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- Tutu receives R15m Templeton Prize
- eNCA News 24 Television
- April 11, 2013
- Tutu urges S. Africa to regain 'spirit' of greatness
- Agence France Press
- April 11, 2013
- Cape Town press conference with 2013 Templeton Prize Laureate Desmond Tutu
- Press Release
- April 11, 2013
- A new prize for Tutu
- The Economist
- April 5, 2013
- Desmond Tutu wins 2013 Templeton Prize for work on forgiveness
- Washington Post / Religion News Service
- April 4, 2013
- Desmond Tutu wins $1.7m Templeton prize
- Sowetanlive
- April 4, 2013
- Tutu wins Templeton Prize
- CNN
- April 4, 2013
- Tutu's Spirit Recognised - Foundation
- allafrica.com
- April 4, 2013
- Desmond Tutu wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize
- Reuters
- April 4, 2013
- Desmond Tutu wins $1.7-mn Templeton Prize
- Agence France Press
- April 4, 2013
- Desmond Tutu Wins 2013 Templeton Prize With $1.7 Million Award
- Huffington Post
- April 4, 2013
- Desmond Tutu wins Templeton prize for advancing 'spiritual progress'
- The Guardian
- April 4, 2013
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins £1.1m Templeton Prize
- BBC
- April 4, 2013
- “Templeton Foundation awards grant for meditation research” in honor of 2012 Templeton Prize Laureate the Dalai Lama
- November 19, 2012
- Dalai Lama still hopeful about Tibet's future
- BBC 4 "Today" Programme
- May 15, 2012
- Dalai Lama receives 2012 Templeton Prize, gives away $1.7 million award
- MSNBC
- May 15, 2012
- Dalai Lama Gives £1m to Save the Children
- The Times
- May 15, 2012
- The Dalai Lama, Arianna Huffington Interview
- Huffington Post
- May 14, 2012
- Interview with the Dalai Lama
- Sunday Telegraph
- May 13, 2012
- Charles W. “Chuck” Colson, recipient of the 1993 Templeton Prize and founder of Prison Fellowship, dies at 80
- April 21, 2012
- The Dalai Lama and the scientists
- The Telegraph
- April 13, 2012
- Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize as more than 'simple Buddhist monk’
- Christian Science Monitor
- March 29, 2012
- Dalai Lama wins $1.7 million Templeton spiritual prize
- Reuters
- March 29, 2012
- Dalai Lama Wins 2012 Templeton Prize
- Science
- March 29, 2012
- Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize in science, religion
- USA Today
- March 29, 2012
- The Dalai Lama Wins Templeton Prize
- The Wall Street Journal
- March 29, 2012
- Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize for work on science, religion
- Washington Post / Religion News Service
- March 29, 2012
- Canon Michael Cowan Elliott BSG, administrator for the Templeton Prize reception from 2001- 2008, dies at 73
- Memorial page
- February 6, 2012
- Francisco Ayala, 2010 Templeton Prize Laureate, Donates $10 million to UC Irvine
- Los Angeles Times
- October 8, 2011
- "Cosmic Origami and What We Don’t Know" – An interview with Martin Rees
- Krista Tippett on Being – America Public Media Radio
- June 2-8, 2011
- Historic Buckingham Palace Ceremony Marks Templeton Prize Presentation
- June 1, 2011
- Science and religion don’t have to be enemies
- New Statesman - opinion article by Martin Rees
- April 23, 2011
- I’m a tribal Christian, says atheist scientist in £1m
religion prize row - The Times (London)
- April 9, 2011
- Martin Rees: Prize War
- The Guardian - editorial
- April 8, 2011
- Spirit of Inquiry: The award of a religion prize to the Astronomer Royale is apt and deserved
- The Times (London) - editorial
- April 7, 2011
- Baruch Blumberg, 85, Nobel Prize winner in medicine
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
- April 6, 2011
- Martin Rees takes Templeton Prize
- Nature
- April 6, 2011
- UK astronomer wins Templeton prize
- Financial Times
- April 6, 2011
- Martin Rees wins controversial £1m Templeton prize
- The Guardian
- April 6, 2011
- UK astrophysicist wins $1.6 million religion prize
- AP News
- April 6, 2011
- UK astrophysicist Rees wins 2011 Templeton prize
- Reuters
- April 6, 2011
- Templeton Prize surprises Cambridge astrophysicist Martin Rees
- The Christian Science Monitor
- April 6, 2011
