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Call for Proposals for $150 000 Research Projects on `Spiritual Capital' Issued by Metanexus Institute

Where possible, researchers are urged to collaborate
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Note: These $150,000 grants are in addition to the three founding grants
of $500,000 each that were recently awarded to initiate the Spiritual Capital
Research Program.

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The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
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empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives
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Letters of Intent for projects in the Spiritual Capital Research Program
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The Spiritual Capital Research Program seeks to integrate the concept of
spiritual capital into the social sciences, with particular attention to
building connections to economics, and to develop a network of scholars for a
new field of study. Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research, courses, grants, and publications . A membership
organization, Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
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"Now seems an ideal time to understand and assess the public effects of
spiritual and religious action because there seems to be a growing openness in
the social sciences towards non-material factors," says Kimon Sargeant , Ph. Projects include the Local
Societies Initiative, the Templeton Research Lectures, and topical
interdisciplinary research projects such as the Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program , Spiritual Capital Research Program, Foundational
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Deadline for Letters of Intent: April 15, 2005

PHILADELPHIA, A call for proposals for research
in the developing new interdisciplinary field of Spiritual Capital has been
issued by the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science.

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For further information on the Spiritual Capital Research Program,
including submission guidelines for the new granting opportunities, or to
request a program brochure, visit http://www.