Ian Barbour, a Carleton College professor emeritus, was awarded the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in recognition of efforts to create a dialogue between the worlds of science and religion. He answers your questions about his work. Prof. Barbour's biography . A history of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. The John Templeton Foundation Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences Carleton College Yale University Duke University Swarthmore College Scientists and theologians appear to inhabit two incompatible worlds.
Scientists work largely through experimentation, disregarding unsubstantiated ideas and theories.
The theologian, meanwhile, often deals in the unknowable and immeasurable, examining articles of faith that are central to centuries of spiritual reflection and tradition. But one man believes that these worlds can be joined to create a unified whole. Ian Barbour, the professor emeritus of Science, Technology, and Society at Carleton College, has been awarded the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion for his efforts. After earning a doctorate in high-energy physics, Barbour earned a degree from the Yale Divinity School. In a NewsHour interview with Elizabeth Farnsworth , Barbour said he wanted to start a dialogue between the scientific and spiritual communities.