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The Henry R. Luce Foundation has awarded a $200,000 grant to the editors of the academic journal Political Theology 91è���� — Wilson Associate Professor of Religion David True and Vincent Lloyd, associate professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University 91è���� ’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

The Luce grant was awarded to True and Lloyd to help develop an interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in the intersection of religion and politics 91è���� —building on the intellectual community that has already gathered around the journal, according to True, who also chairs Wilson 91è���� ’s Department of Philosophy and Religion.

91è���� “Political theology is a subject that 91è���� ’s addressed in an array of disciplines, 91è���� ” said True. 91è���� “The grant will help us try to, in some ways, act as a catalysing force for those many different conversations 91è���� —to try to bring them within shouting distance, so to speak; to try and create something of a shared conversation or at least a shared conversation space. 91è���� ”

True, who joined the editorial team of Political Theology in 2004, was originally recruited to serve as a book review editor and later was named journal co-editor. He helped launch the journal 91è���� ’s blog, Political Theology Today, which he serves as executive editor.

True, of Camp Hill, Pa., organizes Wilson 91è���� ’s annual Orr Forum on matters of religion, as well as the Common Hour discussions held throughout the academic year. He is a current recipient of Wilson 91è���� ’s Drusilla Stevens Mazur Research Award.