Among liberals, 64 % broadly
support it.hcdi. As with the Spiritual Capital Research Program's initial
grants, awarded in 2005, the results of this new research will be disseminated
through scholarly and lay publications , conferences, speaking engagements and
websites.

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For further information, please
contact Christopher Stawski at 215-789-2200 or spiritualcapital@metanexus. 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, and the
Templeton Advanced Research Program as well as other endeavors. A membership
organization, Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
over 180,000 monthly page views and 8000 regular subscribers in 57 different
countries.

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A plurality (46%) would not assist a patient
for any reason.
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Weber published his provocative work "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism.
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Mittleman or Glenn Kessler, please contact Sherry
Kirschenbaum in the Department of Communications at (212 ) 678-8953; or
email kirschenbaum@jtsa.

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HCD Research is a marketing and communications research company
headquartered in Flemington, NJ. Visit the JTS website at www. Sargeant, the director of the Spiritual Capital Research
Program based at the Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science.

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion.

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Other findings include:

54% believe that assisted suicide should be a matter between
patient and doctor alone and that government should not
regulate the practice.
The Principal Investigators awarded grants and their projects are:

Peter Berger, Boston University: Spiritual Capital in Developing Societies

Wendy Cadge, Bowdoin College: Comparing Spiritual and Other Forms of
Social Capital: Lessons from the Immigrant Experience

Robert Dowd, University of Notre Dame: Religiosity and Political Culture:
Christians, Muslims and Spiritual Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa

Daniel Hungerman , University of Notre Dame: Religious Capital and Public
Policy in the 20th Century

Sriya Iyer, University of Cambridge: Innovation and the Resilience of
Religion

Michael Kremer , Harvard University: The Impact of the Hajj

John Levi Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Structures of Social
and Spiritual Capital in Religious and Nonreligious Groups

Gary Richardson , University of California, Irvine: A Pious and Profitable
Mystery: Guilds, Purgatory, Reformation , the Multiplication of Religious
Denominations, and the Evolution of Industrial Society in Late-Medieval and
Early Modern England

David Sikkink, University of Notre Dame: The Dynamics of Spiritual Capital
in US Congregations

Fenggang Yang, Purdue University: Faith and Trust in the Emerging Market
Economy in China

These funded projects were launched in January 2006 and are up to 24
months in duration.

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Among conservatives, a
majority (66%) oppose legalization. Thirty-four percent would assist a patient in a few
cases and 20% would assist under a wide variety of circumstances .com, a political ad
testing web site for the 2004 Presidential campaign. PHILADELPHIA, Ten grants of $150,000 each for
high-level research in the emerging field of "Spiritual Capital" have been
announced by Kimon H. Metanexus leads and
facilitates over 300 projects in 36 countries.

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A
majority of self-identified conservatives (72%) think assisted suicide
is unethical, while a majority of liberals (81%) believe it is ethical
to assist a patient who has opted for suicide.
"In our recent studies , physicians have been uniform in their
response to certain moral and ethical issues such as stem cell
research, where 80% of physicians indicated they were in favor of the
research," said Glenn Kessler, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, HCD
Research. Only in recent years have leading scholars , including
Nobel laureate economists Gary Becker and Robert Fogel and political
scientists John DiIulio and Robert Putnam, called renewed attention to the
effects of spiritual and religious practices , beliefs and institutions on
economics, politics and societies.

Sites listed here are primarily concerned with the academic study of religious groups younger than the major Western monotheistic traditions.

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Analysis of the responses on the
ethicality of physician assisted suicide and its legalization reveal
the results correlate closely with doctors' political identity.
Although doctors tend to support legalization as a public policy,
results are mixed when asked whether they would personally participate
in assisting a patient.jtsa. Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research , courses, grants, and publications.

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"Differences between political conservatives and liberals are
significant throughout the survey," said Dr. Although religion and
spirituality are rich sources of personal meaning, they also have profound
public significance.

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In response to the Supreme Court 's decision to hear a challenge to
Oregon's Death with Dignity act -- the nation's only law on behalf of
physician assisted suicide -- the Louis Finkelstein Institute for
Social and Religious Research and HCD Research, conducted the survey
of physicians during the last week of February.newscom. The ten new
Spiritual Capital grantees, representing disciplines such as economics,
history, political science, and sociology, were selected from these finalists
following a rigorous peer review process .

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"The mutual interaction of religion and economics is an important, but
neglected area for research and public policy," says William Grassie,
executive director of the Metanexus Institute . "The newly funded studies will
go a long way towards illuminating these dynamics and providing insights to
the benefit of humanity.org

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The company's services include
traditional and web -based marketing and communications research.
In spring 2005, three scholars each received founding grants of $500,000
to lead teams of researchers in the first projects of the Spiritual Capital
Research Program.net

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and
empirically focused methodology , drawing together talented representatives
from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise.

