"Tree Hugger" Awarded Templeton Prize — Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2003

Herlinger, Chris, 'Tree Hugger' Awarded Templeton Prize: Religion Honor is Worth $1 Million, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 22, 2003, sec. B

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Holmes Rolston, III, a self-described "tree-hugger" and a pioneer in the burgeoning academic field, is this year's winner of the Templeton Prize, perhaps the most prestigious award in the field of religion. Drawing on a religious tradition for a commitment to social justice, he also has been a distinctive voice in upholding the intrinsic value of nature itself, with humans part of creation but not at its center.