Accolade for John Lennox

Emeritus Fellow Professor John Lennox has become the laureate of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97 Prize for 2023. The Prize was given to him for an unmissable contribution to the public debate on the role of religion in contemporary civilization.

The ceremony took place on Sunday 5 October at the Prague Crossroads, on the birthday of President Václav Havel. John Lennox received a diploma and an artifact in the form of the scepter of St Vojtěch by the Czech artist Jiří Plieštik.

The Board of the VIZE 97 Prize project said,

‘Professor Lennox becomes this year’s laureate of the VIZE 97 Prize not because of his research in the mathematical field, in which he naturally excels, but above all because of the engagement he shows in the discussion of religion and its influence on modern science.

‘It helps us, the lay public, to become familiar with the issues that the debate about the relationship between faith and science necessarily brings up and which are important, non-obvious, difficult and yet timeless and at the same time extremely topical.’

In the morning, a debate and panel discussion took place with the laureate and other participants on the topic of Science and Religion.

Professor John Lennox is also Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) and an Associate Fellow, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Green Templeton congratulates John on this accolade.