The Lubar Institute provides partial support for the Isthmus Society, a local network of scientists, scholars, religious leaders, and interested community members who seek to cultivate open and lively conversation at the intersections of the sciences and diverse religious traditions. To pursue this end, the Society sponsors public events and lectures by leading thinkers in fields variously related to science and religion. The Society's mission is "to foster an open, pluralistic, and scholarly approach to the pressing and often divisive issues of science and religion that affect our city, state, nation, and world."