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What if religions asked more questions and supported more research? What if religions could bridge the gap between work and purpose? What if religions engaged one another across their deepest differences?

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Let's look to our grantees over the past year to give us a glimpse of what progress and potential look like in the midst of our chaotic world. We hope you’ll take the time to dive into their explorations.

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What if the current anxiety in society, and our human quest for meaning, are best addressed by a bold new approach to philosophy, based on openness and community, and an optimistic engagement with theology?

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What if “difficult art” triggers the human imagination in good ways?

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In July 2021, the cause of international religious freedom strengthened significantly as more than 1,000 leaders from 30 diverse belief traditions gathered with government leaders from throughout the world to participate in the first-ever International Religious Freedom Summit.

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The benefits of modern science have changed our worldview, existence, and place in the cosmos. "The Young Muslim’s Guide to Modern Science" shows young readers how to adopt modern science without sacrificing their Islamic identity. Learn more:

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Today, people of all religions are all places. And now it's even more imperative that we learn how to engage one another across our differences. We’re asking, what if religions were leaders in bringing people of different faiths together?

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“It’s a moment for faith leaders to stand up and speak out.” Grantee @bobrobertsjr joined @omarsuleiman504 on Morning Joe to discuss the importance of a multi-faith response to the Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis that took place last week.

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Joining us now: @omarsuleiman504 & @bobrobertsjr

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What do we really know about the social consequences of religions, and what more can we learn about them? This is one of our areas of focus: Social Consequences of Religion (SCORE).

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Sir John believed that we should continually push ourselves to increase our humility. We should listen to anyone who is humble enough to admit that they may be wrong—or at least that their insights do not close the door to insights by others.

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What if religions aspired to more fruitful engagement with the sciences, and vice versa? Professor @NidhalGuessoum is using his platform on YouTube to encourage reflection about Muslim tradition and modern science in an effort to bring these two worlds together.

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What if everyday desires are signs of longing for God? What if our desires have their source in God?

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Are philosophers and psychologists essentially talking about the same thing in different ways? How would this impact your faith?

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88% of Evangelical Pastors in the U.S. don't know an Imam or Rabbi. Christianity and Islam are the two religions most widely spread across the world, yet they don't know one another.

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Former U.S. diplomat, @KnoxThames received a TRT grant for a project titled, "Charting a New Course: Promoting Freedom of Thought, Conscience, Religion and Belief in the 21st Century." Image Credit: © US Embassy Holy See

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What if religions worked together to build resilient cities around the world? Global religious leaders, @bobrobertsjr , @imammagid , and @rabbisaperstein , have partnered together to create a multi-faith experience to lead this effort amongst their peers.

Multi-Faith Relationships Change Everything | Bob Roberts, Jr.,...

As a result of population migration, people of all religions are all places. And now that more faiths are represented in more regions, it’s imperative we lea...

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What if religions understood more about the interplay of visual art and text?

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How do our encounters with the arts bring about greater understanding, both in faith and beyond?

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Religious literacy not only equips us with the knowledge and understanding of religions but also allows us to recognize our own perspective on how we see the world through our own beliefs.

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What if religions stuck up for one another in a crisis? Check out the work of @MultiFaithNN :

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Grantee Bob Roberts, Jr. and the team at @MultiFaithNN are building a new way to relate to one another and investing in the currency of relationships – mutual trust. Learn more about MFNN:

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Guided by Sir John Templeton's vision, we’re always seeking to enrich the conversation about religion. We’ve identified several areas for focus to help categorize our efforts and ask a wide range of questions.

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"Should worshipers of every faith seek and welcome opportunities to demonstrate open-mindedness and a hunger to learn within a framework of continual change, modification and improvement?" - Sir John Templeton

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How can the cognitive effects of art be separated from the art itself? What if religions discovered new ways to measure art’s value? @james_ka_smith dives into these questions. Learn more:

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Today we celebrate Sir John Templeton's birthday by reflecting on his legacy. As a pioneer in both financial investment and philanthropy, the late Sir John Templeton spent a lifetime encouraging open-mindedness.

