Hi, folks.

I did not see this anywhere amidst the rush of testosterone.

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http://www.scifitoday.com/story/2003/3/19/201832/327

As reported by the BBC, Holmes Rolston, Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, has won the 2003 Templeton Prize for progress in religion. The Templeton Prize is is the world’s most lucrative annual prize for an individual, earning the winner  £700,000 ($1m), given each year for outstanding originality in advancing the world’s understanding of God or spirituality. It is always set at an amount that exceeds the value of the Nobels. Previous winners include the first honoree, Mother Teresa in 1973 as well as the Rev. Dr. Billy Graham (1982) and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1983). In recent years the Templeton Prize has been primarily awarded to scientists. Several physicists honored recently with the Templeton Prize include Freeman Dyson (1997), Ian Barbour (1999), and Paul Davies (2000). The two most recent previous winners were ordained Anglican priests, Rev. Canon Dr. Arthur Peacocke (2001), Oxford University faculty member and a biochemist who pioneered early research into DNA; and Rev. Canon Dr. John Polkinghorne, Fellow of the British Academy of Science and former sub-atomic particle physicist (2002). 2003 Templeton honoree Dr. Rolston is sometimes referred to as the “father of environmental ethics”. He has published his thoughts in a wide range of academic journals, exploring the relationship between genetics, evolutionary biology, ethics and religion. “Our planetary crisis is one of spiritual information,” he told BBC News Online, “not so much sustainable development, certainly not escalating consumption, but using the Earth with justice and charity. Science cannot take us there, religion perhaps can.” His two most recent books are Genes, Genesis and God (Cambridge University Press, 1999) and Science and Religion: A Critical Survey (Random House, McGraw Hill, Harcourt Brace, 1997).