Templeton Prize

==Laureates==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col" colspan=2|Laureate
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|Ref(s)
|-
|1973
|{{sort|Mother Teresa|[[File:MotherTeresa 090.jpg|100px|alt=Mother Teresa facing right]]}}
|[[Mother Teresa]]
|Founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]]; 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
|<ref name=teresa>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4333801.stm |title = US Scientist Wins Religion Prize | publisher = BBC News | access-date = 2 July 2009 | date=9 March 2005}}</ref>
|-
|1974
| {{sort|Frere Roger|[[File:Mk Frère Roger.jpg|100px|alt=Frère Roger in a group of people]]}}
| [[Frère Roger]]
| Founder of the [[Taizé Community]]
| <ref name=indy>{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/philosopher-wins-163800000-award-for-spiritual-focus-440262.html| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080405092926/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/philosopher-wins-163800000-award-for-spiritual-focus-440262.html| url-status = dead| archive-date = 5 April 2008| work=The Independent |location=London|access-date=2 July 2009 | date= 15 March 2007|first=Arifa|last=Akbar|title=Philosopher Wins £800,000 Award for Spiritual Focus}}</ref>
|-
|1975
| {{sort|Radhakrishnana|[[File:Radhakrishnan.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
| Former [[President of India]], advocate of non-aggression with Pakistan
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|1976
| {{sort|Suenens|[[File:Cardinal L. Suenens.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Leo Joseph Suenens]]
| Pioneer in the [[Catholic Charismatic Renewal]] movement
| <ref name=humble>{{Cite book | title = The Humble Approach: Scientists Discover God  |first=John|last=Templeton |year=1998 |isbn=978-1-890151-17-1 |location=Philadelphia |publisher=Templeton Foundation Press|pages=170–172}}</ref>
|-
|1977
| {{sort|Lubich|[[File:Chiara Lubich.JPG|100px|Chiara Lubich, smiling, surrounded by other smiling people]]}}
| [[Chiara Lubich]]
| Founder of the [[Focolare Movement]]
| <ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url = http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/350399/Chiara-Lubich|title = Lubich, Chiara | access-date=2 July 2009|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica}}</ref>
|-
|1978
| {{center|{{sort|Torrance|—}}}}
| [[Thomas F. Torrance]]
| Former [[Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland]]
| <ref name=humble/>
|-
|1979
| {{sort|Niwano|[[File:Statue of Niwano.JPG|100px]]}}
| [[Nikkyō Niwano]]
| Co-founder of the [[Risshō Kōsei Kai]]
| <ref name=humble/>
|-
|1980
| {{center|{{sort|Burhoe|—}}}}
| [[Ralph Wendell Burhoe]]
| Founder of the journal ''[[Zygon (journal)|Zygon]]''
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/16/us/ralph-wendell-burhoe-85-reconciled-science-and-faith.html | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009| date=16 May 1997| title = Ralph Wendell Burhoe, 85; Reconciled Science and Faith |first=Wolfgang| last=Saxon}}</ref>
|-
| 1981
| {{sort|Saunders|[[File:EWS21.13.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Cicely Saunders]]
| Founder of the [[hospice]] and [[palliative care]] movement
| <ref>{{Cite book|year=2005| page=131| isbn=978-0-19-856969-5 |location=Oxford |publisher = Oxford University Press| title = Cicely Saunders&nbsp;– Founder of the Hospice Movement: Selected Letters 1959–1999 |first=David|last=Clark}}</ref>
|-
|1982
| {{sort|Graham|[[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg|100px|alt=A black-and-white image of Billy Graham]]}}
| [[Billy Graham]]
| Evangelist
| <ref name=bbc2002/>
|-
|1983
| {{sort|Solzhenitsyn| [[File:Alexander Solzhenitsyn in Moscow, December 1998.jpg|100px|alt=Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with his mouth open and lower teeth on show]]}}
| [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]]
| [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Soviet dissidents|dissident]] novelist; Nobel laureate
| <ref name=bbc2002/>
|-
|1984
| {{center|{{sort|Bourdeaux|—}}}}
| [[Michael Bourdeaux]]
| Founder of the [[Keston Institute]]
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|1985
| {{center|{{sort|Hardy|—}}}}
