The Point of Narnia
Rowan Williams, the current Archbishop of Canterbury, writes about the possible inspirations behind C S Lewis’ timeless children’s series, ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’. A middle-aged bachelor teaching...
View ArticleBook Review: Abiding by Ben Quash (Archbishop of Canterbury Lent Book 2013)
Every year the Archbishop of Canterbury commissions a book for the Lent period. Previous books have gone on to become spiritual classics by esteemed writers such as Miroslav Volf, Christina Baxter and...
View ArticleGet ready for Lent!
Christmas is over and as the decorations are packed away and now that the last of the turkey, mince pies and chocolate coins have been consumed, our thoughts turn from the feasting of Christmas to the...
View ArticleA Time of Spiritual Hunger
In his first public statement as Archbishop-designate, at Lambeth Palace on 9 November 2012, in front of the world’s media, Justin Welby laid out his stall. He spoke of his own personal formation as a...
View ArticleEucharist: The Word of Welcome – Rowan Williams
Taken from ‘Being Christian’ by Rowan Williams. Buy for just £6.99 (RRP £7.99) When reading the Gospels you sometimes get the impression that if anywhere in ancient Galilee you heard a loud noise and a...
View ArticleJustin Welby: Risk-taker and Reconciler?
Within months of the announcement of the nomination of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, Andrew Atherston published a short biography of the outsider who became Primer Inter Pares of the...
View ArticleAssessing Rowan’s Rule
Rowan William’s tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury coincided with some of the most turbulent years in global Anglicanism with numerous ethical and moral issues threatening to tear the communion apart....
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