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Templeton Foundation Prize for Progress
in Religion
The Templeton Prize, an award to encourage progress in religion, was
established in 1972 by Sir John Templeton, a Tennessee-born financial
analyst and Presbyterian layman, and first presented in 1973. Its value
has increased over the years to nearly $1 million, depending on exchange
rates.
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1973
- Mother Teresa of Calcutta, founder, the Missionaries of Charity
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1974
- Brother Roger, founder and prior, the Taize Community in France
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1975
- Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former president of India and Oxford
Professor of Eastern Religions and Ethics
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1976
- H. E. Leon Joseph Cardinal Suenens, Archbishop of
Malines-Brussels
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1977
- Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, Italy
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1978
- Prof. Thomas F. Torrance, president of International Academy of
Religion and Sciences, Scotland
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1979
- Nikkyo Niwano, founder of Rissho Kosel Kai and World Conferences on
Religion and Peace, Japan
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1980
- Prof. Ralph Wendell Burhoe, founder and editor of Zygon,
Chicago
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1981
- Dame Cicely Saunders, originator of Modern Hospice Movement,
England
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1982
- The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham, founder, The Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association
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1983
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, U.S.
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1984
- The Rev. Michael Bourdeaux, founder, Keston College, England
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1985
- Sir Alister Hardy, Oxford, England
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1986
- Rev. Dr. James McCord, Princeton, N.J.
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1987
- Rev. Professor Stanley L. Jaki, Princeton, N.J.
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1988
- Dr. Inamullah Khan, secretary-general, World Muslim Congress
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1989
- The Very Reverend Lord MacLeod of the Iona Community, Scotland, and
Professor Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Starnberg, West
Germany
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1990
- Baba Amte, India, and Professor Charles Birch, Sydney,
Australia
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1991
- The Rt. Hon. Lord Jakobovits, chief rabbi of Great Britain and the
Commonwealth
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1992
- Dr. Kyung-Chik Han, founder, Seoul's Young Nak Presbyterian
Church
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1993
- Charles W. Colson, founder, Prison Fellowship, Virginia
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1994
- Michael Novak, scholar at the American Enterprise Institute,
Washington, D.C.
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1995
- Dr. Paul Davies, professor, University of Adelaide, Australia
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1996
- William R. “Bill” Bright, president and founder, Campus
Crusade for Christ International, California
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1997
- Pandurang Shastri Athavale, founder and leader of Swadhyaya, a
spiritual movement credited with improving the lives of 20 million
people
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1998
- Sir Sigmund Sternberg, founder and chairman, Sternberg Centre for
Judaism, London
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1999
- Ian Barbour, professor emeritus, Carleton College, Minnesota
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2000
- Freeman J. Dyson, professor emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study,
Princeton, N.J.
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2001
- Arthur Peacocke, physical biochemist and Anglican priest, Oxford,
England
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2002
- John C. Polkinghorne, mathematical physicist and Anglican priest,
Cambridge, England
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2003
- Holmes Rolston III, professor of philosophy and Presbyterian
minister, Colorado State University
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2004
- George F. R. Ellis, professor of applied mathematics, University of
Cape Town, South Africa
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2005
- Charles Hard Townes, professor of physics, University of California,
Berkeley, California
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2006
- John D. Barrow, professor of mathematical sciences, University of
Cambridge, England
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2007
- Charles Taylor, professor of law and philosophy, Northwestern
University, Illinois
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2008
- Michael Heller, professor of philosophy, Pontifical Academy of
Theology, Cracow, Poland
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