Not mutually exclusive: For top US virus experts, faith and science work together
National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins was recently awarded the 2020 Templeton Prize. ELANA SCHOR, of Associated Press, reports on how religion is – or has been – part of life of some of the top coronavirus experts in the US…
US health chief Francis Collins wins Templeton Prize
RNS Francis Collins, world-renowned geneticist and director of the US National Institutes of Health, is the 2020 recipient of the Templeton Prize. The award, valued at £1.1 million, honours individuals who use scientific advancements to answer the deepest questions related to humanity’s existence and purpose. Collins is perhaps best known for leading the Human Genome […]
In the US, National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins on why Christians must reconcile with science
RNS On top of his duties as the director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins takes time to answer letters from Christians trying to reconcile their faith with science. At a conference last week of BioLogos, the nonprofit he founded more than 10 years ago to bridge science and faith, Collins told an audience […]