Brazilian physicist and astronomer Marcelo Gleiser has been awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize for his work blending science and spirituality. Marcelo Gleiser contends that science and religion are not only compatible, but that science is spiritual .The two realms of Science and spirituality are interwined for him. For Marcelo Gleiser , science is one part of the tripod of human questioning and that philosophy and religion have asked the same questions for far longer then science has existed. The answers those different disciplines yield may be starkly different but they are parallel Persuits and science has its own way of connecting to the spiritual side.
TEMPLETON PRIZE
Templeton Prize awarded by the U.S.-based John Templeton Foundation honours are living person who has made an exceptional contribution to a affirming life's spiritual dimensions weather through insight , discovery or practical works. Templeton and price was established in in 1972 by the late sir John Templeton the price aims to honour outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human propose and ultimate reality. The price celebrates no particular faith tradition or notion of God , but rather the quest for progress in humanity's efforts to comprehend the many and diverse manifestations of the divine .The prize is a monetary award in the amount of £1,100,000 sterling.