- Martin J. Rees Wins 2011 Templeton Prize
- News Release
- April 6, 2011
- London News Conference To Announce 41st Templeton Prize Laureate on April 6
- March 15, 2011
- Jozef Zycinski, Archbishop of Lublin, Templeton Prize judge, dies at 62
- February 10, 2011
- Author of 'Am I a Monkey?' explores questions of life
- Los Angeles Times
- October 22, 2010
- Religion has nothing to do with science – and vice versa
- Guardian
- May 28, 2010
- Geneticist donates his £1m prize
- UK Press Association
- May 5, 2010
- Interview with Francisco J. Ayala
- National Public Radio "Tell Me More,"
- April 2, 2010
- Interview with Francisco J. Ayala
- BBC World Today
- March 26, 2010
- UC Irvine's Francisco Ayala wins Templeton Prize
- Los Angeles Times
- March 26, 2010
- Winner of £1m Templeton prize attacks 'fundamentalism' of Dawkins
- The Times (London)
- March 26, 2010
- Latest Prize Bolsters Templeton's Shift to Mainstream
- Science
- March 26, 2010
- El científico español Francisco Ayala gana el premio mejor dotado del mundo
- El Mundo
- March 25, 2010
- Francisco Ayala: "Ciencia y religión no están reñidas"
- El Pais
- March 25, 2010
- Francisco J. Ayala, entrevistado por Iñaki Gabilondo
- CNN+ "Hoy,"
- March 25, 2010
- Biologist Wins Templeton Prize
- New York Times
- March 25, 2010
- For Templeton Prize, intelligent design opponent Francisco Ayala
- Christian Science Monitor
- March 25, 2010
- US geneticist wins $1.5 million religion prize
- Associated Press
- March 25, 2010
- Francisco Ayala: "Ciencia y religión no están reñidas"
- El Pais (Spain)
- March 25, 2010
- El científico español Francisco Ayala gana el premio mejor dotado del mundo
- El Mundo (Spain)
- March 25, 2010
- Francisco J. Ayala Wins 2010 Templeton Prize
- News Release
- March 25, 2010
- News Conference in Washington to Announce 2010 Templeton Prize on Thursday, March 25th
- March 15, 2010
- Prof. L. Charles Birch dies at 91; Templeton Prize Laureate in 1990
- December 23, 2009
- 2008 Prize Laureate Michael Heller at Columbia University
- September 30, 2009
- Sci-phi: Bernard d'Espagnat
- TPM The Philosophers' Magazine
- June 2009
- Wilbert Forker, former Executive Vice President of Templeton Prize, Dies at 73
- The Anguillian
- June 5, 2009
- Four Templeton Prize Laureates at World Science Festival, New York
- June 10-14, 2009
- Exclusif Bernard d'Espagnat, physicien français qui reçoit le prestigieux prix Templeton
- La Tribune
- May 6, 2009
- "Science, Spirituality, and Some Mismatched Socks"
- Wall Street Journal
- May 5, 2009
- 2009 Templeton Laureate Bernard d'Espagnat to lecture at Imperial College, London, 6 May
- May 6, 2009
- The Rev. Stanley L. Jaki, Physicist and Theologian, Dies at 84
- New York Times
- April 12, 2009
- "What do you get when you divide science by God?"
- BBC New Magazine
- March 24, 2009
- Distinctions: Bernard d'Espagnat
- Le Monde
- March 18, 2009
- Templeton winner expounds on wonder of mystery: Bernard d'Espagnat's work explores philosophical implications of physics
- Ottawa Citizen
- March 17, 2009
- French physicist d'Espagnat wins prestigious Templeton Prize
- Reuters
- March 16, 2009
- France: $1.4. Million Prize for Physicist
- New York Times
- March 16, 2009
- French physicist wins $1.4 million religion prize
- Associated Press
- March 16, 2009
- Bernard d'Espagnat wins £1m Templeton Prize
- The Times (London)
- March 16, 2009
- Science Cannot Fully Describe Reality, Says Templeton Prize Winner
- ScienceNOW Daily News
- March 16, 2009
- Concept of 'hypercosmic God' wins Templeton Prize
- New Scientist
- March 16, 2009
- d'Espagnat Takes Big Prize for Work on Quantum Mechanics
- Scientific American
- March 18, 2009
- Physicist wins £1m Templeton gong
- BBC News
- March 16, 2009
- Work on 'veiled reality' earns French physicist $1.4 million award
- Christian Science Monitor
- March 16, 2009
- Bernard d'Espagnat Wins 2009 Templeton Prize
- News Release
- March 16, 2009
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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu receives the 2013 Templeton Prize from Heather Templeton Dill. Guildhall, London, Tuesday 21 May.
