ജീവിതത്തിൽ ആത്മീയ മാനം സൃഷ്ട്ടിക്കുന്നതിൽ അസാധാരണമായ സംഭാവന നൽകിയ ജീവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന വ്യക്തിക്ക് നൽകുന്ന അവാർഡാണ് ടെമ്പിൾട്ടൺ പുരസ്‌കാരം. [1] 1972 മുതൽ ഈ പുരസ്‌കാരം നൽകിവരുന്നു.1987 ന് ശേഷം ജോൺ ടെമ്പിൾട്ടൺ ഫൗണ്ടേഷനാണ് പുരസ്‌കാരം നൽകുന്നത്. എല്ലാ വർഷവും അവാർഡ് ജേതാക്കളെ പ്രഖ്യാപിക്കാറുണ്ട്. [2][3] Hindus, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and Muslims have been on the panel of judges and have been recipients of the prize.[4]

ടെമ്പിൾട്ടൺ പുരസ്‌കാരം
Bernard D'Espagnat receiving the Templeton Prize from HRH The Duke of Edinburgh in 2009.
അവാർഡ്Outstanding contributions in affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works
രാജ്യംUnited States
നൽകുന്നത്Templeton Foundation
ആദ്യം നൽകിയത്1973
ഔദ്യോഗിക വെബ്സൈറ്റ്templetonprize.org വിക്കിഡാറ്റയിൽ തിരുത്തുക

മതരംഗത്ത് പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നവർക്കാണ് ഈ പുരസ്‌കാരം ആദ്യം നൽകിയിരുന്നത്. മദർ തെരേസയാണ് ആദ്യമായി ഈ പുരസ്‌കാരം നേടിയ വ്യക്തി. [5] 1980 കളിൽ ശാസ്ത്രം, മതം എന്നീ മേഖലകളിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നവർക്കും കൂടി ടെമ്പിൾട്ടൺ പുരസ്‌കാരം നൽകുവാൻ തീരുമാനിച്ചു. തുടക്കത്തിൽ ഈ പുരസ്‌കാരത്തിന്റെ പണ മൂല്യം നോബൽ സമ്മാനത്തേക്കാൾ കൂടുതലായതിനാൽ പിന്നീട് പുനഃക്രമീകരണം വരുത്തുകയുണ്ടായി. ദി ഇക്കണോമിസ്റ്റ് മാസികയുടെ അഭിപ്രായത്തിൽ നോബൽ സമ്മാനങ്ങളിൽ "ആത്മീയത അവഗണിക്കപ്പെട്ടു" എന്ന് ടെമ്പിൾട്ടൺ കരുതിയതിനാലാണ് ഇത്തരത്തിൽ ഒരു പുരസ്‌കാരം ഏർപ്പെടുത്താൻ തീരുമാനിച്ചത്. [6]

പുരസ്‌കാരം ലഭിച്ചവർ

തിരുത്തുക
വർഷം വ്യക്തി കുറിപ്പുകൾ അവലംബം
1973   മദർ തെരേസ Founder, Missionaries of Charity; 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate [5]
1974   Frère Roger Founder, Taizé Community [7]
1975   എസ്. രാധാകൃഷ്ണൻ Former President of India, advocate of non-aggression with Pakistan [7]
1976   Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens Pioneer in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal movement [8]
1977   Chiara Lubich Founder, Focolare Movement [9]
1978 Thomas F. Torrance Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland [8]
1979   Nikkyō Niwano Cofounder, Risshō Kōsei Kai [8]
1980 Ralph Wendell Burhoe Founder, Zygon (journal) [10]
1981 Cicely Saunders Founder, hospice and palliative care movement [11]
1982   ബില്ലി ഗ്രഹാം Evangelist [12]
1983   അലക്സാണ്ടർ സോൾഷെനിറ്റ്സിൻ Soviet dissident novelist; Nobel laureate [12]
1984 Michael Bourdeaux Founder, Keston Institute [7]
1985 Sir Alister Hardy Founder, Religious Experience Research Centre [13]
1986 James I. McCord Former president, Princeton Theological Seminary [14]
1987   Stanley Jaki Benedictine priest; professor of astrophysics, Seton Hall University [12]
1988 Inamullah Khan Former secretary-general, Modern World Muslim Congress [15]
1989   Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker Physicist and philosopher [8][A]
1989 George MacLeod Founder, Iona Community [16][A]
1990   ബാബാ ആംടേ Developer of modern communities for people suffering from leprosy [17][B]
1990 Charles Birch Emeritus professor, University of Sydney [18][B]
1991   Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth [8]
1992 Kyung-Chik Han Evangelist and founder of Youngnak Presbyterian Church, Seoul. From northern Korea. [19]
1993   Charles Colson Founder, Prison Fellowship [7]
1994   Michael Novak Philosopher and diplomat [7]
1995   Paul Davies Theoretical physicist [20]
1996   Bill Bright Founder, Campus Crusade for Christ [21]
1997 പ്രമാണം:Pandurang Shastri Athavale-Templeton Prize 1997 പാണ്ഡുരംഗ് ശാസ്ത്രി അഥവാലെ Social reformer; philosopher; and founder, Swadhyay Movement [21]
1998 Sir Sigmund Sternberg Philanthropist; founder, Three Faith Forum [7]
1999 Ian Barbour Professor emeritus of science, technology and society, Carleton College [22]
2000   ഫ്രീമൻ ഡൈസൻ Professor emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton [22]
2001 Arthur Peacocke Former dean, Clare College, Cambridge [23]
2002   John Polkinghorne Physicist and theologian [7]
2003   Holmes Rolston III Philosopher [24]
2004   George F. R. Ellis Cosmologist and philosopher [25]
2005 പ്രമാണം:Charles Townes Nobel.jpg Charles Hard Townes Nobel laureate and physicist [5]
2006   John D. Barrow Cosmologist and theoretical physicist [26]
2007   Charles Taylor Philosopher [27]
2008   Michał Heller Physicist and philosopher [28]
2009   Bernard d'Espagnat Physicist [29]
2010   Francisco J. Ayala Biologist [30]
2011   Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow Cosmologist and astrophysicist [31]
2012   ടെൻസിൻ ഗ്യാറ്റ്സോ Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate [32]
2013   ഡെസ്മണ്ട് ടുട്ടു Nobel laureate, social rights activist and retired Anglican archbishop [33]
2014   Tomáš Halík Roman Catholic priest, theologian, sociologist [34]
2015   Jean Vanier Catholic theologian, humanitarian and founder of L'Arche and Faith and Light [35]
2016   Jonathan Sacks Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain, philosopher, and scholar of Judaism [36]
2017   ആൽവിൻ പ്ലാൻറിംഗ American scholar, philosopher, and writer [37]
2018   Abdullah II of Jordan King of Jordan [38]
2019   Marcelo Gleiser Brazilian physicist and astronomer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College [39][40]
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