Center for Philosophy of Religion receives $1.3 million grant | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Center for Philosophy of Religion receives $1.3 million grant Center for Philosophy of Religion receives $1.3 million grant Published: December 08, 2010 Author: Kate Cohorst The University of Notre Dame’s Center for Philosophy of Religion (CPR) has received a $1.3 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to promote research at the intersection of philosophy and theology. The award is part of a four-year, $5.7 million initiative called “Analytic Theology: The Convergence of Philosophy and Theology.” Researchers at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and the Shalem Center in Jerusalem also are involved in the research project. “My goal is to help change how philosophy of religion and systematic theology are done—to help them become more interdisciplinary and to help theologians and analytic philosophers of religion find productive ways to engage and benefit from each other’s work,” says Michael Rea, a professor of philosophy and CPR director. As part of the project, CPR will offer course development grants, residential research and dissertation fellowships, and summer research funding for faculty and graduate students. The center also is sponsoring an annual lecture series at the American Academy of Religion, organizing a series of workshops, and creating discussion groups that will bring philosophers and theologians together to hear speakers and converse about topics related to analytical theology. The theme for the 2011 workshop is “Divine Revelation: Meaning, Authority, and Canon.” Topics will include canon formation and questions about the nature and mode of divine revelation, the nature of scriptural authority, textual meaning and biblical interpretation. Rea says the time is ripe for greater constructive engagement between the disciplines of philosophy and theology. “In the 19th and early 20th centuries, currents in both philosophy and theology made both disciplines inhospitable to robust theorizing about the nature and attributes of God, and about the details of core religious doctrines,” he says. “But the discipline of philosophy has changed substantially over the past 50 years, becoming now fertile ground for such theorizing.” The Center for Philosophy of Religion in Notre Dame’s College of Arts and Letters promotes work on topics in the philosophy of religion and philosophical theology, and encourages the development and exploration of specifically Christian and theistic philosophy. The Templeton Foundation strives to be 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 the nature of love, gratitude, forgiveness and creativity. Posted In: Research Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 05, 2022 Astrophysicists find evidence for the presence of the first stars October 04, 2022 NIH awards $4 million grant to psychologists researching suicide prevention September 29, 2022 Notre Dame, Ukrainian Catholic University launch three new research grants September 27, 2022 Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin engineers join to advance novel treatment for cystic fibrosis September 22, 2022 Climate-prepared countries are losing ground, latest ND-GAIN index shows For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn