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Article: The Templeton fundies.(Templeton Foundation)(Organization overview)
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- The Humanist
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- May 1, 2008
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HOW MUCH does it cost to determine scientifically why people believe in God?
Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world, thinks it can do it for about $4 million. Well, not Oxford per se, but the researchers at Oxford's Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion and the Centre for Anthropology and Mind who have been granted 1.9 [pounds sterling] million by the Templeton Foundation to try to answer the question of belief.
The Templeton Foundation was founded by Sir John M. Templeton (he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1987) who became a billionaire in the mutual fund business. Templeton, born in 1912 in ...