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Item Open Access Blessing the planet: Templeton Prize winner links ecology to theology(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., publisherThe award given to Rolston is the world's largest monetary prize for achievement in any field. Rolston, though less prominent than previous winners, has been quietly influential over a long career at the often contentious crossroads of science and religion. In nature, God is not an architect or engineer, but creates using a process in which life is perpetually perishing, perpetually regenerated.Item Open Access Jack Templeton, Dr. Rolston and Prince Philip(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Shirley, Clifford, photographerPhotograph featuring events during the May 7, 2003 Templeton Prize with H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace and others.Item Open Access Dr. Rolston and Sir John Templeton shaking hands(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Lehr, Donald, photographerPhotograph featuring Dr. Rolston at New York Press Conference on May 19, 2003.Item Open Access 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)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Sewell, Helen, author; BBC News Online, publisherProfessor 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.Item Open Access Lucrative religion prize given: The Templeton winner, Holmes Rolston 3d, is credited for his push on environmental ethics(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Remsen, Jim, author; Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc., publisherInterview citing Dr. Rolston's career and contributions to the study of nature, environmental ethics, and the relationship between science and religion.Item Open Access Dr. Rolston speaks at the press conference(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Lehr, Donald, photographerPhotograph featuring: Dr. Rolston at New York Press Conference on May 19, 2003.Item Open Access Member-at-large: an interview with Holmes Rolston, Colorado State University, Templeton Prize Laureate 2003(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Unidentified author; American Academy of Religion, publisherThe prize came as a big surprise to Rolston. Rolston recalls Prince Philip giving the award in Buckingham Palace. Rolston's reasons for donating the award to establish an endowed chair in science and religion at Davidson College. Rolston's experiences in the natural world. Four main problems on the world agenda. Living in a land of promise with milk and honey requires justice rolling down like waters.Item Open Access Genes, genesis and God Radio interview with Rachael Kohn (Radio National - Australia)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, speaker; Kohn, Rachael, speaker; ABC Radio National, producerScience and religion are distinct, yet overlap. Biology finds "selfish genes" but also self-actualizing genes, defending their kind. Charles Birch, Australian biologist, celebrates life. Rolston's quarrels with both science and religion for not finding intrinsic value in nature. Rolston notoriously has advocated shooting rhino poachers and keeping cattle of the poor off tiger sanctuaries. One ought to fix a problem in the right place. Rolston recalls receiving the Templeton Prize in Buckingham Palace, then giving it the same day to his alma mater. He was millionaire for six hours.Item Open Access Winner will give prize to college: alum donating rich reward to Davidson(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Henderson, Bruce, author; Charlotte Observer, publisherAs a student at Davidson College fifty years ago Holmes Rolston discovered a world of wonder at the end of a microscope. As a winner of the world's best-known religion prize he's ready to repay the favor. He has donated the prize to establish a chair of science and religion, the disciplines he has worked a lifetime to link.Item Open Access The nature of things: using the Earth with justice and charity(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Kimmel, Meg, author; Davidson College, publisherDavidson 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.Item Open Access 'Tree hugger' awarded Templeton Prize: religion honor is worth $1 million(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Herlinger, Chris, author; Atlanta Newspapers, publisherHolmes 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.Item Open Access A chronicle: Prof. Holmes Rolston, III, 2003 Templeton Prize Laureate(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Small, Barbara, author; John Templeton Foundation, publisherNew 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.Item Open Access CSU professor wins top philosophy prize(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Kalaaji, Rahaf, author; Fort Collins Coloradoan, publisherHolmes 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.Item Open Access Templeton laureate group in the Chinese room(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Shirley, Clifford, photographerPhotograph featuring events during the May 7, 2003 Templeton Prize with H.R.H. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace and others.Item Open Access Rolston claims Templeton Prize (NPR)(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, interviewee; Siegel, Robert, interviewer; National Public Radio (U.S.), producerInterview live on All Things Considered, NPR, by Robert Siegel in the afternoon of the morning New York Press Conference, announcing the 2003 Templeton Prize laureate. Rolston wins the 2003 Templeton Prize in Religion, a well known prize often said to be the equivalent in religion of the Nobel Prize. Rolston donates the prize, about $1.3 million, to endow a chair in science and religion at Davidson College. The interview is about 5 minutes.Item Open Access Holmes Rolston wins Templeton Prize(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, interviewee; Donahower, James, interviewer; Voice of America (Organization), producerThe winner of the $1 million-dollar Templeton Prize is a university professor credited with establishing the field of environmental ethics. Cathedrals are the treasures of Europe, but the national parks are the treasures of the United States. Most people want them on the landscape.Item Open Access Pastor's earthly passion honored: $1.2 million prize goes to CSU prof(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Cornelius, Coleman, author; Denver Post, publisherRolston, 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.Item Open Access Philosopher gone wild' wins theology prize: $1.1 million award honors innovators in the study of religion and spirituality(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rivera, John, author; Baltimore Sun Media Group, publisherHolmes Rolston, III, philosopher, naturalist and self-described "philosopher gone wild," has won the 2003 Templeton Prize. Rolston pioneered the study of environmental ethics. He has been charged by an elephant and once stared down a leopard in Africa. Rolston has quarreled with both science and religion about values in nature. He recounts a religious experience experiencing the Pasqueflower blossoming in the snow after winter in the Rockies.Item Open Access Our obligations to nature: interview with Holmes Rolston III(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Smith, Stacey Vanek, author; Christian Science Publishing Society, publisherRolston recalls memorable experiences developing his ideas on the intrinsic value of nature. Preserving animals and plants as part of God's creation. His Shenandoah Valley childhood. Struggles in nature, a cruciform creation. Watching a lioness kill a zebra as a religious experience. Rolston a cautious optimist. Wilderness areas and endangered species preserved amidst threats of global warming.Item Open Access 'Tree hugger' wins $1M spiritual prize: Presbyterian minister at one with nature, religion, humans(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Harvey, Bob, author; Ottawa Citizen Group Inc., publisherA self-described "tree-hugger and canoe freak" has won the world's richest cash award for his work establishing the field of environmental ethics. Rolston found that he had to fight both theology and science to love nature. He persuades philosophers using the language of intrinsic value in nature. He persuades the secular speaking of respect for nature, and the theologians speaking of sacred creation.