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Do not fill this in! {{Short description|International award for affirming life's spiritual dimension}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox award | name = Templeton Prize | awarded_for = Outstanding contributions in affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works | image = Bernard D'Espagnat receives prize from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Buckingham Palace (4440879448).jpg | image_upright = 1.13 | caption = [[Bernard d'Espagnat]] receiving the Templeton Prize from the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] in 2009 | image2 = File:Templeton Prize Award website logo.jpg | image2size = <!-- or | image_upright2 --> | presenter = [[Templeton Foundation]] | country = United States | reward = £1.1 million (2019) | year = 1973 | holder = [[Edna Adan Ismail]] | website = {{official URL}} }} The '''Templeton Prize''' is an annual award granted to a living person, in the estimation of the judges, "whose exemplary achievements advance [[Sir John Templeton]]'s philanthropic vision: harnessing the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind's place and purpose within it." It was established, funded and administered by [[John Templeton]] starting in 1972. It is now co-funded by the [[John Templeton Foundation]], Templeton Religion Trust, and Templeton World Charity Foundation, and administered by the John Templeton Foundation.<ref>Online: https://templetonreligiontrust.org/areas-of-focus/</ref> The prize was originally awarded to people working in the field of religion ([[Mother Teresa]] was the first winner), but in the 1980s the scope broadened to include people working at the intersection of science and religion.<ref name=Nature2011>{{cite journal |last1=Waldrop |first1=M. Mitchell |title=Religion: Faith in Science |journal=Nature |date=17 February 2011 |volume=470 |issue=7334 |pages=323–325 |doi=10.1038/470323a |doi-access=free |pmid=21331019|bibcode=2011Natur.470..323W }}</ref> Until 2001, the name of the prize was "Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion", and from 2002 to 2008 it was called the "Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities".<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=894efb53-74d6-4b64-b275-ee22c7a296e0| agency = Ottawa Citizen| date = 8 July 2008| first = Charles| last = Enman| access-date = 9 July 2009| work = Canada.com| title = Templeton Dies| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120509223008/http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=894efb53-74d6-4b64-b275-ee22c7a296e0| archive-date = 9 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article1119787.ece | work = The Times | location = London | access-date=2 July 2009|date=15 March 2003|title = Just Because Science Looks Forward, Religion Isn't Backward | first=Daniel | last=Crewe}}</ref> [[Hindu]]s, [[Christians]], [[Jew]]s, [[Buddhist]]s and [[Muslim]]s have been on the panel of judges and have been recipients of the prize.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.templetonprize.org/judges.html | title =Judges |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania | publisher =Templeton Foundation|access-date=2 July 2009}}</ref> The monetary value of the prize is adjusted so that it exceeds that of the [[Nobel Prize]]s; Templeton felt, according to ''The Economist'', that "spirituality was ignored" in the Nobel Prizes.<ref>{{Cite news | url = http://www.economist.com/obituary/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11745591 |newspaper = The Economist |location=London | title= Obituary – John Templeton | access-date=2 July 2009|date=17 July 2008}}</ref> {{As of|2019}}, it is £1.1 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sir John Templeton, 1912–2008 |url=http://templetonprize.org/sirjohntempleton.html |website=Templeton Prize |location=West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania |publisher=Templeton Foundation |access-date=18 November 2019}}</ref> It has typically been presented by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]] in a ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Schneider |first1=Nathan |title=God, Science and Philanthropy |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/god-science-and-philanthropy/ |work=The Nation |location=New York |date=3 June 2010}}</ref>{{update needed|date=January 2023}} The prize has been referred to as prestigious<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dwyer |first1=Colin |title=Marcelo Gleiser Wins Templeton Prize For Quest To Confront 'Mystery Of Who We Are' |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/03/19/704419486/marcelo-gleiser-wins-templeton-prize-for-quest-to-confront-mystery-of-who-we-are |access-date=13 July 2019 |publisher=NPR |date=19 March 2019}}</ref> and coveted,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Overbye |first1=Dennis |title=Math Professor Wins a Coveted Religion Award |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/science/16prize.html |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=16 March 2006}}</ref> with ''[[The Washington Post]]'' calling it the most prestigious award in religion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dalai Lama wins Templeton Prize for work on science, religion |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/dalai-lama-wins-templeton-prize-for-work-on-science-religion/2012/03/29/gIQALwT1iS_story.html |access-date=13 July 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=29 March 2012}}</ref> Atheist scientists [[Richard Dawkins]],<ref name=jeffries/> [[Harry Kroto]]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/for-the-love-of-god-scientists-in-uproar-at-1631m-religion-prize-2264181.html| work = The Independent | location = London | title = For the Love of God... Scientists in Uproar at £1m Religion Prize | date= 7 April 2011 | first = Steve | last = Connor| access-date = 11 March 2019}}</ref> and [[Jerry Coyne]] have criticized the prize as "blurring [religion's] well-demarcated border with science" and being awarded "to scientists who are either religious themselves or say nice things about religion",<ref name="danjones">{{Cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2011/apr/08/templeton-foundation-science-jerry-coyne | title = The Templeton Foundation Is Not an Enemy of Science | first= Dan | last= Jones| work = The Guardian | location = London | date = 8 April 2011 | access-date = 11 March 2019}}</ref> a criticism rejected by 2011 laureate [[Martin Rees]], who pointed to his own and other laureates' atheism and that their research in fields such as psychology, evolutionary biology, and economy can hardly be classified as the "promotion of religion".<ref name="danjones"/> <!--The first laureate was Templeton himself--> ==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 – 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> |} ==See also== * [[List of religion-related awards]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== ===Specific=== {{reflist|30em}} ===General=== * {{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}} ==External links== * {{Official website}} {{Philosophy awards}} {{Templeton Prize Laureates}} {{authority control}} {{featured list}} [[Category:Awards established in 1972]] [[Category:International awards]] [[Category:John Templeton Foundation]] [[Category:Religion-related awards]] [[Category:Templeton Prize laureates|*]] Summary: Please note that all 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