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    Genes, genesis and God Radio interview with Charles Heyman (Radio National - Australia)
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003-03-26) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, speaker; Heyman, Charles, speaker; Australian National Radio, producer
    Global warming is a bigger threat to the world than Saddam Hussein. Or so says a very distinguished voice - that of Professor Holmes Rolston the third - winner of the latest Templeton Prize - worth nearly two million Australian dollars. The Award is made for raising awareness of how scientific research can lead to discoveries about spirituality.
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    Genes, genesis and God Radio interview with Rachael Kohn (Radio National - Australia)
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, speaker; Kohn, Rachael, speaker; ABC Radio National, producer
    Science and religion are distinct, yet overlap. Biology finds "selfish genes" but also self-actualizing genes, defending their kind. Charles Birch, Australian biologist, celebrates life. Rolston's quarrels with both science and religion for not finding intrinsic value in nature. Rolston notoriously has advocated shooting rhino poachers and keeping cattle of the poor off tiger sanctuaries. One ought to fix a problem in the right place. Rolston recalls receiving the Templeton Prize in Buckingham Palace, then giving it the same day to his alma mater. He was millionaire for six hours.
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    Rolston, Holmes (Britannica)
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2004) Turner, Darrell J., author; Encyclopedia Britannica, publisher
    The "father of environmental ethics" has spent his life in what he calls a lover's quarrel with science and religion. "I had to fight both theology and science to love nature," Rolston said when he was named the recipient of the 2003 Templeton Prize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities. Rolston published the first article in a major philosophical journal to challenge the idea that nature is value-free and that all values stem from a human perspective.
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    The science and religion dialogue: why it matters
    (Colorado State University. Libraries, 2004) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, speaker; Gingerich, Owen, moderator; WGBH Forum Network, videographer
    Seen in terms of their long-range personal and cultural impacts, science and religion are the two most important forces in today's world. Science cannot teach us what we need most to know about either nature or culture: how to value it. Science increasingly opens up religious questions. The future of religion depends on the dialogue. The dialogue offers new opportunities for understanding and confronting suffering and evil. The future of Earth depends on this dialogue.