[extropy-chat] Templeton prize for dialogue between science and religion

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>From the Ledger Online: Every March, the winner of the most lucrative award
on Earth -- about $1 million -- is announced. The Templeton Prize is given
not to artists or peace activists but to "entrepreneurs" who have
contributed to the dialogue between science and religion, working to "expand
human perceptions of divinity and to help in the acceleration of divine
creativity," In 2003, the prize was given to the Rev. Holmes Rolston, a
pioneer in the field of religion and ecology.
Not everyone admires what the foundation -- and its benefactor -- are trying
to accomplish. Sir John Templeton believes that humans should endeavor
through scientific study to learn more about God. He also advocates what he
calls "humility theology," which disregards doctrine in favor of a complete
openness to ideas about God. Some Templeton Prize winners, such as Freeman
Dyson, have proposed concepts long considered heretical to monotheistic
traditions.
The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at
the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded
and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented
representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise. Using "the
humble approach," the Foundation typically seeks to focus the methods and
resources of scientific inquiry on topical areas which have spiritual and
theological significance ranging across the disciplines from cosmology to
healthcare.
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