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In 2002, Christianity Today sister publication Books & Culture published an interview with Taylor, as well as reviews of his books A Catholic Modernity and Varieties of Religion Today.

The Templeton Prize website has more on the prize and Taylor. The Templeton Foundation site also has an interview with Taylor.

Taylor's site at Northwestern has some professional and biographical information as well.

Christianity Today's earlier coverage of the Templeton Foundation and Templeton Award includes:

The $1 Billion Handoff | Sir John Templeton's born-again son takes control of the famous foundation—but there are strings attached (Aug. 19, 2005)

The Dick Staub Interview: John Polkinghorne | The 2002 Templeton Prize winner sees the Bible as "the laboratory notebook" of the Holy Spirit. (Nov. 4, 2002)

Bottom-Up Apologist | "John Polkinghorne—particle physicist, Gifford lecturer, Templeton Prize–winner, and parish priest" (May 24, 2002)

Examining Peacocke's Plumage | The winner of the 2001 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion rejects everything resembling Christian orthodoxy, but that doesn't stop him from co-opting the language. (March 12, 2001)

Physicist Wins Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion | Freeman Dyson, "midwife of Quantum Electrodynamics," futurist, and popularizer of science, honored for work on responsible science. (March 20, 2000)

Physicist Wins Religion Award | A physicist-theologian who has studied the religious implications of the Big Bang theory has been awarded the 1999 Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, the world's richest annual prize. (April 26, 1999)

Bright Wins Religion Award | Campus Crusade for Christ International founder and president Bill Bright is the 1996 winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, the world's largest annual award, valued at $1,070,000. Investor John Templeton, 83, awards the prize "to a living person who has shown extraordinary originality in advancing humankind's understanding of God and/or spirituality." (Apr. 8, 1996)

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