Ian Barbour

Ian Barbour
Born
Ian Graeme Barbour

(1923-10-05)October 5, 1923
Beijing, China
DiedDecember 24, 2013(2013-12-24) (aged 90)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
Deane Kern
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(m. 1947; died 2011)​
AwardsTempleton Prize (1999)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisMagnetic Deflection of Cosmic-ray Mesons Using Nuclear Plates (1950)
Academic work
Discipline
Sub-disciplineParticle physics[2]
School or tradition
InstitutionsCarleton College
Main interestsRelationship between religion and science
Notable worksIssues in Science and Religion (1966)
Notable ideasTheological critical realism
Influenced

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]

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]

  1. ^ Halverson, Daniel (October 5, 2017). "Science, Religion, and Secularism. Part V: Ian Barbour – The Synthesis Model". The Partially Examined Life. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. ^ York 2017, p. 17.
  3. ^ Russell 2017, p. 3.
  4. ^ Losch 2009, p. 91.
  5. ^ "The PBS Online Newhour May 28, 1999". PBS. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008. Retrieved June 30, 2008.
  6. ^ "Carleton Professor Emeritus Wins Prestigious Templeton Prize". Northfield, Minnesota: Carleton College. March 10, 1999. Retrieved August 25, 2020.