Ian Barbour
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Ian Graeme Barbour (October 5, 1923 – December 24, 2013) was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."[5]
Ian Barbour | |
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Born | Ian Graeme Barbour (1923-10-05)October 5, 1923 Beijing, China |
Died | December 24, 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 90) Minneapolis, Minnesota, US |
Nationality | American |
Spouse |
Deane Kern
(m. 1947; died 2011) |
Awards | Templeton Prize (1999) |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Magnetic Deflection of Cosmic-ray Mesons Using Nuclear Plates (1950) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | |
Sub-discipline | Particle physics[1] |
School or tradition | |
Institutions | Carleton College |
Main interests | Relationship between religion and science |
Notable works | Issues in Science and Religion (1966) |
Notable ideas | Theological critical realism |
Influenced | |
In the citation nominating Barbour for the 1999 Templeton Prize, John B. Cobb wrote, "No contemporary has made a more original, deep and lasting contribution toward the needed integration of scientific and religious knowledge and values than Ian Barbour. With respect to the breadth of topics and fields brought into this integration, Barbour has no equal."[6]