(Photo credit: Templeton Prize/Clifford Shirley)
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on April 11, 2013.
(Photo credit: Templeton Prize: / Karen Marshall)
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu with members of the Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation Ensemble, at the Templeton Prize celebration at St. George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on April 11, 2013.
(Photo credit: Templeton Prize: / Ilan Godfrey)
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. presents the 2012 Templeton Prize to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, May 14, 2012. (Photo credit: Clifford Shirley/Templeton Prize)
His Holiness the Dalai Lama presents a traditional Tibetan ceremonial scarf to Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. at the 2012 Templeton Prize ceremony, St. Paul's Cathedral, London, May 14, 2012. (Photo credit: Clifford Shirley/Templeton Prize)
June 1, 2011, Buckingham Palace – Martin J. Rees is formally presented with the 2011 Templeton Prize by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace. (Photo Credit: Clifford Shirley / Templeton Prize)
June 1, 2011, Buckingham Palace – His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, welcomes 2011 Templeton Prize Laureate Martin J. Rees and seven other Templeton Prize Laureates to Buckingham Palace. Left to right (and year of award): Ian Barbour (1999), George Ellis (2004), Charles Townes (2005), John Barrow (2006), HRH Prince Philip, Martin J. Rees, Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation, Sir Sigmund Sternberg (1998) and Lady Hazel Sternberg, Paul Davies (1995), Michael Bourdeaux (1984). (Photo Credit: Clifford Shirley / Templeton Prize)
Templeton Prize 2011 Laureate Martin J. Rees at the Templeton Prize news conference, April 6, 2011, The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London (Photo Credit: Clifford Shirley / Templeton Prize)
Templeton Prize 2011 Laureate Martin J. Rees at the Templeton Prize news conference, April 6, 2011, The Royal Institution of Great Britain in London (Photo Credit: Clifford Shirley / Templeton Prize)
May 5, 2010, Buckingham Palace – Francisco J. Ayala was formally presented with the 2010 Templeton Prize by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace, with Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr., president and chairman of the John Templeton Foundation (left). (Photo Credit: Clifford Shirley / Templeton Prize)
March 25, 2010, Templeton Prize 2010 Laureate Professor Francisco J. Ayala at the Templeton Prize news conference, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. (Photo Credit: Mark Finkenstaedt)
May 5, 2009, Buckingham Palace- Bernard d'Espagnat was formally presented with the 2009 Templeton Prize by His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at a private ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
Templeton Prize 2009 Laureate Bernard d'Espagnat at the Templeton Prize news conference on March 16, 2009 at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh presents the 2008 Templeton Prize to Professor Michael Heller at Buckingham Palace, May 7th, 2008.