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Those surveyed represent physicians from Christian (Roman
Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox Christian and other), Jewish (Orthodox,
Conservative, Reform and secular) Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist religious
traditions. Catholics, Protestants
and Orthodox Jews believe in the majority that it is unethical
to assist, while Conservative, Reform and secular Jews say
assistance is ethical.

The poll was conducted by the Finkelstein Institute and HCD
Research as part of their continuing exploration of the moral, ethical
and religious beliefs of American physicians.

com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050324/PHTH031LOGO )
These grants from the Metanexus Institute are supported by generous
funding from the John Templeton Foundation to help develop a new
interdisciplinary field of "Spiritual Capital" research. All 13 grantees will meet annually in 2006 and 2007 to discuss
their projects and begin building the network for this new field of study.

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Among political conservatives , 71% would prefer it
regulated by Federal law, while 56% of liberals prefer state
regulation. For additional
information on HCD Research, access the company's web site at
www . "Although the social
sciences have often minimized the importance of religion, there is now a
growing openness among scholars to consider how trust, behavioral norms and
religion can profoundly shape economic, political and social developments.net. Metanexus is
a leader in a growing network of individuals and groups exploring the dynamic
interface between cosmos, nature, and culture in communities and on campuses
throughout the world.

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Project summaries may be found online at
http://www.templeton .

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Alan Mittleman, Director
of the Finkelstein Institute.

Religious identity correlates with attitudes toward the
ethical status of assisting in suicide. JTS trains
tomorrow's religious , educational, academic and lay leaders for the
Jewish community and beyond.

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Ten Grants of $150 000 Each Awarded for Research on 'Spiritual Capital' By Metanexus Institute

"It is essential in today's world that scholars take seriously the broader
significance of spiritual capital," says Sargeant.

New Religious Movements (NRMs) are also known as cults or sects.

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HCD
Research is also the developer of readmylipz. Founded in 1886 as a
rabbinical school, The Jewish Theological Seminary today is the
academic and spiritual center of Conservative Judaism worldwide,
encompassing a world -class library and five schools.

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The Finkelstein Institute provides a venue to advance dialogue at
the intersection of religion and public affairs.

The Spiritual Capital Research Program is interested in supporting high-
level, impartial scholarship on the contribution of religion - both for good
and for ill - to economic and social developments.
In "The Wealth of Nations ," Adam Smith raised key questions for the
economic analysis of religion and looked at the effects of competition among
religions and the dangers of government of religion.

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The findings also indicated that a plurality of physicians polled
(41%) endorse the legalization of physician assisted suicide under a
wide variety of circumstances, while 30% support its legalization in a
few cases only and 29% oppose legalizing it in all cases.metanexus. The aim of the program is
to catalyze the development of this interdisciplinary research field, which
may become a vital new field in the social sciences .

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Business Editors/Health Editors

NEW YORK----Results of a national
survey of 1,000 physicians revealed that a clear majority of
physicians (57%) believe that it is ethical to assist an individual
who has made a rational choice to die due to unbearable suffering,
while 39% believe it is unethical.

Were government to regulate assisted suicide, a majority (55%)
would have it regulated at the Federal level, 46% at the state
level.

When asked to describe the source of their attitudes toward
physician assisted suicide, a plurality of doctors offered
their understanding of their obligations as physicians (40%),
followed by their general moral values (24%), their view of
patient autonomy (20%), and their religious beliefs (13%)
among other factors."
Following a call for proposals, 43 finalists were chosen to submit full
proposals from a pool of more than 560 applicants, representing many of the
top research institutions in the United States and abroad.metanexus.

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Poll: Majority of Doctors Support Ethics of Physician Assisted Suicide; Plurality Support Legalization of Controversial Practice

The margin of error
for the study was plus or minus 3% at a 95% level of confidence. 46% say government has a legitimate
interest in regulating it.

Editors/Reporters: For more information on the poll, or to speak
with Dr.

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"It was somewhat of a contrast that physicians expressed a
wide range of views regarding issues relating to physician assisted
suicide.edu

The Spiritual Capital Research Program is designed to
fund innovative research that could lead to new understandings of religion's
role in economic, social and political life. The Principal Investigators heading these teams and their
projects are:

Laurence Iannaccone, George Mason University: Creating an "Ecology" for
the Study of Religion, Economics, and Spiritual Capital

Timur Kuran, University of Southern California: The Role of Religion in
the Economic Performance of Civilizations

Robert Woodberry, University of Texas at Austin: Project on Religion and
Economic Change

Each of these three projects began in March 2005 and is 30 months in
duration."
Since then , social scientists have vigorously debated the concept of
social capital, but spiritual capital - a sub-set of the field - remains
relatively understudied.

These sites do not pass judgment on NRMs on religious grounds, though certain groups may be criticized on sociological, psychological, or mental health grounds.