| [[Alister Hardy|Sir Alister Hardy]]
| Founder of the [[Religious Experience Research Centre]]
| <ref>{{Cite book | title = The Psychology of Religion: An Empirical Approach | edition = 3rd | first = Ralph Jr. | last = Hood | author-link = Ralph W. Hood | year = 2003 | isbn = 978-1-57230-116-0 | location = New York | publisher = Guilford Press | page = [https://archive.org/details/psychologyofreli0000unse/page/248 248] | url = https://archive.org/details/psychologyofreli0000unse/page/248 }}</ref>
|-
|1986
| {{center|{{sort|McCord|—}}}}
| [[James I. McCord]]
| Former president, [[Princeton Theological Seminary]]
| <ref>{{Cite web | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009 | title = Princeton Theologian Wins Templeton Prize of $250,000 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1986/02/27/us/princeton-theologian-wins-templeton-prize-of-250000.html | first=Joseph|last=Berger|date=27 February 1986}}</ref>
|-
|1987
| {{sort|Father Jaki|[[File:Father Jaki June 2007.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Stanley Jaki]]
| [[Benedictine]] priest; professor of astrophysics, [[Seton Hall University]]
| <ref name=bbc2002>{{Cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1872637.stm | title = British Physicist Wins Religious Prize| publisher = BBC News | access-date=2 July 2009 | date=14 March 2002}}</ref>
|-
|1988
| {{center|{{sort|Khan|—}}}}
| [[Inamullah Khan]]
| Former secretary-general, Modern World Muslim Congress
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/30/nyregion/religion-notes-prize-winner-accused-of-bias-collects-award.html| work = The New York Times| access-date=2 July 2009 | date=30 October 1988| first=Peter|last=Steinfels|title = Religion Notes; Prize Winner, Accused of Bias, Collects Award}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
| {{sort|Weizsacker|[[File:Carl Friedrich von Weizsaecker.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker|Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker]]{{efn|name=1989 laureates|Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker and Lord MacLeod of Fuinary were jointly awarded the prize in 1989.<ref name=prev>{{Cite web | url = http://www.templetonprize.org/previouswinner.html |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher = Templeton Foundation|access-date=3 July 2007| title = Previous Winners}}</ref>}}
| Physicist and philosopher
| <ref name=humble/>
|-
| {{center|{{sort|MacLeod|—}}}}
| [[George MacLeod]]{{efn|name=1989 laureates}}
| Founder of the [[Iona Community]]
| <ref>{{Cite book | title = Daily Readings with George Macleod | first=George|last=MacLeod|author-link=George MacLeod|year=1991|editor-last=Ferguson|editor-first=Ronald|page=15|isbn=978-0-00-627513-8 |location=London|publisher=Fount}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1990
|{{sort|Baba Amte|[[File:Stamp of India - 2014 - Colnect 608272 - Baba Amte.jpeg|100px]]}}
| [[Baba Amte]]{{efn|name=1990 laureates|Baba Amte and Charles Birch were jointly awarded the prize in 1990.<ref name=prev/>}}
| Developer of modern communities for people suffering from [[leprosy]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/world/asia/17amte.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/T/Templeton%20Prize | title = Baba Amte, 93, Dies; Advocate for Lepers | work= The New York Times | access-date=2 July 2009 | date = 17 February 2008 | first=Haresh | last=Pandya}}</ref>
|-
| {{center|{{sort|Birch|—}}}}
| [[Charles Birch]]{{efn|name=1990 laureates}}
| Emeritus professor, [[University of Sydney]]
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.usyd.edu.au/senate/committees/advisoryBirch.shtml | title = Emeritus Professor Louis Charles Birch |location=Sydney | publisher = University of Sydney| access-date=2 July 2009}}</ref>
|-
|1991
| {{sort|Jakobvits|[[File:Immanuel Jakobovits.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits]]
| Former [[List of Chief Rabbis of the United Hebrew Congregations|Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth]]
| <ref name=humble/>
|-
|1992
| {{sort|Han|[[File:Rev.Kyung-Chik Han and Seung Moo Ha(Theologian) (cropped).jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Kyung-Chik Han]]
| Evangelist and founder of [[Youngnak Presbyterian Church]], Seoul. From northern Korea.
