Four-Week Seminar on
Science and Religion in India
Science and Religion in India
Four-Week Seminar on Science and Religion in India
This project
is run by the Association of Science, Society and Religion (ASSR), Jnana-Deepa
Vidyapeeth, Pune, India. It encourages 20-25 young scholars who have already
shown interest in science-religion dialogue and who hail from different
parts of India with diverse backgrounds, religious affiliations, and scientific
interests to experience intensive exposure to the deeper issues of science-religion
interfacing. The 25 students live and work together for periods of three
months, mentored by eminent scholars. These encounters help to put significant
issues in science and religion into focus and extend the discussion to
broader concerns, particularly from an Indian perspective.
The project enables scholars to progress from the introductory to the advanced
issues of science- religion dialogue and keeps them abreast of the latest
scientific and theological developments. It also attempts to deepen and
mature their personal commitment to this field. Creating a dynamic group
of young scholars from different cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds,
who can interact with one other, is enhancing the science-religion dialogue
in India. It is hoped that three scholarly works on science and religion
from Indian and interdisciplinary perspectives will emerge from this exercise.
The project tries to impart a sense of openness to the actualized scientific
and religious fields of inquiry and, in the Templeton tradition, a sense
of humility among the scholars. The participants are invited to put forward
creative ideas on science and religion, which they can work at on their
own. The accepted projects are expected to be completed over a period of
approximately one year. Though support in terms of mentoring, library and
research facilities can be provided by the Association of Science, Society,
and Religion (ASSR), the participants are expected to carry out the research
on their own.
This project
is run by the Association of Science, Society and Religion (ASSR), Jnana-Deepa
Vidyapeeth, Pune, India. It encourages 20-25 young scholars who have already
shown interest in science-religion dialogue and who hail from different
parts of India with diverse backgrounds, religious affiliations, and scientific
interests to experience intensive exposure to the deeper issues of science-religion
interfacing. The 25 students live and work together for periods of three
months, mentored by eminent scholars. These encounters help to put significant
issues in science and religion into focus and extend the discussion to
broader concerns, particularly from an Indian perspective. The project enables scholars to progress from the introductory to the advanced
issues of science- religion dialogue and keeps them abreast of the latest
scientific and theological developments. It also attempts to deepen and
mature their personal commitment to this field. Creating a dynamic group
of young scholars from different cultural, religious and linguistic backgrounds,
who can interact with one other, is enhancing the science-religion dialogue
in India. It is hoped that three scholarly works on science and religion
from Indian and interdisciplinary perspectives will emerge from this exercise. The project tries to impart a sense of openness to the actualized scientific
and religious fields of inquiry and, in the Templeton tradition, a sense
of humility among the scholars. The participants are invited to put forward
creative ideas on science and religion, which they can work at on their
own. The accepted projects are expected to be completed over a period of
approximately one year. Though support in terms of mentoring, library and
research facilities can be provided by the Association of Science, Society,
and Religion (ASSR), the participants are expected to carry out the research
on their own.