Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies is honored to be selected by the John Templeton Foundation to administer this prestigious award. When Sir John Templeton founded the Prize in 1972, he felt that Alfred Nobel had overlooked the most important dimensions of humankind, religion and the pursuit of spiritual growth and progress. For this reason, the Templeton Prize has always been larger than the Nobel Prize, reflecting Sir John Templeton's sense of importance of religion and growth in spiritual knowledge was more important than any other field of endeavor. Today, the Templeton Prize continues to be the world’s largest single monetary award.
The Prize is given each year in honor of a living person who represents through his or her work a remarkable spirit of inquiry to understand not only the nature of these realities, but also the nature of the divinity which gives life to these spiritual realities. The inquiry can come in many forms, including scientific research or other methods of discovery by which knowledge might compliment ancient scriptures and traditions in opening our eyes more fully to our growing understanding of God’s nature and purpose.
Both the John Templeton Foundation and Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies are organizations with a deep respect for different religions and world views. As a Christian interdisciplinary research center, we bring together minds and resources to investigate and research issues emerging from new discoveries and advances for the purpose of better understanding their implications in the common ground of faith and discipline. Toward that end, CIAS disseminates information and perspectives to assist people of faith in the global community in developing sound, coherent, and informed foundations for engaging today's exciting but challenging opportunities. CIAS affirms the goals of the Templeton Foundation, best met through fostering a free-flowing marketplace of ideas in these domains.
See Canyon Institute at the Templeton Prize award ceremonies in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
More information on the Templeton Prize may be found on the Templeton Prize website, www.templetonprize.org, or by contacting:
Templeton Prize Office
Barbara Small, Executive Director
3217 E. Shea Blvd., #622
Phoenix, AZ 85028
Email:info@templetonprize.org
T: 1.602.252.4233
F: 1.602.391.2683
