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Rollag was praised for his emphasis on student learning and the
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Three Grants of $500 000 Each Awarded for Research on 'Spiritual Capital' by Metanexus Institute

PHILADELPHIA, Three distinguished scholars have
each received grants of $500,000 to lead teams of researchers in order to
create a new interdisciplinary field of "Spiritual Capital" research . Letters of intent are due no later than April
15, 2005.

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion . Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research, courses, grants, and publications . Projects include the Local
Societies Initiative, the Templeton Research Lectures, and topical
interdisciplinary research projects such as the Spiritual Transformation
Scientific Research Program, Spiritual Capital Research Program, Foundational
Questions in Physics and Cosmology, as well as studies of religion and health,
religion and human flourishing, and other endeavors.

Babson's Rollag Receives Organizational Behavior Teaching Award

WELLESLEY, Mass. "I've really enjoyed
teaching at Babson College and value the school's commitment to both
management education and research. His work
has also been featured in Harvard Management Update, Stanford Social
Innovation Review, Boston Business Journal , IEEE Spectrum, and Wired News.

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The Spiritual Capital Research Program will fund high-
level research that could lead to new understandings of religion's role in
economic, social and political life.

Results will
be disseminated through scholarly and lay publications, conferences, speaking
engagements and websites.
Since then, social scientists have vigorously debated the concept of
social capital, but spiritual capital - a sub-set of the field - remains
relatively understudied. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson
College.

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Just 100 years ago Max Weber
published his provocative work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
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Only in recent years have leading scholars,
including Nobel laureate economists Gary Becker and Robert Fogel and political
scientists John DiIulio and Robert Putnam, called renewed attention to the
effects of spiritual and religious practices, beliefs and institutions on
economics, politics and societies . http://www.

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Kuran's project will advance ongoing research on the role of Islam, and
especially Islamic law, in the economic performance of the Middle East from
its rise in the 7th century to the present.
In The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith raised key questions for the economic
analysis of religion and looked at the effects of competition among religions
and the dangers of government of religion.metanexus. Babson grants BS degrees
through its innovative undergraduate program, and grants MBA and custom MS and
MBA degrees through the F.W.

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(Logo: http://www. "It is no
longer unusual to consider that trust, behavioral norms and religion can
profoundly shape economic, political and social developments.

Robert Woodberry , Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of
Texas at Austin: Project on Religion and Economic Change.
This project seeks to evaluate the influence of various religions on
health, education and the economy by measuring religious distinctions and the
resulting impact on national, community and individual levels in societies
around the world.metanexus.org

Rollag earned BS and MS degrees from Washington University, and worked as
a product development manager at Procter + Gamble before obtaining his Ph.

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"I am honored to receive the award," says Rollag.

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"Now seems an ideal time to understand and assess the public effects of
spiritual and religious action because there seems to be a growing openness in
the social sciences towards non-material factors ," says Sargeant.

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Winners of the invitation-only competition for the three founding grants
in the Spiritual Capital Research Program were announced by Kimon H.net

The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and
empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives
from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise., is recognized internationally as a
leader in entrepreneurial management education. Babson Executive Education offers executive development programs to
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The Metanexus Institute is interested in supporting high-level, impartial
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The term "spiritual capital" refers to the economic and social
consequences of religion and spirituality.
In addition to the three funded projects that are just beginning, the
Metanexus Institute has issued a new call for proposals for $150,000 research
grants for interdisciplinary studies on the economic and social consequences
of religion and spirituality.

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Each project is 30 months in duration, beginning March 2005 . Full grant applications will then be invited for a total of $1. A membership
organization, Metanexus hosts an online magazine and discussion forum with
over 140,000 monthly page views and 7000 regular subscribers in 57 different
countries.

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One section will analyze the impact of 150 years of
missionary activity; a second section will analyze the economic consequences
of Pentecostal conversions in Brazil; a third section will focus on the
influence of revivalist Islam and Christianity in rural Malawi.

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It will also facilitate a broader
range of study by bringing together a network of scholars, to be
known as the Institute for Economic Research on Civilizations (IERC), to
promote comparative research and raise the level of discourse on the role of
various religions and forms of spiritual capital in the economic performance
of civilizations.

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While religion and spirituality
are rich with various sources of personal meaning, they also have profound
public significance., Director for Research and Programs in the Human Sciences at Metanexus.

Timur Kuran, Professor of Economics and Law and King Faisel Professor of
Islamic Thought and Culture at the University of Southern California: The Role
of Religion in the Economic Performance of Civilizations. The aim of the Spiritual Capital Research
Program is to catalyze the development of this interdisciplinary research
field, which may become a vital new field in the social sciences. http://www."
Rollag's research focuses primarily on rapid on-boarding of newcomers in
organizations, and has been published in MIT/Sloan Management Review, Journal
of Organizational Behavior, and the Journal of Management Education. For more information
visit http://www.

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The
grants are awarded through a program of the Metanexus Institute on Religion
and Science, supported by generous funding from the John Templeton Foundation.net or 215-789-2200., Keith Rollag, Babson College
management division assistant professor, has won the 2005 New Educator Award
from the Organizational Behavior Teaching Society (OBTS), a national academic
organization focused on improving management education, primarily in
organizational behavior, leadership, and strategy.

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For further information on the Spiritual Capital Research Program,
including submission guidelines for the new granting opportunities, or to
request a program brochure, visit http://www.

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Principal investigators heading the award-winning teams and their projects
are:

Laurence Iannaccone, Koch Professor of Economics at George Mason
University: Creating an "Ecology" for the Study of Religion, Economics, and
Spiritual Capital .
This project includes the development of an international Consortium for
the Economic Study of Religion (CESR), bringing visiting scholars together at
George Mason University for interdisciplinary and collaborative workshops,
classes, research projects and conferences, instituting an economics -as-
religion concentration for doctoral students, and creating a global network of
scholars and institutes.D.