Ian Barbour

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." Barbour was born in Beijing, China, and later moved to the United States and England. He served as a conscientious objector during World War II. He held degrees in physics from Swarthmore College and Duke University, a PhD in physics from the University of Chicago where he assisted Enrico Fermi, and a Bachelor of Divinity from Yale University. He taught at Carleton College from 1955, retiring in 1986. He developed the concept of "critical realism" in the context of science and religion. His influential works include "Issues in Science and Religion" (1966), "Religion in an Age of Science" (1990), and "When Science Meets Religion" (2000).