World Religions
The Foundation welcomes proposals from all major world religions including research involving non-Christian and non-Western perspectives. Our philanthropic vision is focused on the sponsorship of objective research involving interactions of religious thought and practices with pertinent scientific research methods.
The mission of the Foundation is to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life's biggest questions. These questions range from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness and creativity. Our philanthropic vision is derived from John Templeton's commitment to rigorous scientific research and related cutting-edge scholarship. The Foundation's motto "How little we know, how eager to learn" exemplifies our support for open-minded inquiry and our hope for advancing human progress through breakthrough discoveries. We welcome proposals on how perspectives and insight from the world religions may inform these questions and related Core Themes.
- Buddhism
- Christianity
- Hinduism
- Islam
- Judaism
- Other East Asian Religions