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A chronicle: Prof. Holmes Rolston, III, 2003 Templeton Prize Laureate
No full textNew York Press Conference, March 19, 2004, United Nations Church Center -- Presentation of Holmes Rolston by Jack Templeton and Rolston response -- London, Buckingham Palace, May 7, 2003, Prince Philip presents the prize to Rolston -- Rolston press statement and John Polkinghorne response -- Templeton Prize judges and previous laureates
Templeton Prize: for progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities including research in love, creativity, purpose, infinity, intelligence, thanksgiving and prayer
No full textDr. Rolston's quote: "Facing the new millennium, the four principal, interrelated challenges are war and peace, population, development, and environment. Science alone doesn't teach us what we most need to know about any of the four."Templeton Prize brochure. Includes information on the prize; and quotes, biographies and photographs of laureates 2004, 2003, 2002 and 1999
Colorado professor wins Templeton Religion Prize
No full textHolmes Rolston, III, whose explorations of faith and science have helped foster religious interest in the environment, has been awarded the 2003 Templeton Prize. Rolston has argued that humans must be seen as part of, and not apart from, the natural world. The crisis of the environment is essentially a crisis of spirit
Holmes Rolston III wins 2003 Templeton Prize
No full textOriginal available at http://www.templetonprize.org/.Rolston's career of thirty years spans an integration of science and religion and also his founding of environmental ethics, where he is known as "the father of environmental ethics." He joins these two by arguing that a conservation ethics must be founded on faith in the goodness of creation, also discovered in evolutionary and ecological sciences. Prince Philip will award the prize in Buckingham Palace on May 7, 2003
News coverage summary: Dr. Holmes Rolston III awarded the 2003 Templeton Prize
No full textAdditional newspapers, radio, news coverage summary, Dr. Holmes Rolston, III, Awarded the Templeton Prize. Compiled by University Relations Department, Media and Community Relations. Associated Press, 202 newspapers, circulation 15 million. Gannett News Service, 14 newspapers, circulation 740,000. Religious News Service, newspapers with circulation 870,000. United Kingdom and International Circulation, 1.7 million. NPR All Things Considered, listening audience 12 million
Tree hugger awarded Templeton Prize: religion honor is worth $1 million
No full textHolmes Rolston, III, a self-described "tree-hugger" and a pioneer in the burgeoning academic field, is this year's winner of the Templeton Prize, perhaps the most prestigious award in the field of religion. Drawing on a religious tradition for a commitment to social justice, he also has been a distinctive voice in upholding the intrinsic value of nature itself, with humans part of creation but not at its center
Environmentalist wins $1m prize: Professor Holmes Rolston III, a philosopher leading the international debate on environmental ethics, has been awarded the one-million-dollar Templeton Prize (BBC News)
No full textProfessor Holmes Rolston III, a philosopher leading the international debate on environmental ethics, has been awarded the one-million-dollar Templeton Prize, the world's most lucrative annual prize given to an individual
CSU professor wins top philosophy prize
No full textHolmes Rolston is recognized as the founder of environmental ethics, a prolific thinker who brought religion and nature together in unprecedented ways. He has found CSU a stimulating environment, but is still surprised at being invited to Buckingham Palace. The Templeton Prize, given by Prince Philip, is perhaps the top honor a CSU faculty member has ever received
The nature of things: using the Earth with justice and charity
No full textDavidson College alumni journal story on Holmes Rolston winning the Templeton Prize and donating it to endow a chair in science and religion there. Holmes Rolston says he has spent his life in a lover's quarrel, not with his wife of four decades, but with the two disciplines he most loves: science and religion. Rolston recalls the influence of Davidson experiences in forming his career
Pastor's earthly passion honored: $1.2 million prize goes to CSU prof
No full textRolston, widely known as the father of environmental ethics, hiking in the Rocky Mountains, once spotted a tundra moss he couldn't identify. It turned out to be a rare moss. Rolston urges people to value more fully the natural world, appreciating it as divine creation. Spiritual advances can be as significant as scientific ones. His efforts have earned him the Templeton Prize in Religion
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