Sacred Desire

March 30, 2010

Every now and then, we publish books on subjects that seem to resist quick summarization. Such is the case with Sacred Desire by Nancy Morrison, MD, and Sally Severino, MD. Within the pages of this book, readers will find fascinating new insights into the workings of the human brain. Some of these insights carry such broad-reaching implications that it can be hard to fully answer the question, what is it about? Fortunately, the authors have created a beautiful video that does just that. Check it out!

Also, be sure to visit their site: www.neurospirit.net

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Templeton Prize 2010 Laureate: Professor Francisco J. Ayala

March 25, 2010

Congratulations to Professor Francisco J. Ayala, the Templeton Prize 2010 Laureate. Ayala is an evolutionary geneticist and molecular biologist who has vigorously opposed the entanglement of science and religion while also calling for mutual respect between the two.

Below Ayala addresses the question: Does scientific knowledge contradict religious belief?

Click here for more information on Ayala as well as the Templeton Prize.

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Who will win the 2010 Templeton Prize?

March 23, 2010

A news conference will be held in Washington, DC this Thursday, March 25th at 11:00 am EDT, to announce the new 2010 Templeton Prize recipient.

The Templeton Prize each year honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Created by the late global investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton, the Prize is a cornerstone of the John Templeton Foundation’s international efforts to serve as a philanthropic catalyst for discovery in areas engaging life’s biggest questions, ranging from explorations into the laws of nature and the universe to questions on love, gratitude, forgiveness, and creativity.

Valued at one million pounds sterling (about $1.51 million or €1.10 million), the Templeton Prize is the world’s largest annual monetary award given to an individual.

The 2010 Prize laureate will attend the news conference and be available for questions via a live webcast at www.templetonprize.org.

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John Polkinghorne

March 18, 2010

Thomas Jay Oord, professor, author, and theologian, recently wrote an interesting blog post on John Polkinghorne.

John Polkinghorne is both a scientist and a priest. He has written numerous publications on the topic of science and theology. In 1997, Polkinghorne was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for distinguished service to science, religion, learning, and medical ethics. In 2002, he was awarded the Templeton Prize.

This October, Polkinghorne will celebrate his 80th birthday. Oord hopes to present Polkinghorne with a copy of The Polkinghorne Reader on his birthday. The Polkinghorne Reader (co-published by Templeton Press and SPCK) will be available Fall 2010. The Reader, edited by Oord, will capture some of what Polkinghorne himself considers the best of his wide-ranging contributions to the field.

left to right: John C. Polkinghorne, Thomas Jay Oord

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Christina Puchalski’s Vision for Health Care, part II

March 16, 2010

Here’s part II of that great video:

Again, you can find the great new book that Dr. Puchalski co-authored here: Making Health Care Whole.

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Christina Puchalski’s Vision for Health Care

March 11, 2010

At last week’s AAHPM meeting, some members of the Press staff had the opportunity to finally meet face-to-face with the authors of Making Health Care Whole: Christina Puchalski and Betty Ferrell. We could not have been more impressed with them, and we left feeling extra excited to share their work with as many people as possible. The video below is part one of a great two-part series that we found on Youtube, highlighting some of the great work that is being done by half of this dynamic duo. Check it out!

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Aging in the Church

March 9, 2010

Dr. Stephen Sapp, Professor and Chair of Religion Studies at the University of Miami, recently wrote an interesting article in The Gerontologist titled What Have Religion and Spirituality to Do with Aging? Three Approaches.

Sapp’s three approaches consisted of three recently published books on aging and spirituality, one in which was a Templeton Press publication, Aging in the Church by Neal M. Krause.

Neal Krause says that the purpose of Aging in the Church “is to examine how social relationships that arise in church affect the physical and mental health of older men and women” (p. 3). He accomplishes his goal in this comprehensive yet comprehensible compilation of a great deal of social–scientific research (both his own and that of others) on the role that involvement in Christian congregations plays in various health outcomes among elders. The most empirical of the three books, this one pulls together a wealth of information in one place for researchers interested in its subject, as well as for those who might want to make a case that “going to church is good for you.”

To learn more about Aging in the Church, click here.

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“Making Health Care Whole” debuts at AAHPM!

March 4, 2010

If you’re attending the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) in Boston this week, be sure to swing by the Templeton Press booth, #222, and pick up a copy of the recently released Making Health Care Whole by Betty Ferrell and Christina Puchalski! Better yet, stop by the author book signing tables on Friday, March 5th at 10:00 am in the exhibit hall to meet the authors in person!

Press staff will also be on hand at the booth, if you have any book proposals that you think might be a good fit for our list (you can familiarize yourself with our submission guidelines here).

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“What Would John Templeton Say?” Hosts Spring Blog Contest

March 2, 2010

What Would John Templeton Say? was created to function as a web resource to serve as a hub for sharing financial wisdom from John Marks Templeton (1912-2008), Money magazine’s 1999 as the “twentieth century’s greatest stock picker.”

In the last few months, [What Would John Templeton Say?] has posted excerpts from Sir John Templeton’s speech, “The Religious Foundation of Liberty and Enterprise,” which he delivered to Buena Vista College in 1993. This speech outlined five economic vices (envy, greed, pride, intolerance, moral relativism) and five economic virtues (cooperation, creativity, charity, adaptability, and integrity).

To continue our conversation on these economic virtues and vices, we are sponsoring a blog contest challenging those who maintain personal or professional blogs to answer the following question for a chance to win $500:

Taking this lecture into account, which vice, as described by Templeton, is most responsible for the recent economic downturn? Which of his five virtues is the most important to the economy’s rebound?

Contest entries must be submitted to this site by April 15, 2010.

Click here to view contest guidelines.

 

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