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/12/style/chronicle-516492.html | work = The New York Times | access-date= 2 July 2009| date=12 March 1992|first=Nadine|last=Brozan | title = Chronicle}}</ref>
|-
|1993
| {{sort|Colson|[[File:Chuck Colson.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Charles Colson]]
| Founder of the [[Prison Fellowship]]
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|1994
| {{sort|Novak|[[File:MichaelNovak.jpg|100px|alt=Michael Novak behind a lectern, speaking at the Foreign Press Center in Washington]]}}
| [[Michael Novak]]
| Philosopher and diplomat
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|1995
| {{sort|Davies| [[File:Paul Davies.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Paul Davies]]
| [[Theoretical physics|Theoretical physicist]]
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/09/us/scientist-wins-religion-prize-of-1-million.html |work = The New York Times|date=9 March 1995|access-date=2 July 2009|title = Scientist Wins Religion Prize of $1 Million| first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}</ref>
|-
|1996
| {{sort|Bright|[[File:Bill Bright.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Bill Bright]]
| Founder of the [[Campus Crusade for Christ]]
| <ref name=nyt>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/03/09/us/scientist-wins-religion-prize-of-1-million.html |work = The New York Times|date=6 March 1997|access-date=2 July 2009|title = Leader of Spiritual Movement Wins $1.2 Million Religion Prize| first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}</ref>
|-
|1997
| {{center|{{sort|Athavale|—}}}}
| [[Pandurang Shastri Athavale]]
| Social reformer and philosopher, founder of the [[Swadhyay Parivar|Swadhyay Movement]]
| <ref name=nyt/>
|-
|1998
| {{center|{{sort|Sternberg|—}}}}
| [[Sigmund Sternberg|Sir Sigmund Sternberg]]
| Philanthropist; founder of the Three Faith Forum
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|1999
| {{center|{{sort|Barbour|—}}}}
| [[Ian Barbour]]
| Former professor of science, technology and society, [[Carleton College]]
| <ref name=indy2/>
|-
|2000
| {{sort|Dyson| [[File:Freeman Dyson.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Freeman Dyson]]
| Theoretical and mathematical physicist, mathematician, and statistician 
|<ref name=indy2>{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/600000-prize-for-physicist-who-urges-ethics-in-science-284361.html | work=The Independent |location=London |access-date=2 July 2009|date=23 March 2000|first=Steve |last=Connor|title = £600,000 Prize for Physicist Who Urges Ethics in Science}}</ref>
|-
|2001
| {{center|{{sort| Peacocke|—}}}}
| [[Arthur Peacocke]]
| Former dean, [[Clare College, Cambridge]]
| <ref name=peacocke>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/09/us/religion-prize-won-by-priest-much-involved-with-science.html|title = Religion Prize Won by Priest Much Involved with Science| work=The New York Times|access-date=2 July 2009|date=9 March 2001|first=Gustav|last=Niebuhr}}</ref>
|-
|2002
| {{sort|Polkinghorne| [[File:Johnpolkinghorne.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[John Polkinghorne]]
| Physicist and [[theology|theologian]]
| <ref name=indy/>
|-
|2003
| {{sort|Rolston| [[File:Holmes Rolston III.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Holmes Rolston III]]
| Philosopher
| <ref>{{Cite web | url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2864845.stm | title = Environmentalist Wins $1m Prize|first=Helen|last=Sewell| access-date=2 July 2009|date=19 March 2003|publisher= BBC News}}</ref>
|-
|2004
| {{sort|Ellis|[[File:GeorgeEllis-Walking.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[George Francis Rayner Ellis|George F. R. Ellis]]
| [[physical cosmology|Cosmologist]] and philosopher
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3603898/Sacred-mysteries.html | work = The Daily Telegraph |location=London | access-date=2 July 2009|title= Sacred Mysteries|first= Christopher|last= Howse|date=20 March 2004 }}</ref>
|-
|2005
| {{sort|Townes|[[File:Charles Townes Nobel.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Charles Hard Townes]]
| [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]] and [[physicist]]
| <ref name=teresa/>
|-
|2006
