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In Memoriam – HRH Prince Philip (1921 – 2021)

The John Templeton Foundation and the Templeton Philanthropies mourn the passing of HRH Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II, a philanthropist and committed public representative of the royal household in thousands of appearances and engagements over decades. He passed away on April 9, 2021 at the age of 99 in Windsor Castle. Prince Philip served as a great friend of the Templeton Prize for nearly 40 years. He presented the first award to Mother Teresa in a ceremony held at London’s historic Guildhall in 1973, and continued to participate in a private ceremony for…

Education Is Not Filling Pots, But Igniting Torches

The Legacy Paradox: Why We Need the People of the Future as Much as They Need Us

What Is Organism-Centered Evolution?

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Double Helix: Informing the public about how science and religion are intertwined

Muslim-Science.Com Task Forces Initiative – Answering Big Questions and Shaping Dialogue on Science, Religion, and Society within the Islamic World

The Neuroscience of Free Will

‘How Often Have You Felt Like Frolicking?’ New Grant to Expand the Science of Joy

Poets and authors write of it, great religious texts call it forth, Beethoven even composed an ode to it — but what is joy, really? Unlike emotions such as happiness and gratitude, joy is perhaps the last major positive emotion left largely unexplored by contemporary psychology and sociology. But thanks to a new project led by Robert Emmons, professor of psychology at U.C. Davis and a world-leading expert on the science of gratitude, that may begin to change. Working with Philip Watkins of Eastern Washington University and an advisory team of psychologists and big data analysts, Emmons has created a…

$2.9 Million to Globalize the Philosophy of Religion

Amplifying new voices and uncovering important scholarship beyond the Christian and Anglophone worlds Religion is a global phenomenon as diverse as the peoples of the world, but the academic study of the philosophy of religion has long skewed toward English-language work rooted in the traditions of Western Christianity. A new project aims to expand and diversify the perspectives of the field. Led by Yujin Nagasawa, a philosopher of religion at the University of Birmingham in the U.K., and funded with $2.9 million from the John Templeton Foundation, the effort aims to promote the work of researchers from under-reported regions and…