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Canadian professor gets $2.5 million to study religion

An academic has received a grant of 2.5 million Canadian dollars (US$2.5 million) to lead a study of religious diversity in Canada. Lori Beaman, professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa, will head a team of 36 researchers from Australia, Britain, Canada, France and the United States, reports Ecumenical News International.

Over the next seven years, they will work together online and in person. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, a Canadian funding agency, granted the award. One element of the study is an upcoming workshop in India that will examine religion there.

"Then, we can start to build a comparative basis to think about how is religious diversity and religious freedom thought about more globally," said Beaman.

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[04/13/2010]

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