Spiritual information: 100 perspectives on science and religion : essays in honor of Sir John Templeton's 90-th birthday

Pt. 1. Perspectives on Sir John Templeton's two domains - spiritual capital and spiritual information

1. Spiritual information and the sense of wonder : the convergence of spirituality and the natural sciences / Alister E. McGrath

2. Sir John Templeton's three passions / Michael Novak

3. Spiritual capital : a new field of research / Robert D. Woodberry

4. Spiritual capital as an economic force / Robert J. Barro

5. Spiritual entrepreneurism : creating a plan to explore and promote spiritual information / Jean Staune

6. Global spiritual confusion and the neglected problem of excess spiritual information / Wesley J. Wildman

7. Science, semiotics, and the sacred : seeking spiritual information in the deep structure of reality / William Grassie

8. What does a slug know of Mozart? : introducing the ontological multiverse / Charles L. Harper, Jr.

9. Complementarity / Freeman J. Dyson

Pt. 2. Perspectives on the history - and future - of the science-religion dialog

10. In praise of contingency : chance versus inevitability in the universe we know / Owen Gingerich

11. Historical errors impeding progress in science and religion / Jeffrey Burton Russell

12. longing of Johannes Kepler / Kitty Ferguson

13. spirit of Galileo / Dallas Willard

14. Eminent scientists and religious belief / Nicolaas A. Rupke

15. Biological evolution, quantum mechanics, and non-interventionist divine action : new research promises growth in spiritual knowledge / Robert J. Russell

16. Religion, global trends, and religious futurology / Philip Jenkins

17. "Playing God" / Noah J. Efron

18. new cognitive science of religion / Fraser N. Watts

19. Exploring inner space in a new age of discovery : the future of scientific survey research in religion / George H. Gallup, Jr.

20. Theological fiction and the future / Gregory A. Benford

Pt. 3. Perspectives from cosmology, physics, and astronomy

21. Outward bound / John D. Barrow

22. echo of ancient questions from contemporary cosmology / Marco Bersanelli

23. Progress in scientific and spiritual understanding / George F. R. Ellis

24. universe - what's the point? / Paul C. W. Davies

25. Choose your own universe / Andrei Linde

26. Goldilocks universe : finesse and firepower / Karl W. Giberson

27. Emergent realities in the cosmos / Marcelo Gleiser

28. Cosmic order and divine word / Lydia Jaeger

29. Science of the unseen : a perspective from contemporary physics / Hyung S. Choi

30. Design and the designer : new concepts, new challenges / Robin A. Collins

31. Henderson's "fine-tuning argument" : time for rediscovery / Michael J. Denton

32. What God "whispers" through radio telescopes / Jennifer J. Wiseman

Pt. 4. Perspectives from quantum mechanics, mathematics, and symbolic logic

33. "trialistic" structure in physics : new insights for metaphysics and natural theology / Gennaro Auletta

34. On the perennial oneness of being / Michael D. Silberstein

35. Quantum logic and the God-world relationship : a new resource for exploring modern Christian theology / Thierry Magnin

36. Between mathematics and transcendence : the search for the spiritual dimension of scientific discovery / Joseph M. Zycinski

37. Rejecting the realm of numbers / Edward Nelson

38. Is God a mathematician? / Mario Livio

39. Mathematical theology / Sarah Voss

40. From now to infinity / Michael Heller

41. One universal computation : first zero, then one / Kevin Kelly

42. "Neoreality" and the quest for transcendence / Clifford A. Pickover

43. Belief in a superior being : a game-theoretic analysis / Steven J. Brams

44. On the problem of the existence of evil : reflections of a Jewish physicist-philosopher / Max Jammer

45. Do quantum experiments challenge Kant's criticism of the proofs for the existence of God? / Antoine Suarez

46. Proof or persuasion? / F. Russell Stannard

47. From information to spirit : a sketch for a new anthropology / Gianfranco Basti

Pt. 5. Perspectives on evolution and purpose

48. Do chimpanzees have souls? : possible precursors of religious behavior in animals / Jane Goodall

49. Shamanic practices in the painted caves of Europe / Jean Clottes

50. Naturalistic spiritual information / Ursula Goodenough

51. Hath Darwin suffered a prophet's scorn? : evolutionary theory and the scandal of unconditional love / Jeffrey P. Schloss

