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Dr. Arthur Peacocke, physical biochemist, Anglican priest, and the 2001 Templeton Prize Laureate died on Saturday, October 21, 2006, at age 81.

Peacocke began his adult life, in his words, as a "mild" agnostic, but slowly became an adherent of Christianity. Seeking an alternative to automatic acceptance of scriptural authority of the church, however, he began a thorough study of theology, with the encouragement of a professor, Geoffrey Lampe. In 1960...

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,p>Born in Bowersville, Ohio, USA, on May 31 1898, Norman Vincent Peale grew up helping support his family by delivering newspapers, working in a grocery store, and selling pots and pans door to door, but later was to become one of the most influential clergymen in the United States during the 20th-century.

He was educated at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston University. He was a reporter on the Findlay, Ohio, Morning Republic prior to entering...

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Rodney L. Petersen is executive director of the Boston Theological Institute, and teaches in the areas of history and ethics, currently focusing on issues of religion and violence. He is the author or editor of numerous articles and books including Consumption, Population, and Sustainability and Earth at Risk.

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Erin Phelps is research professor and deputy director of the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University.

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Scott Phillips is portfolio manager and head of research at Lauren Templeton Capital Management, LLC, and the author of the book, Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture. He is also the coauthor of Investing the Templeton Way, and he authors a globally distributed newsletter, The Maximum Pessimism Report.

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Dr. Margaret Plews-Ogan is currently associate professor of medicine at the University of Virginia and director of the UVA Institute for Quality and Patient Safety (IQPS). She is also lead investigator and director of the UVA Center for Appreciative Practice, a positive culture transformation initiative across the Schools of Medicine and Nursing, the Medical Center, and the Health Services Foundation physician group practice.

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Harry L. Poe is the Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture at Union University. He has authored more than a dozen books and numerous articles. He holds a PhD in education from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He resides in Jackson, Tennessee, with his wife and two daughters.

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John C. Polkinghorne is an Anglican priest, a fellow of the Royal Academy past president of Queens’ College, Cambridge University, and former professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge. Polkinghorne resigned his chair in physics to study for the Anglican priesthood. After completing his theological studies and serving at parishes, he returned to Cambridge. In 1997, Dr. Polkinghorne was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for distinguished service to science, religion,...