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The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning authors for the 2023 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion.
Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and seek excellence in content and communication. We seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially if they have the potential to take the field in new directions. We expect three books to be selected each year, one suitable for a general audience, one for an academic audience, and one for a professional audience. Each year there are three financial prizes of £500 for the winning authors presented to the winning authors at the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting.
For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize
Each year we have awarded three prizes in distinct categories: Academic, General, and Professional.
ISSR is pleased to have awarded the following authors the 2023 ISSR Book Prize on Science and Religion:
In the academic category, the prize went to Jonathan Topham for Reading the Book of Nature: How Eight Bestsellers Reconnected Christianity and the Sciences on the Eve of the Victorian Age from the University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo173082681.html#:~:text=This%20series%20of%20eight%20works,beyond%20all%20expectations%2C%20the%20series
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/143/professor-jon-topham
In the general readership category—the prize went to Andrew Briggs and Michael Reiss for Human Flourishing: Scientific Insight and Spiritual Wisdom in Uncertain Times from Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/product/human-flourishing-9780198850267?cc=us&lang=en&
andrewbriggs.org
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48389-michael-reiss
In the category for professionals and educators—the prize went to Donovan Schaefer for Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin from Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-experiment
https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/people/donovan-schaefer
Joining the Discussion are John Hedley Brooke, Russell Re Manning, Josh Reeves, Megan Ulishney, and the chair, Fraser Watt.
johnhedleybrooke.com
gresham.ac.uk/speakers/dr-russell-re-manning
https://www.samford.edu/arts-and-sciences/directory/Reeves-Josh
meganulishney.co.uk
fraserwatts.co.uk
ISSR, a beacon of interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective. We invite you to learn more about us and consider becoming an Associate member by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.
Thank you for joining us, and we’ll see you next time on ISSR In Conversation.
Anthony K Nairn
anthonynairn.com
ISSR Executive Assistant
issr.org.uk
The International Society for Science and Religion (ISSR) is pleased to share a discussion with the award-winning authors for the 2023 ISSR Book Prize for Science and Religion.
Funded by the Templeton World Charity Foundation, the ISSR Book Prize is intended to understand ‘religion’ broadly and seek excellence in content and communication. We seek to reward books that make a major contribution to the field, especially if they have the potential to take the field in new directions. We expect three books to be selected each year, one suitable for a general audience, one for an academic audience, and one for a professional audience. Each year there are three financial prizes of £500 for the winning authors presented to the winning authors at the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting.
For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize
Each year we have awarded three prizes in distinct categories: Academic, General, and Professional.
ISSR is pleased to have awarded the following authors the 2023 ISSR Book Prize on Science and Religion:
In the academic category, the prize went to Jonathan Topham for Reading the Book of Nature: How Eight Bestsellers Reconnected Christianity and the Sciences on the Eve of the Victorian Age from the University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo173082681.html#:~:text=This%20series%20of%20eight%20works,beyond%20all%20expectations%2C%20the%20series
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/staff/143/professor-jon-topham
In the general readership category—the prize went to Andrew Briggs and Michael Reiss for Human Flourishing: Scientific Insight and Spiritual Wisdom in Uncertain Times from Oxford University Press. global.oup.com/academic/product/human-flourishing-9780198850267?cc=us&lang=en&
andrewbriggs.org
profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48389-michael-reiss
In the category for professionals and educators—the prize went to Donovan Schaefer for Wild Experiment: Feeling Science and Secularism after Darwin from Duke University Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/wild-experiment
https://rels.sas.upenn.edu/people/donovan-schaefer
Joining the Discussion are John Hedley Brooke, Russell Re Manning, Josh Reeves, Megan Ulishney, and the chair, Fraser Watt.
johnhedleybrooke.com
gresham.ac.uk/speakers/dr-russell-re-manning
https://www.samford.edu/arts-and-sciences/directory/Reeves-Josh
meganulishney.co.uk
fraserwatts.co.uk
ISSR, a beacon of interdisciplinary learning and research in the fields of science and religion, was established with a global and multi-faith perspective. We invite you to learn more about us and consider becoming an Associate member by visiting our website: https://www.issr.org.uk.
Thank you for joining us, and we’ll see you next time on ISSR In Conversation.
Anthony K Nairn
anthonynairn.com
ISSR Executive Assistant
issr.org.uk
