The Center for L.I.F.E. (Leading the Integration of Faith and Entrepreneurship) at Miami University is proud to announce the recipients of the inaugural Faith and Entrepreneurship Best Paper Award, presented at the close of the 2025 L.I.F.E. Research Conference. This new award recognizes outstanding scholarly work published in top-tier journals, with eligibility limited to papers appearing in ABS 3- or 4-star journals in the previous year.
After a rigorous review process, the award committee selected the paper “Nonprobabilistic Reasoning and Navigating Entrepreneurial Uncertainty: A Psychology of Religious Faith Lens,” authored by Robert J Pidduck, David M Townsend, and Lowell W Busenitz, and published in the Journal of Business Venturing.
The judges praised this work for its innovative approach to a crucial entrepreneurial challenge—overcoming uncertainty—by exploring nonprobabilistic modes of cognition through a religious lens. The paper draws on a diverse array of religious traditions, including Daoism, Buddhism, and Christianity, to develop new theoretical insights and constructs such as intuitive insight, generative doubt, and redemptive choice. These contributions lay a strong foundation for future research in the field.
The Center for L.I.F.E. congratulates Robert, David, and Lowell for their exceptional achievement and looks forward to spotlighting their work in upcoming conference materials. This award underscores the Center for L.I.F.E.’s commitment to fostering world-class research and building a vibrant scholarly community in the emerging field of entrepreneurial cognition and faith.
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