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Advancing the Study of Theology for Emerging Muslim Leaders
Scholars Are Building a New Academic Program Encompassing Advanced Islamic Theology and Contemporary Thought Many Muslim higher educational institutions currently teach a curriculum focused on more at-hand legal and social issues, sometimes at the expense of the study of the finer issues of theology and creed. This summer, Shaykh Jihad Brown (Jason Totten), an American Muslim scholar and public figure, is launching a new two-year program, based at the Bayan Islamic Graduate School (a division of the Claremont School of Theology in Southern California), that aims to correct some of that imbalance. With a $234,500 grant from the John Templeton…
Character, Virtue, Quarantine
The COVID-19 pandemic has created new challenges for nearly everyone around the world. Even for those whose homes are untouched by the coronavirus itself, daily life, work, and family rhythms have been disrupted. One of the John Templeton Foundation’s core interests is the ways that understanding and cultivating character and virtue can measurably improve human flourishing. Over the past several years, we have commissioned research reviews collecting insights and future questions around the topics — many of which seem especially relevant for the challenges that COVID-19 has brought to the foreground. Generosity. From sewing handmade masks to help protect medical…
‘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…
A Message to Our Grantees and Applicants on COVID-19
We know that you, our grantees and wider applicant community, are grappling with unprecedented disruptions and challenges due to the global coronavirus outbreak. We want you to know that we recognize the difficulties you face, we remain committed to current projects, and we aim to offer as much flexibility and support as we can. While most of the team at the John Templeton Foundation is working remotely, we have full access to our systems, and we stand ready to provide guidance to you. For Applicants Under Review If your proposal is under review, our review process will continue as planned,…
Religion Data, Remixed
Retooling a Key Resource for Research on Religion For more than 20 years, the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA) has been a hugely influential and important clearinghouse for social science data on religion, spirituality, and society. This year, the team behind the ARDA is embarking on a three-year, $4.15 million project — with $1.55 million from the John Templeton Foundation and partner funding from the Lilly Endowment, Penn State, Chapman University, Indiana University and Baylor — to rebuild the ARDA from the ground up, recreating it as a modern data commons where tools and insights are discovered and shared.…
The Neuroscience of Free Will
$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…
John Templeton Foundation Announces Joint Funding Initiative in Fundamental Physics
Building a Foundation for Quality Research on Religion
High school debate turns to the Big Questions
Does science leave room for free will? High school debaters have some ideas. More than 9,000 students, coaches, and parents converged in Birmingham, Ala., the last week of June for the National Speech and Debate Association’s national tournament. On Friday afternoon, in one of the tournament’s climactic events, high school students from South Dakota and Missouri faced off in the 1,000-seat BJCC Theatre to debate whether science leaves room for free will. It was a profound enough topic on its own, but the event was also noteworthy as the national championship debut of a new kind of high school debate,…
