Templeton Prize-Winner is Announced

(15 March 2006 - RV) The prestigious Templeton Prize for Progress in Spritual or Religious Research was today awarded to British cosmologist Dr John Barrow, a professor at Cambridge University. Described as a scholar with strong popular appeal, Barrow's extensive writings on the relationship between life, the origins of our universe and the nature of human understanding have challenged both scientists and theologians to look beyond the boundaries of their individual disciplines. In an exclusive interview with Phillipa Hitchen, he tells us more about the work that has earned him this honour...