Laureates
| Year | Laureate | Notes | Ref(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Russell Brand ! | Blessed Teresa of Calcutta | Founder, Missionaries of Charity; 1979 Nobel Peace Prize laureate | |
| 1974 | Frere Roger ! | Frère Roger | Founder, Taizé Community | |
| 1975 | Radhakrishnana ! | Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan | Former President of India, advocate of non-aggression with Pakistan | |
| 1976 | Suenens ! | Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens | Pioneer in the Charismatic Renewal movement | |
| 1977 | Lubich ! | Chiara Lubich | Founder, Focolare Movement | |
| 1978 | Torrance ! | The Very Rev. Thomas Torrance | Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland | |
| 1979 | Niwano ! | Nikkyō Niwano | Cofounder, Risshō Kōsei Kai | |
| 1980 | Burhoe !— | Ralph Wendell Burhoe | Founder, Zygon: Journal of Religion & Science | |
| 1981 | Saunders ! | Dame Cicely Saunders | Founder, hospice and palliative care movement | |
| 1982 | Graham ! | The Rev. Billy Graham | Evangelist | |
| 1983 | Solzhenitsyn ! | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Soviet dissident novelist; Nobel laureate | |
| 1984 | Bourdeaux !— | The Rev. Michael Bourdeaux | Founder, Keston Institute | |
| 1985 | Hardy !— | Sir Alister Hardy | Founder, Religious Experience Research Centre | |
| 1986 | McCord !— | The Rev. James I. McCord | Former president, Princeton Theological Seminary | |
| 1987 | Father Jaki ! | The Rev. Stanley Jaki | Benedictine priest; professor of astrophysics, Seton Hall University | |
| 1988 | Khan !— | Inamullah Khan | Former secretary-general, Modern World Muslim Congress | |
| 1989 | Weizsacker ! | Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker | Physicist and philosopher | |
| 1989 | MacLeod !— | The Very Rev. and Rt. Hon. The Lord MacLeod of Fuinary | Founder, Iona Community | |
| 1990 | Amte ! | Baba Amte | Developer of modern communities for people suffering from leprosy | |
| 1990 | Birch !— | Charles Birch | Emeritus professor, University of Sydney | |
| 1991 | Jakobvits ! | Rabbi The Rt. Hon. The Lord Jakobovits | Former Chief Rabbi of Great Britain and the Commonwealth | |
| 1992 | Han !— | The Rev. Kyung-Chik Han | Evangelist and founder, Young Nak Presbyterian Church | |
| 1993 | Colson ! | Charles Colson | Founder, Prison Fellowship | |
| 1994 | Novak ! | Michael Novak | Philosopher and diplomat | |
| 1995 | Davies ! | Paul Davies | Theoretical physicist | |
| 1996 | Bright ! | Bill Bright | Founder, Campus Crusade for Christ | |
| 1997 | Athavale ! | Pandurang Shastri Athavale | Social reformer; philosopher; and founder, Swadhyay Movement | |
| 1998 | Sternberg !— | Sir Sigmund Sternberg | Philanthropist; founder, Three Faith Forum | |
| 1999 | Barbour !— | Ian Barbour | Professor emeritus of science, technology and society, Carleton College | |
| 2000 | Dyson ! | Freeman Dyson | Professor emeritus, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton | |
| 2001 | Peacocke !— | The Rev. Canon Arthur Peacocke | Former dean, Clare College, Cambridge | |
| 2002 | Polkinghorne ! | The Rev. John Polkinghorne | Physicist and theologian | |
| 2003 | Rolston ! | The Rev. Holmes Rolston III | Philosopher | |
| 2004 | Ellis ! | George F. R. Ellis | Cosmologist and philosopher | |
| 2005 | Townes ! | Charles Hard Townes | Nobel laureate and physicist | |
| 2006 | Barrow !— | John D. Barrow | Cosmologist and theoretical physicist | |
| 2007 | Taylor ! | Charles Taylor | Philosopher | |
| 2008 | Heller ! | The Rev. Michał Heller | Physicist and philosopher | |
| 2009 | d'Espagnat !— | Bernard d'Espagnat | Physicist | |
| 2010 | Ayala ! | Francisco J. Ayala | Biologist | |
| 2011 | Rees ! | The Rt. Hon. The Lord Rees of Ludlow | Cosmologist and astrophysicist | |
| 2012 | Tenzin ! | His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso | Spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, and 1989 Nobel Peace Prize laureate | |
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