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Ian Graeme Barbour (October 5, 1923 – December 24, 2013〔), was an American scholar on the relationship between science and religion. According to the Public Broadcasting Service his mid-1960s Issues in Science and Religion "has been credited with literally creating the contemporary field of science and religion."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The PBS Online Newhour May 28, 1999 )〕 In the citation nominating Barbour for the 1999 Templeton Prize, John B. Cobb wrote ''"No contemporary has made a more original, deep and lasting contribution toward the needed integration of scientific and religious knowledge and values than Ian Barbour. With respect to the breadth of topics and fields brought into this integration, Barbour has no equal."''〔http://www.carleton.edu/campus/newsbureau/pr/barbour.html〕 ==Biography== Barbour was born in Beijing, China the second of three sons of an American Episcopalian mother and a Scottish Presbyterian father.〔http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/june99/barbour_bio.html〕 He spent his childhood in China, the United States, and England. He received his B.Sc. in physics from Swarthmore College,〔 his M.Sc. in physics from Duke University in 1946,〔 and a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago in 1950.〔 He earned a B.Div. in 1956 from Yale University's Divinity School.〔 Barbour taught at Carleton College beginning in 1955, with an appointment as professor of religion. In the 1970s, he co-founded of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program at Carleton, which later became the Environment and Technology Studies program. He retired in 1986 as the Winifred and Atherton Bean Professor Emeritus of Science, Technology and Society. Barbour gave the Gifford lectures from 1989 – 1991 at the University of Aberdeen. These lectures led to the book ''Religion in an Age of Science''. He was awarded the Templeton Prize in 1999〔 for Progress in Religion in recognition of his efforts to create a dialogue between the worlds of science and religion. Barbour was married to Deane Kern from 1947 until her death in 2011. They had four children.〔(Ian Barbour dies at 90; academic who bridged science-religion divide ), Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 1 January 2014, accessed 15 January 2014〕 Barbour suffered a stroke on December 20, 2013 at his home in Northfield, Minnesota, and remained in a coma at Abbott Northwestern Hospital until his death four days later.〔http://apps.carleton.edu/farewells/?story_id=1081774〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ian Barbour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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