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Congratulations to nurse-midwife and healthcare advocate @EdnaAdan , who has won the 2023 @TempletonPrize in recognition of her extraordinary efforts to harness the power of the sciences to affirm the dignity of women and help them to flourish physically and spiritually.

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BREAKING: @EdnaAdan , a nurse-midwife and healthcare advocate who has worked courageously to change cultural, religious, and medical norms surrounding women’s health in East Africa, was announced today as the winner of the 2023 #TempletonPrize .

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88% of Evangelical Pastors in the U.S. don't know an Imam or Rabbi. Christianity and Islam are the two religions most widely spread across the world, yet they don't know one another.

Multi-Faith Relationships Change Everything

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How do people today really think about religion and science? Why do they think as they do? And how do these beliefs affect how they live in society? Learn more about this project:

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What if science and religion were not opposites at all? Instead, what if they needed each other?

Science is a Gift from God | David Wilkinson, Durham University

What if science and religion were not opposites at all? Instead, what if they needed each other?Reverend Professor David Wilkinson of St. John’s College at D...

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How do we move beyond the side-by-side tolerance of religious diversity? Tolerance is not enough if we want to make the world a better place. We need mutual respect, which requires mutual engagement. Watch now:

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What conditions contribute to progress in religion?In religions, as in science and the economy, progress is possible, but under what conditions? Tolerance is...

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We've worked with some 175 different grantee organizations in more than 30 countries around the world, and counting. Our grantees have an even wider reach through their research and engagement projects spanning the globe.

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What if theology embraced innovation as much as science and business do? What if religions encouraged new ideas in theology? What if courageous theologians are among the real heroes of today?

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Multi-Faith Relationships 101: How do we embrace mutually respectful engagement with people of other faiths or no faith? Pastor @bobrobertsjr of Multi-Faith Neighbors Network, along with @imammagid follow four simple steps that encourage stronger and more resilient communities:

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What if religions pursued new directions in philosophical theology?

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Grantee Jonathan Greenaway ( @TheLitCritGuy ) is exploring how horror works and how it can help us understand issues of faith, spirituality, and theology. He is uniquely qualified as a researcher in horror/theology and religious studies at @TRSChester .

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The Faith Centre at the London School of Economics recently created a section of their blog, Religion and Global Society ( @LSE_RGS ), for writings specific to covenantal pluralism. Explore the blog's covenantal pluralism section:

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What if religions worked together with migrant populations to address challenges of xenophobia and social conflict? Watch now:

Healing Xenophobia | The Nagel Institute, Calvin University

In 2008, South Africa experienced its first xenophobic attack. As a result, migrants veered toward the church where many were able to achieve their own notio...

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Today we celebrate Dr. Jack Templeton Jr.'s birthday. Jack was a former pediatric surgeon and served as president and chairman of the Templeton Foundations for over 20 years. We celebrate his legacy and vision today.

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Located at the intersection of philosophy, theology, the arts, and the sciences, the new Art Seeking Understanding community of practice is addressing questions such as: "If art has to do with understanding, then what of beauty? Is beauty essential to understanding?"

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Grantee Judith Wolfe has a new Call for Proposals for Widening Horizons in Philosophical Theology! The submission deadline is May 31, 2021, at 1 pm ET and projects must begin between October 1, 2021, and March 1, 2022. Learn more:

Theology Needs Continental Philosophy | Judith Wolfe

Professor Judith Wolfe, along with her team at the School of Divinity, University of St Andrews, is making plans to launch field-defining collaborations in philosophical theology in the continental...

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This lexicon provides a foundation for future research in the Art Seeking Understanding program strategy. Learn more about this project and the 11 fundamental terms:

Coming to Terms with Art | Anjan Chatterjee

What if words are a gateway to understanding our brains? What if having a shared language could help us comprehend the human impacts of art? What if religions could rely on science to create places...