52. Living purpose : the study of purpose in the living world as a source of new spiritual information / Paul K. Wason

53. evolution of altruism : from game theory to human language / Martin A. Nowak and Natalia L. Komarova

54. form of freedom / William B. Hurlbut

Pt. 6. Perspectives on sociology and ethics

55. Preparing the way for the Lord : evolution, Christianity, and the dialog on moral freedom / Alain J.-P. C. Tschudin

56. Planetary spiritual (in)formation : from biological to religious evolution / Holmes Rolston III

57. Is there a place for "scientific" studies of religion? / Robert Wuthnow

58. Sociology and spiritual information : challenging "obvious" opinions / David A. Martin

59. emergence of ethics from science : an examination of the ideals of Einstein and Gandhi / Ramanath Cowsik

60. Science in the service of meaninglessness sociological change and the decline of faith / M. A. Casey

61. Secularization and the sciences / Peter L. Berger

Pt. 7. Perspectives on religion and health

62. faith factor in medicine, the health factor in religion : reflections on a new research tradition / Anne Harrington

63. Heal thyself : spirituality, medicine, and misunderstandings / Harold G. Koenig

64. Can the body heal the spirit? / Ted Peters

65. Mental health, spiritual information, and the power of the mind to shape the brain / Jeffrey M. Schwartz

66. Navajo spirituality : Native American wisdom and healing in the modern world / Lori Arviso Alvord

67. Of monocytes and the spiritual man / Gregory L. Fricchione

68. Miracles confront materialism : a scientist reflects on the life of Christian healer Dorothy Kerin / Stevens Heckscher

Pt. 8. Perspectives on contemplation and the virtues

69. Reflection and its use : from source to meditation / Hendrik P. Barendregt

70. Disgust and elevation : opposing sources of spiritual information / Jonathan Haidt

71. Goodness matters / Barbara L. Fredrickson

72. Psychological science and spiritual pursuits / David G. Myers

73. Spiritual giftedness : identifying and measuring "religious genius" / Arthur J. Schwartz

74. Research on forgiveness : ten lessons learned (so far) / Everett L. Worthington, Jr.

75. Giving thanks : psychological research on gratitude and praise / Robert A. Emmons

76. "Ecce homo" : to welcome the suffering is the sign of our humanity / Xavier Le Pichon

77. Unlimited love / Stephen G. Post

Pt. 9. Perspectives from theology and philosophy

78. If theologians do not measure, can they measure up? : rules for acquiring spiritual information / Martin E. Marty

79. God, spiritual information, and downward causation / John W. Bowker

80. value of risk-taking : human evolution and the love of God / Niels Henrik Gregersen

81. new relationship between theology and science? : one theologian's reflections / Anna Case-Winters

82. emergence of spirit / Philip D. Clayton

83. sense of calling as a clue to the character of the universe / C. Stephen Evans

84. role of discernment in seeking spiritual knowledge / Nancey C. Murphy

85. Spiritual information for integral transformation / Kuruvilla Pandikattu

86. Reading an unfinished universe : science and the question of cosmic purpose / John F. Haught

87. dawn of the clone age : where might wisdom be found? / Celia Deane-Drummond

88. Moving in mysterious waves : music, meter, silence, and hope / Jeremy Begbie

89. Grasping eternity : notions of God and time / William Lane Craig

90. Divine temporality and human experience of time / Wolfgang Achtner

Pt. 10. Perspectives from world religions

91. Progress in religion? : interfaith opportunities / John C. Polkinghorne

92. Interfaith dialog in the global world : theological and intellectual constructs for the future / Bruno Guiderdoni

93. Humility and the future of Islam / Munawar A. Anees

94. Brahman and progress : by what knowledge is the spirit known? / Ravi Ravindra

95. scientific frontier of the inner spirit / B. Alan Wallace

96. From biblical story to the science of society : how Judaism reads scripture / Jacob Neusner

97. Technology and human dignity / Jonathan Sacks

98. Pentecostal/charismatic worship : a window for research / Margaret Poloma

99. Catholicism and science : renewing the conversation / James L. Heft

100. Quest for the flame of the spirit : the pilgrim soul follows the "kindly light" / Russi M. Lala.