Charles Taylor, a Canadian professor and philosopher has won the $1.5 Million US dollar Templeton Prize for his theory that one cannot look at society’s problems of violence and bigotry without considering the spiritual aspect behind them.

“For nearly half a century [Taylor] has argued that problems such as violence and bigotry can only be solved by considering both their secular and spiritual dimensions,” said a news release from the prize organizers.

CBC.ca

I’m proud of Taylor for being able to take the theory to the highest levels of Academia but honestly, is it just not expanding on what the Apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 6:12?

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,[a] against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Bible Gateway.com

In 1996, Bill Bright, the founder of Campus Crusade for Christ, International won the award.