and Naturalism