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Desmond Tutu awarded Templeton Prize

The Church Times reports: Tutu wins £1.1m Templeton Prize.

ARCHBISHOP Desmond Tutu was awarded the Templeton Prize on Thursday for “advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness”.

The award, which is now worth £1.1 million, was established 40 years ago by the late global investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton, to reward a person “who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works”.

Dr Tutu will receive the prize at a ceremony at the Guildhall in London on 21 May. A celebration will be held next Thursday at St George’s Cathedral, Capetown…

The full text of the press release from the Templeton Foundation is currently here. Other background information is also available.

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rjb
rjb
11 years ago

If the number of comments on Thinking Anglicans is inversely proportional to the degree to which a story is controversial, I think we can probably conclude that everyone thinks this was a pretty good idea.

Priscilla White
Priscilla White
11 years ago

that’s where a “like” button would be useful

David Shepherd
11 years ago

No. Everyone does not think religious mimicry of the Nobel Prize is a good idea.

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