Templeton Prize
The Templeton Prize[1] was founded in 1972 by the late Sir John Templeton, and honors a living person who has made exceptional contributions to the spiritual dimension of the world. The prize "celebrates no particular faith tradition or notion of God, but rather the quest for progress in humanity’s efforts to comprehend the many and diverse manifestations of the Divine."[2] This prize has been given to scientists, philosophers, theologians, members of the clergy, philanthropists, writers, and reformers, and perhaps anyone who creates a significant order of religious movement(s) in the human world.
Criticism
The Templeton Foundation has been criticized by young-Earth creationists, such as Answers in Genesis, for giving money to organizations that promote theistic evolution.[3][4] They have also criticized the organization for giving the prize to those who support theistic evolution.[5]
Recipients
- 1973: Mother Teresa
- 1974: Brother Rodger
- 1975: Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1976: Leo Joseph Suenens
- 1977: Chiara Lubich
- 1978: Thomas Torrance
- 1979: Nikkyo Niwano
- 1980: Ralph Wendell Burhoe
- 1981: Dame Cicely Saunders
- 1982: Billy Graham
- 1983: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1984: Michael Bourdeaux
- 1985: Sir Alister Hardy
- 1986: James McCord
- 1987: Stanley L. Jaki
- 1988: Inamullah Kahn
- 1989: Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, George MacLeod,
- 1990: Louis Charles Birch, Baba Amte
- 1991: Immanuel Jakobovits
- 1992: Kyung-Chik Han
- 1993: Charles W. Colson
- 1994: Michael Novak
- 1995: Paul Davies
- 1996: Bill Bright
- 1997: Pandurang Shastri Athavale
- 1998: Sir Sigmund Sternberg
- 1999: Ian Barbour
- 2000: Freeman Dyson
- 2001: Arthur Peacocke
- 2002: John C. Polkinghorne
- 2003: Holmes Rolston III
- 2004: George F. R. Ellis
- 2005: Charles H. Townes
- 2006: John D. Barrow
- 2007: Charles Taylor
- 2008: Michael Heller
- 2009: Bernard d’Espagnat
- 2010: Francisco J. Ayala
- 2011: Martin J. Rees
- 2012: The 14th Dalai Lama
- 2013: Desmond Tutu
- 2014: Tomáš Halík
- 2015: Jean Vanier
- 2016: Jonathan Sacks
- 2017: Alvin Plantinga
- 2018: Abdullah II of Jordan, King of Jordan
- 2019: Marcelo Gleiser
- 2020: Francis Collins
References
- ↑ Templeton Prize Website
- ↑ see ref. 1
- ↑ Skinner, Melissa. "Funding Darwin in the Church." Answers Magazine, May–June 2017.
- ↑ Turpin, Simon (March 28, 2017). Templeton Foundation Sponsors God and the Big Bang for School Children in UK. Answers in Genesis. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
- ↑ Templeton Award-winner Denies Intelligent Design. Answers in Genesis. Retrieved April 29, 2017.