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"What if beauty, awe, and wonder are an active part of scientific understanding?" —Dr. Brandon Vaidyanathan, @CatholicUniv . Learn more about the seven types of beauty being explored in this project:

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Professor Wolfe’s project includes literature reviews with careful cross-indexing and analysis of cognitive processes identified by scientists that correspond to elements of how philosophers describe human imagination. Learn More:

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What if stories can narrow the gap between virtues we profess and how we live?

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GlocalNet is a family of churches that exist to mobilize members, to engage society, and create flourishing communities. Grantee @bobrobertsjr and the team at @GlocalNet recently launched their new website. Explore it now:

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The Review of Faith & International Affairs (RFIA) is the first-ever journal devoted exclusively to analyzing religion and world affairs. RFIA features rigorous original research, timely book reviews, and thoughtful commentaries. Read now:

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Covenantal Pluralism is a way of thinking about how we might live faithfully with deep religious differences. It entails the responsibility to engage, respect, and protect the other, without necessarily lending moral equivalency to their beliefs and behavior.

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What if we understood more about our own views of the world? What if we understood more about others’ views? @jerclifton , director of the Primals Project at the University of Pennsylvania asks these questions. Learn more about this grant:

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What if we understood more about spiritual practices that exist outside the sanctions of organized religions?

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What if religions explored the seemingly immeasurable, spiritual effects of art? Grantee Kutter Callaway is seeking to build a set of experimental frameworks for quantifying how aesthetic experiences relate to spiritual outcomes. Learn more:

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Grantee, Pastor Bob Roberts, Jr., co-founder of @MultiFaithNN (MFNN), alongside Imam Mohamed Magid and Rabbi David Saperstein, has been working to transform interfaith relationships, build more resilient cities, and foster a multi-faith community based on respect.

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Listen to 2019 @TempletonPrize laureate @MGleiser speak about beauty in the limits of science in grantee @brvnathan 's latest podcast episode.

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In my latest podcast episode, I had a delightful conversation with the brilliant @marcelogleiser on the limits of science and the limitlessness of the scientific quest:

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What if religions stuck up for one another in a crisis?

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There has long been concern that movies and television could be a corrupting influence on viewers. What if movies and TV could help us become better people? To understand how screen stories can influence moral understanding, there are questions that need to be addressed.

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Grantee Don Miller and his team are focusing on the complex relationship between humanitarian work and the role(s) of religion—at an individual, institutional, and societal level.

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What if religions promoted the convergence of science and spirituality? Led by Grantee Lobsang Negi at @EmoryUniversity , The Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI) is promoting the convergence of science and spirituality.

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Aesthetic cognitivism refers to the claim that aesthetic engagement advances knowledge and enhances understanding. Is there an empirically demonstrable connection between them? Philosopher Noël Carroll reflects on this in @Anjan435 's blog series.

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Religion remains understudied by scientists, and perceptions of science and religion as competing beliefs seem to have only strengthened over time, particularly in Western societies.

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The Logos Institute, based at the University of St Andrews, is bringing together leading experts in analytic philosophy, Biblical studies, theology, and the natural sciences to address three areas of focus. Learn more

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Can art provide new spiritual information? Join TRT grantee Robert Kuhn of the PBS series, @CloserToTruth as he explores the deepest questions related to one of our strategic areas of focus, Art Seeking Understanding.

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Multi-faith relationships can change everything.

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I love the way my friends, @rabbisaperstein , @imammagid , and @Bobrobertsjr collaborate to build mutual respect as they each earnestly live out their faith. @MultiFaithNN is helping bring the Abrahamic Faiths together. #AFIImpact

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“Empathy is what art does. The domain of art is inducing some sort of empathetic response to the piece of art and the world beyond” - Kutter Callaway PH.D. Learn more:

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What if religion is crucial to the success of human evolution? Directed by Michael J. Reiss, @the_issr recently completed a major research project asking just that. Learn more:

Exploring Religion and the Social Brain | Michael Reiss

Where does religion come from? What if religion is crucial to the success of human evolution? The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) recently completed a major research project––...