| {{sort|Barrow|[[File:John Barrow - fixed colors.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[John D. Barrow]]
| [[physical cosmology|Cosmologist]] and theoretical physicist
| <ref>{{Cite web |url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4811266.stm |title = British Scientist Wins $1m Prize |access-date= 2 July 2009|date=15 March 2006| publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
|-
|2007
| {{sort|Taylor|[[File:Charles Taylor (philosopher).jpg|100px|alt=Charles Taylor giving a lecture at the New School in 2007]]}}
| [[Charles Taylor (philosopher)|Charles Taylor]]
| Philosopher
| <ref name=jeffries>{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/dec/08/society1| work = The Guardian | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=Stuart|last=Jeffries| title =Is That All There Is?|date= 8 December 2007}}</ref>
|-
|2008
| {{sort|Heller|[[File:MKHeller.jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Michał Heller]]
| Physicist and philosopher
| <ref name=heller>{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/cosmologist-wins-largest-monetary-award-794673.html| work = The Independent |location=London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=John|last=Hall| title =Cosmologist Wins World's Largest Monetary Award|date= 12 March 2008}}</ref>
|-
|2009
| {{sort|d'Espagnat|[[File:Bernard D'Espagnat receives prize from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace (4440879448).jpg|100px]]}}
| [[Bernard d'Espagnat]]
| Physicist
| <ref name=despagnat>{{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5918050.ece | work = The Times | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009 | first=Ruth |last=Gledhill | title =Bernard d'Espagnat Wins £1m Templeton Prize |date= 16 March 2009}}</ref>
|-
|2010
|{{sort|Ayala|[[File:Dr. Ayala.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Francisco J. Ayala]]
|Biologist
| <ref name=ayala>{{Cite web | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/science/26templeton.html?ref=science| work = The New York Times| access-date=25 March 2010 | first=Cornelia |last=Dean | title =Biologist Wins Templeton Prize |date= 25 March 2010}}</ref>
|-
|2011
|{{sort|Rees|[[File:Martin Rees at Jodrell Bank in 2007.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow]]
|Cosmologist and astrophysicist
| <ref>{{Cite web | url =https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=13306742 |publisher=ABC News | title = UK Astrophysicist Wins $1.6 Million Religion Prize | first = Raphael | last=Satter|access-date=6 April 2011|date=6 April 2011}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|{{sort|Tenzin|[[File:Dalai Lama 1430 Luca Galuzzi 2007crop.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[14th Dalai Lama|14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso]]
|Spiritual leader of [[Tibetan Buddhism]], and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
| <ref>{{cite news|title=Dalai Lama Wins 2012 Templeton Prize|url=http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=375500002|access-date= 30 March 2012|newspaper=Philanthropy News Daily|date=30 March 2012}}</ref> 
|-
|2013
|{{sort|Tutu|[[File:TutuCOP17.JPG|100px]]}}
|[[Desmond Tutu]]
|[[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel laureate]], social rights activist and retired [[Anglican]] archbishop
| <ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22022982 | title = Archbishop Desmond Tutu Wins £1.1m Templeton Prize| date= 4 April 2013 | access-date = 4 April 2013 |publisher = BBC News}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|{{sort|Halik|[[File:Tomas Halik.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Tomáš Halík]]
|Roman Catholic priest, theologian, philosopher
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/10694559/Czech-priest-and-former-dissident-Toma-Halik-wins-1.1m-Templeton-prize.html|title=Czech Priest and Former Dissident Tomáš Halík Wins £1.1m Templeton Prize|last=Bingham|first=John |date=13 March 2014|work=The Telegraph|location=London|access-date=13 March 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|{{sort|Vanier|[[File:702524260 txjiQ-O.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Jean Vanier]]
