May 19, 2006

Religion, Science, and the Goals of the Templeton Foundation

To the Editor:

I'm a Christian doctoral student in Latin American history at a large state university in Florida. One of my hobbies is pop theology, especially the interstices of faith and science. I therefore very much enjoyed John Horgan's mea culpa for accepting (as an agnostic) a fellowship from the John Templeton Foundation ("The Templeton Foundation: a Skeptic's Take," The Chronicle Review, April 7).

I found Mr. Horgan's piece refreshingly honest. I concur wholeheartedly