Ian Barbour

Ian Barbour
Ian Barbour
Born	Ian Graeme Barbour; October 5, 1923; Beijing, China
Died	December 24, 2013 (aged 90); Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Nationality	American
Spouse	Deane Kern (m. 1947; died 2011)
Awards	Templeton Prize (1999)
Academic background
Alma mater	Swarthmore College; Duke University; University of Chicago; Yale University;
Thesis	Magnetic Deflection of Cosmic-ray Mesons Using Nuclear Plates (1950)
Academic work
Discipline	Physics; religious studies; science and technology studies;
Sub-discipline	Particle physics
School or tradition	Process theology; theological critical realism;
Institutions	Carleton College
Main interests	Relationship between religion and science
Notable works	Issues in Science and Religion (1966)
Notable ideas	Theological critical realism
Influenced	Arthur Peacocke; John Polkinghorne;

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."

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."

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