|[[Christian philosophy|Catholic]] [[theologian]], [[humanitarian]] and founder of [[L'Arche]] and [[Faith and Light]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jean-vanier-templeton-prize-disability_n_7607382 | title = For Jean Vanier, Templeton Prize Winner, Loving People With Disabilities Is A Religious Experience | first = Antonia | last= Blumberg | date = 19 June 2015 | access-date = 5 October 2018 | work = [[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref>
|-
|2016
|{{sort|Sacks|[[File:Sirjonathansacks.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Jonathan Sacks]]
|Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, philosopher, and scholar of [[Judaism]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-templeton-sacks-idUKKCN0W413T| publisher = [[Reuters]] | title = Former British Chief Rabbi Wins $1.5 Million Templeton Prize | first = Georgina | last = Cooper | access-date = 5 October 2018 | date = 2 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2017
|{{sort|Plantinga|[[File:AlvinPlantinga.JPG|100px]]}}
|[[Alvin Plantinga]]
|American scholar, philosopher, and writer 
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/alvin-plantinga-templeton-prize/ | work = The Times Literary Supplement |location=London | title = Alvin Plantinga and the Templeton Prize | first = Rupert | last = Shortt |date=2 May 2017 | access-date = 5 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|{{sort|Abdullah|[[File:King Abdullah portrait.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Abdullah II of Jordan]]
|King of Jordan
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/king-announced-2018-templeton-prize-laureate-interfaith-intrafaith-harmony-efforts | work = [[The Jordan Times]] | title = King Announced 2018 Templeton Prize Laureate for Interfaith, Intrafaith Harmony Efforts | date= 28 June 2018 | access-date = 5 October 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|{{sort|Gleiser|[[File:LowResMarcelo-Gleiser.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Marcelo Gleiser]]
|Brazilian physicist and astronomer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at [[Dartmouth College]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.templetonprize.org/currentwinner.html | work = Templeton Prize | title = Current Winner | location = West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher = John Templeton Foundation | date= 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-templeton/brazilian-physicist-wins-1-4-million-templeton-prize-idUSKCN1R010K | work = [[Reuters]] | title = Brazilian Physicist Wins $1.4 Million Templeton Prize | date= 19 March 2019 | access-date = 19 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|{{sort|Collins|[[File:Francis Collins official photo.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Francis Collins]]
|Geneticist and physician
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.templetonprize.org/francis-collins-awarded-2020-templeton-prize/|title=Francis Collins Awarded 2020 Templeton Prize|date=20 May 2020|website=Templeton Prize|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2021
|{{sort|Goodall|[[File:Jane-goodall.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Jane Goodall]]
|Ethologist, activist and renowned chimpanzee researcher
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/may/20/naturalist-jane-goodall-wins-2021-templeton-prize-for-lifes-work |title=Naturalist Jane Goodall wins 2021 Templeton prize for life's work|first1=Harriet|last1=Sherwood|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|2022
|{{sort|Wilczek|[[File:FrankStockholm2004.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Frank Wilczek]]
|Theoretical physicist
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/science-entertainment-religion-jane-goodall-f3b19b187755f675603dd90c9cd3c151|title=Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize|work=AP News|first=Luis Andres|last=Henao|date=11 May 2022|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
|-
|2023
|{{sort|Ismail|[[File:Edna Adan.jpg|100px]]}}
|[[Edna Adan Ismail]]
|Health-care advocate
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/prominent-foe-of-female-genital-mutilation-wins-prestigious-templeton-prize-/7096118.html|title=Prominent Foe of Female Genital Mutilation Wins Prestigious Templeton Prize|work=VOA News|date=16 May 2023|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
|}