The Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion, Oxford: Research

Currently, the Ian Ramsey Centre is sponsoring two areas of research, both funded by the John Templeton Foundation:

1) Anthropology and Theology
The Ian Ramsey Centre, in conjunction with the Centre for Anthropology and Mind, has just been awarded a major research grant from the John Templeton Foundation. The principal investigators will be Professor Roger Trigg (IRC) and Dr Justin Barrett (ICEA).

2) A Comparative Study of Religious Experience in Britain and China, being undertaken by
Professor Paul Badham and
Professor Xinzhong Yao
until 2007

3) The Pilgrimage Project
The Portuguese BIAL foundation is sponsoring a piece of research on pilgrimage, being undertaken in the Ian Ramsey Centre by Dr Miguel Farias and others.

4) The OXCSOM Project
Dr Farias has also completed work for this project, funded by the John Templeton Foundation, on the effect religious belief has on the perception of pain. Read the article here. See also articles about this research in The Daily Telegraph, Science News and Scientific Blogging.

Recent books by IRC researchers

Xinzhong Yao

Paul Badham

Miguel Farias

Ian Ramsey Centre for science and religion in the University of Oxford

Research

Ian Ramsey Centre
for science and religion in the University of Oxford