Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins £1.1m Templeton Prize

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22022982

Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins £1.1m Templeton Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has won the £1.1m ($1.6m) Templeton Prize for "affirming life's spiritual dimension".

Organisers said he was awarded the 2013 prize for his lifelong work advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness that have helped to liberate people around the world.

The former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town joins a distinguished group of 42 previous recipients.

Archbishop Tutu will receive the prize at the Guildhall in London on 21 May.

The 81-year-old veteran peace campaigner said: "When you are in a crowd and you stand out from the crowd it's usually because you are being carried on the shoulders of others.

"I want to acknowledge all the wonderful people who accepted me as their leader at home and so to accept this prize in a representative capacity."

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[JimC]

Well, there are worse old religious buggers around, like our Cardinal Pell...

Mind you, I would like to nominate Dawkins, for his "Unweaving the Rainbow", which shows quite clearly how the same emotional response and sense of wonder can be stimulated by observing the universe in clear sight, without the woo blinkers...

[cronus]

Debases the 'spirituality' element when there's a wad of cash involved I would have thought?

[JimC]

Debases the 'spirituality' element when there's a wad of cash involved I would have thought?

Shit, give me the cash and I can be as fucking spiritual as any Californian looney!



(sorry, Bella...)

[klr]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22022982

Archbishop Desmond Tutu wins £1.1m Templeton Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has won the £1.1m ($1.6m) Templeton Prize for "affirming life's spiritual dimension".

Organisers said he was awarded the 2013 prize for his lifelong work advancing spiritual principles such as love and forgiveness that have helped to liberate people around the world.

The former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town joins a distinguished group of 42 previous recipients.

Archbishop Tutu will receive the prize at the Guildhall in London on 21 May.

The 81-year-old veteran peace campaigner said: "When you are in a crowd and you stand out from the crowd it's usually because you are being carried on the shoulders of others.

"I want to acknowledge all the wonderful people who accepted me as their leader at home and so to accept this prize in a representative capacity."

(continued)

"affirming life's spiritual dimension ..."

Yeah right. Good money if you can get it, I suppose.

[Audley Strange]

If love and forgiveness are spiritual then so are hate and revenge. Where's Adam Lanza's millions?