Templeton prize for dialogue between science and religion

From the Ledger Online: Every March, the winner of the most lucrative award on Earth -- about $1 million -- is announced. The Templeton Prize is given not to artists or peace activists but to "entrepreneurs" who have contributed to the dialogue between science and religion, working to "expand human perceptions of divinity and to help in the acceleration of divine creativity," In 2003, the prize was given to the Rev. Holmes Rolston, a pioneer in the field of religion and ecology.
Not everyone admires what the foundation -- and its benefactor -- are trying to accomplish. Sir John Templeton believes that humans should endeavor through scientific study to learn more about God. He also advocates what he calls "humility theology," which disregards doctrine in favor of a complete openness to ideas about God. Some Templeton Prize winners, such as Freeman Dyson, have proposed concepts long considered heretical to monotheistic traditions.
The mission of the John Templeton Foundation is to pursue new insights at the boundary between theology and science through a rigorous, open-minded and empirically focused methodology, drawing together talented representatives from a wide spectrum of fields of expertise. Using "the humble approach," the Foundation typically seeks to focus the methods and resources of scientific inquiry on topical areas which have spiritual and theological significance ranging across the disciplines from cosmology to healthcare.