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Staying true to its name, the Logos Institute aims to explore the central theological message of Christianity through collaboration with analytic philosophers, systematic theologians, and Biblical scholars. Learn more about their work:

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Science has barely begun to scratch the surface of a fundamental mystery of human existence: How is it possible for some people to flourish? What makes the difference?

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Religious freedom can be contagious. When it takes hold in one country, it can spread as other countries begin to covet its positive impacts — more stability and economic growth. Unfortunately, the opposite can also be true.

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What if religions could bridge the gap between work and purpose? Grantee Matt Bloom and his team are working to understand if and how faith might positively affect the work environment. Through their research, Bloom identified three benefits of faith in the workplace.

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Did you know? We are one of three charitable organizations founded by Sir John⁠—our sibling entities are the Templeton World Charity Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. We each operate independently to achieve Sir John's vision of progress.

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The Database of Religious History (DRH), the first-of-its-kind resource, is an online quantitative and qualitative encyclopedia that collects and codes information about religious behaviors and beliefs throughout world history. Learn more:

Religious History is Data | Edward Slingerland

What if religious history was easily accessible in an online database? A project led by Edward Slingerland, based at the University of British Columbia, with collaborators from all over the globe, is...

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Religion is a dominant meaning-making system that can help us understand the world and our place within it. Does science do the same for people who are not religious?

Meaning-Making Systems: How We Make Sense of Our World | The Issachar...

Science and Religion are two dominant meaning-making systems that we use to make sense of our world. With oversight from The Issachar Fund, scholars from the...

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Championed by the Dalai Lama, the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (ETSI) seeks to answer questions about the convergence of religion and science. Learn more:

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"In the 21st century, we are witnessing the emergence of a ‘perfect storm’ of skepticism, hostility, indifference, and ignorance concerning the meaning and value of religious freedom." – Thomas Farr, president of the @RFInstitute

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As humans, it seems we have been constantly searching, seeking, and longing for something more. Is it human nature to long for something more, something bigger than ourselves?

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Art has the power to inspire, provoke and draw out our best qualities. Quantifying these effects, however, is a beguiling challenge. How can the cognitive effects of art be separated from the art itself?

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In France, perhaps more so than in any other country in the world, religion is kept separate from public life. One of the French republic’s core values is laïcité, which can be translated as secularism or the neutrality of the state with the respect to religion.

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"Such magic out in the forest and it just is a feeling of spirituality that this, you know, it's something so powerful and so beyond what even the most scientific brilliant brain could have created." - Jane Goodall, 2021 Templeton Prize Laureate

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Covenantal pluralism is a robust, relational, and non-relativistic paradigm of citizenship that emphasizes both legal equality and neighborly solidarity. Read an introductory overview of the philosophy of covenantal pluralism:

Toward a Global Covenant of Peaceable Neighborhood: Introducing the Philosophy of Covenantal...

The global challenge of living together peacefully and constructively in the context of deep religious/worldview differences will not be met through bumper-sticker slogans about “tolerance.” This e...

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Religious freedom is in a deepening global crisis. Outside the West, a dearth of religious freedom is driving political instability, economic stagnation, intellectual paralysis, religious conflict, and terrorism.

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1. Sharing a meal in each other's homes. 2. Visiting and socializing as a multi-faith community at each others' places of worship. 3. Participating in a community project together. 4. Standing up for each other during a crisis. Learn more:

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Our aim is to improve the well-being of individuals and societies through spiritual growth and an ever-improving understanding of spiritual realities and spiritual information. Learn more about TRT:

About Templeton Religion Trust

Templeton Religion Trust (TRT) is a global charitable trust chartered by Sir John Templeton in 1984 with headquarters in Nassau, The Bahamas. TRT has been active since 2012 and supports projects and...

