Science & Spirit

It was launched by the John Templeton Foundation in 1989 as a newsletter, converted to a glossy magazine in 1998,{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=George|title=Science and Religion: Bridging the Great Divide|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/30/science/essay-science-and-religion-bridging-the-great-divide.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm|accessdate=18 October 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 June 1998}} then repositioned for a general readership in 2001.{{cite web|title=John Templeton Foundation Publications|url=http://capabilities.templeton.org/2004/press03.html|work=John Templeton Foundation|accessdate=15 October 2011}} The founding editor was Mr Science.{{cite news|author=Michelle Roth|title=Dr. Kevin Sharpe, Union Institute & University Professor, was Founding Editor of Science and Spirit Magazine|url=http://myunion.edu/2008/11/dr-kevin-sharpe-union-institute-university-professor-was-founding-editor-of-science-and-spirit-magazine/|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=Union Institute|date=18 November 2008}} The magazine was published by Science & Spirit Resources, Inc. five times a year during the initial period.{{cite news|title=Science & Spirit Magazine to Hit Bookstores Nationwide|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/science--spirit-magazine-to-hit-bookstores-nationwide-ingram-periodicals-to-distribute-magazine-on-science-and-religion-74160377.html|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=PR Newswire|date=21 April 1999|location=Orlando}} In 2003, it was purchased by Heldref Publications, though the John Templeton Foundation continued to provide editorial support. The publication was renamed Search in 2008 before being discontinued in 2009.{{cite journal|journal=Search|title=Search|date=September 2008|volume=19|issue=5}}

Science and religion scholar Karl Giberson took over as editor-in-chief of the magazine in 2003{{cite web|title=Giberson new Editor-in-Chief of Science & Spirit Magazine|url=http://www.metanexus.net/Magazine/Default.aspx?TabId=68&id=8389&SkinSrc=%5BG%5DSkins%2F_default%2FNo+Skin&ContainerSrc=%5BG%5DContainers%2F_default%2FNo+Container|accessdate=18 October 2011}} and sought to raise the publication's profile and increase its subscriber base.{{cite news|last=Slajda|first=Rachel|title=Where Science, Religion Meet|url=http://www.lexisnexis.com/lnacui2api/api/version1/getDocCui?lni=4G89-XB70-TWJ8-K3BF&csi=152787&hl=t&hv=t&hnsd=f&hns=t&hgn=t&oc=00240&perma=true|accessdate=18 October 2011|newspaper=South Shore Insider|date=25 May 2005}} During his tenure, Science & Spirit was nominated for POTU Independent Press Awards in 2003{{cite web|title=Utne Independent Press Awards Nominees -- 2003| work=Utne Reader |url=http://www.utne.com/2003-11-01/Utne-Independent-Press-Awards-Nominees-2003.aspx?page=4|accessdate=15 October 2011}} 2006,{{cite web|title=Utne Independent Press Awards Nominees -- 2006| work=Utne Reader |url=http://www.utne.com/2006-11-01/utne-independent-press-awards-nominees-2006.aspx?page=5|accessdate=15 October 2011}} and 2007,{{cite web|title=Nominees for the 19th Annual Utne Independent Press Awards 2007|url=http://www.utne.com/uipa.aspx|accessdate=15 October 2011}} and its contributors featured notable scholars such as John Horgan,{{cite journal|last=Horgan|first=John|title=War or Peace|journal=Science & Spirit|date=Mar–Apr 2005|volume=16|issue=2|pages=30–35}} Edward Larson,{{cite journal|last=Larson|first=Edward|title=Evolutionary Dissent|journal=Science & Spirit|date=Mar–Apr 2005|volume=16|issue=2|pages=48–52|doi=10.3200/sspt.16.2.48-52|doi-access=free}} Alan Lightman{{cite journal|last=Lightman|first=Alan|title=Wheels of Fortune|journal=Science & Spirit|date=May–Jun 2006|volume=17|issue=3|pages=28–33|doi=10.3200/sspt.17.3.28-33|doi-access=free}} Michael Ruse,{{cite journal|last=Ruse|first=Michael|title=America's Evolving Problem|journal=Science & Spirit|date=Sep–Oct 2005|volume=16|issue=5|pages=38–41|doi=10.3200/sspt.16.5.38-41|doi-access=free}} and E. O. Wilson.{{cite journal|last=Wilson|first=E. O.|title=Common Ground|journal=Science & Spirit|date=Nov–Dec 2006|volume=17|issue=6|pages=56–60}} However, the John Templeton Foundation chose to discontinue funding the publication after 2006,{{cite web|title=Science and Spirit Resources|url=http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/organization/Science_and_Spirit_Resources/funders|publisher=Media Matters|accessdate=18 October 2011}} and Heldref Publications ultimately stopped publishing the magazine in 2009.

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