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First of all let me express my most heartfelt thanks to the John Templeton Foundation and let me tell President Templeton how deeply I feel honored at having received this prestigious prize, aimed at rewarding a significant contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension. Honored and, at the same time, feeling very humble for, while fully sharing Sir John Templeton’s guiding idea that no domain is, in the long run, more important than that of spirituality and its possible evolution, I also deeply realize how ticklish it is. I am fully aware of the danger of getting astray on exploring it. more
When Jack Templeton informed me that my nomination of Bernard d’Espagnat for the Templeton Prize was successful, I must say that it was one of my life biggest joys! And this for 2 reasons:
First, of course, because of the recognition such a prize contributes to give to the work of Bernard d’Espagnat, on whose importance I will come back in a moment, but also because of the fact that it represented the achievement of a process of construction of a bridge above the Atlantic, more exactly between the Anglo-Saxon thinking and the French thinking. more
A fundamental text by one of the great specialists in the area of Science and Religion.
LIMITS OF LANGUAGE AND COMMON SENSE more
by Praveen Chaudhari, Former Director of Research at IBM An approach to spiritual values from a Hindu perspective by a leading computer scientist Mind Set : There are a number of reasons : for doing this : these ancient observations
by Trinh Xuan Thuan,Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia A fundamental example of a rigorous and deep integration of science and religion from the perspective of Buddhism. 1. Is there a basis for a dialogue ? As an astrophysicist studying
by Roald Hoffmann, Nobel Prize in Chemistry An original look science and religion from the perspective of Judaism Let me say a few words about science and Judaism. There are some things to get out of the way. One is
A surprising text on the parallelism between the seeker of God and the Scientific seeker. more
Presentation of the philosoplical implications of Quantum Mechanics in a special issue of the Science and Spirit review more
I was born into a family that took religion seriously. We said grace before meals ; we said prayers before bedtime ; we belonged to a Methodist church and attended church school and worship services almost every Sunday. In short, we were like most of the other families I knew as a child. It never occurred to me that religious faith was anything but a natural, ordinary part of life. more
An important text by one of the leading contemporary specialists of evolution who claims that if we replay evolution it would occur in a similar way and lead to consciousness. more
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