Dr. Philip Clayton is currently developing a constructive Christian theology that integrates modern philosophy, metaphysics, and science. He holds a Ph.D. in both Religion and Philosophy of Science from Yale University, and has published several books, including The Problem of God in Modern Thought, God and Contemporary Science, and Explanation from Physics to Theology: An Essay in Rationality and Religion.  Clayton won the Templeton Award for outstanding book in Science and Religion in 1997 and 2004, and currently serves as Ingraham Chair at the Claremont School of Theology as well as Professor of Philosophy at the Claremont Graduate University. His current research interest lies in exploring the philosophical and religious implications of the emergence theory, which he expands on in such publications as Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness and In Quest of Freedom: The Emergence of the Spirit in the Natural World. Clayton will be speaking in the Open Theology Seminar on cosmological theories and their impact on the God-World relationship.