Purpose
To honor and publicize insights into the relationship between human beings and the divine and the ways this relationship may empower human beings to attain wholeness, integrity or meaning.

Prize Amount
$200,000 cash, payable in five annual installments of $40,000.

Entries Sought
Ideas on issues including, but not limited to, understanding the divine or ultimate reality; the origin and purpose of human existence; authority and freedom in religious understanding; pluralism and religious truth; evil, suffering and death; compassion, joy and hope; religion and science; divine involvement in human history.

Judging Criteria
Preference is given to ideas that explain the relationship between divine reality and human spiritual striving; lead to a recognition and understanding of religious experience; foster greater understanding of and cooperation among diverse religious traditions and views; stimulate new insights into the relationship between religious awareness and other forms of human knowledge; or reflect significant breakthroughs in understanding of divine-human relationships.

Nominators
Religious organizations, leaders and scholars, presidents of universities or schools of religion, and publishers and editors of scholarly journals.

Nomination Procedure
Nominations must be submitted on official forms which may be downloaded (PDF) from the website or requested from the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Attn. Melisa Scarlott. Nominators must describe the significance of the nomination, noting the date, the format of publication of the idea and biographical information on the author. Non-English entries must be accompanied by a substantial English précis.

Restrictions
Self-nomination is not allowed. Ideas must have been presented or published within the last eight years.

Selection
Initial screening by a faculty review committee. Secondary review by a jury of three outside experts chosen by the seminary and university presidents. The final selection by a local committee. Seminary and university trustees approve final decision. Recipient is required to receive the award and present a public lecture in Louisville.