ESSSAT is a scholarly, non-confessional organization, based in Europe, which aims to promote the study of relationships between the natural sciences and theological views.
They have different confessional backgrounds, and may include believers as well as non-believers and atheists.
[1] Every two years, ESSSAT organizes an international conference, each time on a different venue in Europe.
Its current president is Dirk Evers, who succeeded Antje Jackelén, leading ESSSAT from 2008 to 2014.
ESSSAT's president from 2002 to 2008 was Dutch theologian Willem B. Drees.