He is the founder of the Templeton Progress in Religion Prize, the world's largest monetary award, whose past recipients include Billy Graham and Mother Teresa. Religion and Liberty interviewed him at his home in the Bahamas. Economic systems based on atheism have failed.
Religion teaches the infinite worth of each individual.
Religion causes each individual to want to serve others. An increasing part of God's ongoing creative process is to encourage each individual to be purposeful and creative. The free market system removes limitations and thereby encourages amazing and increasingly varied forms of creativity. Religion teaches love and brotherhood and truth and diligence which tend to cause accelerating creativity and productivity. The parable of the talents tells us we should use to the utmost whatever talents the Lord has given to us.