BERKELEY, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Theology and the
Natural Sciences (CTNS) Science and Religion Course Program today announced
that they have awarded 100 colleges and universities around the world grants
totaling $1,000,000 in their annual Science and Religion Course Award
Competition. These awards will be used to develop new courses in the growing
academic study of science and religion. The money for the awards comes from a
grant by the John Templeton Foundation.
"As the pace and scope of scientific discovery increases, as science and
technology permeate the everyday world of religious and cultural traditions,
courses addressing the relationship between science and our religious
experiences become increasingly vital," said Dr. Ted Peters, director of the
CTNS Science and Religion Course Program. "By supporting science-religion
dialogue at universities and colleges, we hope to foster a worldwide community
of teaching scientists and theologians actively engaged in formulating and
addressing questions of ultimate concern."
The $10,000 course grants will be awarded to schools from across the
United States and schools in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Czech Republic,
China, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Malaysia,
Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Singapore,
Slovakia, Sweden, The Netherlands, Uganda, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.
For a complete listing of this years winning schools, please visit the CTNS
website at http://www.ctns.org
Established in 1994, the CTNS Science and Religion Course Program (SRCP)
has granted 669 course awards. It is estimated that these awards have
resulted in more than 1,500 new courses offerings on campuses around the world
and that through these courses, approximately 40,000 students have included
science and religion dialogue in their academic pursuits.
"Funding can often be an obstacle to a scholar offering new college
courses. Our grants offer the incentive professors need to develop new
curriculum," said Dr. Peter Hess, SRCP competition director. "This year we
had over 214 high quality applications from 33 different countries; the idea
that science and religion are at war no longer makes sense."
With the goal of bringing scientists, theologians, philosophers,
historians and religious leaders together into a single community of
scholarship, the Science and Religion Course Program is a program of the
Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) at the Graduate
Theological Union in Berkeley, CA. CTNS, a non-profit international member
organization, promotes the creative mutual interaction between theology and
the natural sciences through research, teaching, and public service. For
additional information about CTNS Science and Religion Course Program, please
visit the CTNS website at http://www.ctns.org or call (510) 665-8141.
The John Templeton Foundation was founded in 1987 by internationally
renowned investment manager Sir John Templeton to encourage the pursuit of
religious and scientific knowledge. For more information about the John
Templeton Foundation visit its website at http://www.templeton.org or call 610-687-
8942.
SOURCE The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences
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