ISSR In Conversation - 2023 Book Prize Winner Discussion

Send us Fan MailThe 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, 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. For more information about the Book Prize and to find out how to nominate books, please visit this link: https://www.issr.org.uk/projects/issr-annual-book-prize/ 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 https://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. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/human-flourishing-9780198850267?cc=us&lang=en& https://andrewbriggs.org/ https://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.ISSR 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 Nairnwww.anthonynairn.com ISSR Executive Assistantwww.issr.org.ukSupport the show