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How will tech impact spirituality? In a forthcoming book, Dr. @KateJStockly and grantee Dr. Wesley Wildman explore a potential spiritual revolution in the digital era. Spirit Tech will be released May 18, 2021, and is available for pre-order now at

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What if experience of beauty, awe, and wonder are crucial for scientists’ well-being? Dr. Brandon Vaidyanathan and his team of researchers at The Catholic University of America are exploring these questions.

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“Spiritual exemplars are not so concerned with the question of, ‘What is God?’ They are more likely to ask, ‘Where is God?’” Grantee Don Miller and @usccrcc launched a global project to study 100 spiritual exemplars.

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"Just four words. What do you believe?" Francis Collins, 2020 Templeton Prize Laureate, reflects on a profound moment in his life. Watch the full video explore the inspiring life and work of physician and geneticist Dr. Francis S. Collins here:

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"Open-minded questioning and open-minded faith are quite similar. Both derive from humility. Both affirm that most is unknown and thereby keep the door open to further investigation and progress." - Sir John Templeton

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"Every person’s concept of god is too small. Through humility might we begin to glimpse encouraging glimmerings of the infinity of god? Could we develop a hunger to explore boundless new possibilities? This is the spirit of the humble approach." – Sir John Templeton

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"Can Christian faith fit with rigorous science? The answer is yes." Grantee Dr. Deborah Haarsma, President of BioLogos, speaks on the life and work of 2020 @TempletonPrize laureate Francis Collins. Watch now:

Dr. Deborah Haarsma's 2020 Templeton Prize Address for Dr. Francis...

Dr. Deborah Haarsma, President of BioLogos, offers special remarks during the celebration of 2020 Templeton Prize laureate Dr. Francis S. Collins.

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What if religions made the world a work of art? Learn more:

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As adults, most of our life is spent at work. The time we spend working far exceeds what we dedicate to any other activity: family, eating, or simply relaxing.

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"It appears that God's creative method is movement, change, continuing search, ongoing inquiry. Those who seek are rewarded. Those who are sure they already have the answers gradually become obsolete." – Sir John Templeton

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Reflect 2019-2020 highlights a small sample of the breadth and diversity of work we are supporting around the world. Take a look at our year in review:

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The Routledge Handbook of Religious Literacy, Pluralism, and Global Engagement is now available via ebook at a reduced price through today. The handbook is edited by @CSeiple and @DennisRHoover , external advisors for our Covenantal Pluralism initiative.

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Once we gain a deeper understanding of how screen stories impact moral understanding, we can tell better stories, create better conditions for that transfer, and take the step from understanding to action. Learn more about this project:

Exploring the Moral Impact of Movies | Carl Plantinga

What if movies and TV could help us become better people? What if, instead of having a negative influence on viewers, screen stories could help us build a more complex moral understanding of the...

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On this day in 1987, Sir John Templeton was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his many philanthropic accomplishments.

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What if the current anxiety in society, and our human quest for meaning, are best addressed by a bold new approach to philosophy, based on openness and community, and an optimistic engagement with theology? Learn more:

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"It is really up to all of us... to define what kind of world we want to live in and then seek to live that way. That means refusing to accept polarization. In fact, working actively to reach across the gaps." Watch Francis Collins' full address:

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Templeton Religion Trust

@TempletonRelig

1 year

Grantee Garrick Allen is studying the paratexts of W 139, a 12th Century deluxe Byzantine Gospel book in the collection of the Chester Beatty, as novel sources of data. Learn more about this project:

Words Are Not Enough | Garrick V. Allen

What if religions supplemented textual knowledge with paratextual information? What if religions saw aesthetic paratexts as doorways to new spiritual information? Dr. Garrick V. Allen of Dublin City...

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