This book documents the four-day conference at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, October 2012. The conference was held in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Sir John Templeton and of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of his John Templeton Foundation.

Michael Welker is a senior professor at the University of Heidelberg and the director of the Research Center International and Interdisciplinary Theology.

Contents: Thomas Pfeiffer: The Science and Religion Dialogue: Past and Future – Michael Welker: The Science and Religion Dialogue: Past and Future – John M. Templeton, Jr: Opening Address – Stephen Post: Commemorating Sir John Templeton (1912–2012) – Michael Murray: Science and Religion Dialogue – Hans Joas: The Natural History of Religion – Martin A. Nowak: God and Evolution – John Polkinghorne: The Search for Truth – John Polkinghorne: A Contribution to the Eschatology Session – Michael Welker: Eschatology, Anthropology, and Concepts of Law – Denis R. Alexander: The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion - the First Seven Years – Friederike Nussel/Robin Lovin: Theological Inquiry and the Science and Religion Dialogue – Ted Peters: Science and Redemption: The Future of Creation – Robert John Russell: Scientific Cosmology and the Theologies of Creation and Redemption – Cyril Hovorun: The Dialogue between Science and Religion in Russia – Niels Henrik Gregersen: The Role of Thought Experiments in Science and Religion – J. Wentzel van Huyssteen: A Postfoundationalist Approach to Theology and Science – Willem B. Drees: Insiders and Outsiders in «Religion and Science» – Chris Impey: Cosmology and the Human Condition – Matthias Baaz: Note on Formal Reasoning in Theology – G. A. D. Briggs: The Search for Evidence-Based Reality – Simon Conway Morris: If the Evolution of Intelligence is inevitable, then what are the Metaphysical Consequences? – Gunter P. Wagner: The Use of Metaphors when Talking about the Nature of Organisms – Kelly James Clark: Atheism and Analytical Thinking – William Schweiker: Freedom within Religion. Religious Ethics and Social Life – Jan Stievermann: The Templeton Award and Professional Development for Young Scholars – Daniel Munteanu: «The Divine Fire in All Things» – Orthodox Cosmology in Dialogue with Science – Eva Harasta: God’s Spirituality. The Trinitarian Dynamics of Prayer.