(12 Mar 08 - RV) Fr. Michael Heller today received this year’s Templeton Prize for
Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities.
Established
in 1972, the prize is awarded to a living person who has helped “expand human perceptions
of divinity and of divine creativity.”
The Templeton Prize is a money award
of more than 1.5 million US dollars, the largest single award made annually to an
individual.
Fr. Michael Heller is a Polish priest and prolific author of
works examining the frontier of human intellectual endeavour at the crossroads of
science, religion and theology.
We spoke with the 71 year-old about his
plans after this recognition, and about the deep unity of faith and reason…