(Photo credit: Clifford Shirley/Templeton Prize)
Templeton Prize 2008 Laureate Professor Michael Heller at the Templeton Prize news conference on March 12, 200 Church Center for the United Nations, New York
- Why the Big Bang is Not Creation
- The Daily Telegraph
- March 23, 2008
- Chiara Lubich, Who Founded Catholic Lay Group, Dies at 88
- New York Times
- March 15, 2008
- Baba Amte, 93, Dies; Advocate for Lepers
- New York Times
- February 17, 2008
- Amte, the great social reformer
- The Times of India
- February 9, 2008
- 1990 Templeton Prize Laureate Baba Amte dies
- AFP
- February 9, 2008
- Book Review, The Ottawa Citizen
- Chicago Sun Times
- January 20, 2008<
- Northwestern nets record number of applicants
- Chicago Sun Times
- January 14, 2008
- The Godless Delusion: Review of 'A Secular Age' by Charles Taylor
- Book Review, The New York Times
- December 16, 2007
- Is that all there is?: Review of 'A Secular Age' by Charles Taylor
- Book Review, The Guardian
- December 8, 2007
- Professor Thomas Torrance
- The Times
- December 11, 2007
- The Very Rev Professor Thomas Torrance
- The Telegraph
- December 10, 2007
- Templeton Prize Laureate Thomas Torrance Dies
- The Herald
- December 5, 2007
- Spiritual belief vs. secularism: Charles Taylor looks at how we got to where we are
- Montreal Gazette
- September 22, 2007
- The Re-Enchantment of the World: Review of 'A Secular Age' by Charles Taylor
- Book Review, Wall Street Journal
- September 21, 2007
- 'A Secular Age' by Charles Taylor
- Book Review, LA Times
- September 16, 2007
- Exploring the nuances of the 'god is dead' dogma
- The Vancouver Sun
- September 15, 2007
- Terrorism can be overcome with spirituality says Templeton Prize winner
- The Times (London)
- May 2, 2007
- 1989 Templeton Prize Laureate Carl F. von Weizsacker, German Physicist and Thinker, Dies at 94
- The New York Times
- May 2, 2007
- Fighting climate 'fluff' - Physicist Freeman Dyson knows from long experience that models containing numerous fudge factors are worthless
- National Post (Toronto)
- April 05, 2007
- Charles Taylor interview on "PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"
- March 20, 2007
- Statement At The Templeton Prize News Conference by Charles Taylor
- March 14, 2007
- Revered Montreal philosopher filled with 'joy and humility'
- The Ottawa Citizen
- March 15, 2007
- Charles Taylor on NPR's All Things Considered
- Canadian Is Awarded Spirituality Prize
- The New York Times
- March 15, 2007
- Philosopher wins £800,000 award for spiritual focus The Independent
- The Independent
- March 15, 2007
- Canadian awarded $1.8-million prize Billionaire's foundation honours academic who will probe the propensity for violence
- The Globe and Mail
- March 15, 2007
- "Outside the Box" by Charles Taylor
- Forbes
- March 13, 2007
- Charles Taylor Wins 2007 Templeton Prize
- Review of Freeman Dyson's Book, "The Scientist as Rebel"
- The Telegraph
- January 5, 2007
- Templeton Prize Laureate Arthur Peacocke Dies
- John D. Barrow Wins 2006 Templeton Prize
- Math Professor Wins a Coveted Religion Award
- The New York Times
- March 16, 2006
- Briton wins Templeton Prize
- Christian Science Monitor
- March 16, 2006
- Cosmologist wins 2006 Templeton Prize
- Ottawa Citizen
- March 16, 2006
- British scientist wins $1m prize
- BBC News
- March 15, 2006
- Templeton Prize Laureate Brother Roger Dies
- Templeton Prize Laureate Dame Cicely Saunders Dies
- Charles Townes Wins 2005 Templeton Prize
- Bringer of Light. Tim Radford meets the Christian scientist whose revelations led to the laser, and a fetching brooch.
- The Guardian (London)
- Thursday, May 5, 2005
- Keeping religion and science separate by Margaret Wertheim
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
- March 27, 2005
- Our Special Universe by Charles H. Townes
- The Wall Street Journal
- March 11, 2005
- A life where science and faith coexist
- Christian Science Monitor
- March 10, 2005
- Faithful Nobel scientist is honored
- New York Daily News
- March 12, 2005
- Steve Inskeep interviews Charles Townes on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition
- March 10, 2005
- Krista Tippett interviews 2002 Templeton Prize laureate John Polkinghorne on the Public Radio program Speaking of Faith — “Quarks + Creation.”
- March 10, 2005
- Science, Complexity and the Nature of Existence. Lecture by George Ellis.
- The Royal Society, London
- December 9, 2004
- The Science and Religion Dialogue: Why It Matters. With Templeton Prize Laureates: Dr. George Ellis, Dr. Holmes Rolston, III, and Dr. John C. Polkinghorne.
- View the Lecture at the WGBH Forum Network
- Read the Transcript
- August 19, 2004
- Krista Tippett interviews George Ellis on the Public Radio program Speaking of Faith — “Science and Hope: A Conversation with Quaker Cosmologist George Ellis.”
- “Well, science does have its limitations...” Award-winning cosmologist George Ellis tells Tim Radford that physics can't explain everything
- The Guardian (London)
- Thursday May 13, 2004
- HRH The Duke Of Edinburgh presents Templeton Prize to George Ellis at Buckingham Palace
- May 5, 2004
- George Ellis wins 2004 Templeton Prize
- March 17, 2004
- Holmes Rolston III wins 2003 Templeton Prize
- March 19, 2003