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National Conference on Religion
and Science Expansion Grant
National Conference on Religion and Science Expansion Grant

The purpose of this project, which ran from 2003 to 2006, was primarily to produce a college-level textbook in religion and science in Bahasa, for use by Indonesian universities and colleges. A portion of the grant also funded teacher training for the use of this text and an accompanying anthology. Beyond these direct classroom aids, there was a research element to the project which focused upon emerging researchers and intellectuals in Indonesia and involved them in intensive workshops in areas such as cosmology, evolutionary biology, environment, and the use of sacred texts in the science and religion discourse. It also included an essay contest and a substantial grant to support a library in science and religion at The Center for Religious and Cross-Cultural Studies at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.