The winner of the 2024 Templeton Prize is Dr. Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, a professor and South African National Research Foundation’s Chair in Violent Histories and Transgenerational Trauma and the Director of the Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest at Stellenbosch University. Her insights into the mechanisms of trauma and forgiveness in post-apartheid South Africa have created a globally recognized model for social healing in the aftermath of conflict, a model she calls “the reparative quest.”
Ever since Mother Teresa won the first Templeton Prize in 1973, our mission has been to recognize individuals who have shed light on the deepest and most perplexing questions of the universe, and humanity’s place and purpose within it. By elevating the Prize Laureates and their unique contributions to the world, we hope to inspire and to empower people across the globe to create lives of purpose and meaning.
Jane Goodall, Francis Collins, Dame Cicely Saunders, Frank Wilczek, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu are among the many well-deserving and world-changing recipients of the Templeton Prize. You can read more about the history of the Templeton Prize, browse past winners, and sign up for email at: www.templetonprize.org
