EchoStar
Communications Corporation's (NASDAQ: DISH) DISH Network(TM) satellite
television service has added Bridges TV to its programming lineup on
channel 578.
Past Award recipients include world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. This kind of unprecedented grassroots support from American
Muslims shows not only that there is an audience for Bridges TV, but
also that American Muslims are deeply committed to changing
perceptions of Muslims around the world," said Hassan.99 per month on an "a la carte" basis .
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.templeton.

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Tel: 516-333-3495.
"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. Metanexus is
a leader in a growing network of individuals and groups exploring the dynamic
interface between cosmos, nature, and culture in communities and on campuses
throughout the world. 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.

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"Before we were even on the airwaves, more than 10,000 American Muslim
homes paid a monthly membership fee to show their support for the
network.dishnetwork.newscom.

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.metanexus .

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Bridges TV hopes to create better understanding
between American Muslims and mainstream Americans. 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.

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Earlier in March, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali
personally launched the network in Chicago. A second
dish may be necessary for some subscribers to view the channel. 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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5 and 148 degree orbital locations. To request a DVD about Bridges TV, email info@bridgestv.

Three Grants of $500 000 Each Awarded for Research on 'Spiritual Capital' by Metanexus Institute

Winners of the invitation-only competition for the three founding grants
in the Spiritual Capital Research Program were announced by Kimon H."
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.
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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now have a new venue for television programming with the announcement
today that Bridges TV, the American Muslim lifestyle network in
English, is now available nationwide on DISH Network.
Bridges TV offers American Muslims some of the most relevant
cultural programming in English, which makes the network appeal to
immigrant Muslims, American-born Muslims and mainstream Americans
interested in Muslim cultures and people. Islam is the second largest
faith in America and, with a 6.bridgestv .asp

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. Just 100 years ago Max Weber
published his provocative work The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of
Capitalism .

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Y. However, Muslims remain
a misunderstood group.metanexus.

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Bridges TV is available through DISH Network on channel 578 for
only $14.
Since then, social scientists have vigorously debated the concept of
social capital, but spiritual capital - a sub-set of the field - remains
relatively understudied.

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com or call 1-800-333-DISH (3474).bridgestv.
(Logo: http://www.net or 215-789-2200 . Metanexus sponsors dialogue groups, lectures,
workshops, research, courses, grants, and publications .

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For additional information, or to order Bridges TV, please visit
www.com
or call 716-578-1317 . The
grants are awarded through a program of the Metanexus Institute on Religion
and Science , supported by generous funding from the John Templeton Foundation., Director for Research and Programs in the Human Sciences at Metanexus.
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.

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D. 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.

The Metanexus Institute advances scientific research, education and
outreach on the constructive engagement of science and religion .

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These programs join lifestyle-themed
cartoons, cooking shows, current events shows, family-friendly sitcoms
and movies that bring American Muslim issues to the forefront.
The specialized network , headquartered in Buffalo, NY, attests to
the growing numbers and economic strength of the seven million
American Muslims in the United States. 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. "It is no
longer unusual to consider that trust, behavioral norms and religion can
profoundly shape economic, political and social developments.
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 . Full grant applications will then be invited for a total of $1.

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To commemorate the launch of Bridges TV on DISH Network, Dr. Bridges TV is
broadcast from the 61. For more information, visit www.com
High resolution photographs are available online at
http://www.com/pictures.
The Metanexus Institute is interested in supporting high-level, impartial
scholarship on the contribution of religion - both for good and for ill - to
economic and social developments.5
million in research funds .

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Faroque Khan, a board member of the Islamic Society of North America
(ISNA) and President of the Islamic Society of Long Island (ICLI),
will honor DISH Network with the prestigious Bridge Builder Award. "Bridges TV gives American Muslims a
voice of their own on the airwaves for Americans of all races and
religions to hear," he said. Results will
be disseminated through scholarly and lay publications, conferences, speaking
engagements and websites.
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.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.

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The launch event will be held on Sunday, May 22 at
11 a.
Subscribers can enjoy shows such as Each Other, about a Muslim
girl trying to succeed as a big-city reporter; the network's morning
show Salam America; Bridges News, the network's original daily
newscast and Muslims Across America, a show that profiles major
community events and stories .
"We are very proud to be the first to create a television
marketplace to bring together American Muslims and to do so with DISH
Network, which has provided every American interested in Muslim
cultures the opportunity to bring Bridges TV into their homes," Hassan
added. 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.

Robert Woodberry, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of
Texas at Austin: Project on Religion and Economic Change.net/spiritual_capital
or contact project manager Christopher Stawski at
SpiritualCapital@metanexus. http://www.

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Bridges TV Launches Nationwide on DISH Network at Ceremony at Islamic Center of Long Island -ICLI- on May 22nd; ICLI Recognizes DISH Network with Bridge Builde

ET at the Islamic Center of Long Island, 835 Brush Hollow
Road, Westbury, NY 11590.2 percent annual growth rate, it's the
fastest growing religion in the United States.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050324/PHTH031LOGO )
The term "spiritual capital" refers to the economic and social
consequences of religion and spirituality. Metanexus leads and
facilitates over 300 projects in 36 countries. http://www.

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The award is in recognition of DISH Network's more than decade-long
service to American Muslims and its support of the American Muslim
television network.bridgestv.

About Bridges TV
Bridges TV, a 24x7 lifestyle network geared to American Muslims,
launched nationwide in December 2004 on satellite and selected markets
on cable.org

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Bridges TV CEO Muzzammil Hassan pointed to the overwhelming
support that Muslims showed for the network before it even launched.com before May 31st receive a free DVD movie
of Bah Ya Bah , an award winning cartoon film in English. While religion and spirituality
are rich with various sources of personal meaning, they also have profound
public significance.

Each project is 30 months in duration, beginning March 2005. Letters of intent are due no later than April
15 , 2005.

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WESTBURY, N. Ali believes that Bridges
TV allows Americans to get to know American Muslims the way they would
get to know their next door neighbor , seeing them everyday in natural
situations at work and at home. Viewers who order
online at www . 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.
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 .

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