Guest Author The Fourth Pope John Paul II Annual Lecture on Interreligious Understanding The Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas ‘Angelicum’ with The Russell Berrie Foundation Rome, April 5th 2011 by Professor David F. Ford Republished with permisssion. Orginally published at Cambridge Inter-Faith Programme Opening It is a great honour to be invited to deliver this lecture by the … Continue Reading
by Paul Avis originally published in The Living Church on April 1, 2011, republished with permission. The future of the Anglican Communion is in jeopardy. The Windsor Report proposed an Anglican Covenant, centering on mutual commitment, to secure a unified future for the Communion. The Anglican Covenant is the only credible proposal that I am aware of to help hold … Continue Reading
Sermon given at Matins on Sunday 7 November 2010 07 November 2010 at 10:00 am by The Reverend Dr Nicholas Sagovsky, Canon in Residence A Fulcrum series in partnership with Westminster Abbey During the recent visit of the Pope to Britain, there was a great deal of interest in John Henry Newman. This was because … Continue Reading
God’s Advocates by Rupert Shortt see title page for more information and chapter 1 on Rowan Williams and chapter 12 on Miroslav Volf (Darton, Longman & Todd, 2005) Oliver O’Donovan and Joan Lockwood O’Donovan Political Theology SHORTT: When Rowan Williams was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Oliver, you saluted the choice of a theologian who does not think it the business of … Continue Reading
by David Prior (click to see foreword, chapter one, chapter two, chapter four) The longest journey in the world is from the head to the heart. This maxim, much beloved of preachers and others, is often quoted to draw a distinction between what we believe in our minds and what we feel in our hearts. … Continue Reading
The Archbishop of Sudan casts his vote in Sudan’s historic referendum by Dr Daniel Deng Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan Sunday 9th January marked the first of seven days in the historic self-determination referendum for the people of Southern Sudan. The Most Rev. Dr. Daniel Deng Bul Yak, Episcopal Archbishop of the Sudan, … Continue Reading
Lausanne 2010: Jesus Walked Among Us by Christopher J H Wright republished by permission of The Living Church Jesus showed up at the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization, which drew 5,000 invited participants in Cape Town in late October. Jesus showed up on the platform. He was most obviously present as seven men and women … Continue Reading
Star Witness by Mark Greene (re-published with permission) The heavens declare, and though many an eye Has paused to stare at star-studded sky, And seen creator in creation as bright as day, And though he himself did plainly decree That the stones would cry out his glory, Still, they never take us quite seriously. We … Continue Reading
Introduction to a new Fulcrum series God’s Advocates: Christian Thinkers in Conversation by Rupert Shortt a Fulcrum series in partnership with Darton Longman & Todd Over the next few months we shall be republishing, with permission, extracts from God’s Advocates, sharing the views of three Christian Thinkers: Rowan Williams, who is Archbishop of Canterbury. He was formerly … Continue Reading
The Genius of Savings Banks by Peter Heslam first published on transformingbusiness and re-published with permission ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Or is it? According to the debt counselling agency, Christians Against Poverty (CAP), 91% of UK residents are worried about the cost of Christmas. But CAP also reports that almost 1500 of its clients are looking … Continue Reading