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Shaping debate on religion in public life; continuing Archbishop William Temple's legacy of faith-informed social reform
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NEW BLOG: our Chair of Trustees Simon Lee reflects on William Temple, generosity, and the Spirit of Christmas Present

Read here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/on-william-t...
December 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
NEW PUBLICATION: What does it mean to nurture relationships, heal conflict, and practise reconciliation in urban contexts?

Kat Gregory-Witham considers relational Christian engagement in complex urban settings: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/temple-tract...
December 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
How do William Temple and Dorothy Day inform our responses to contemporary inequality?

Their theologies of the incarnation offer a better story... Join us to discuss spiritual protest in their work!

📍 Thurs 15 Jan 2026 5-6.30pm, online free

Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-...
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Care about showing hospitality to refugees?

Start the new year with deep thinking and rigorous training in an online community of like-minded practitioners and individuals.

Our 3 week online course is for you!

Find out more: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
December 18, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It was a delight to partner with @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social St Paul's Cathedral and @churchurbanfund.bsky.social for a valuable discussion around faith-based approaches to urban development

Watch Prof Chris Baker's exploration of faith in our intersectionality: www.youtube.com/watch?v=45Bs...
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
What are your New Year's plans and resolutions?

Join an online community considering the challenges and opportunities that we face in showing hospitality to our asylum seeking friends and neighbours!

Online course, 19 Jan - 6 Feb 2026, sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
December 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
NEW BLOG: Prof Grace Davie reflects on prayer, place, far-right expressions of Christianity, and the future of the Church of England

Read it here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/some-reflect...
December 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If you're wondering what can we do - as individuals, faith and secular orgs, local groups and refugee charities, researchers and people with lived experience – to support sanctuary seekers in these difficult times, then this is the course for you...

www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
December 14, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NOW ON SALE: online public lecture addressing spiritual protest in the works of William Temple and Dorothy Day

📍 15 Jan 5-6.30pm

Join Revd Ryan Bennett, Prof William Storrar, and the Very Revd Sally Foster-Fulton for this rich conversation:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-...
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Have you read our latest Temple Tract?

Professor Martyn Percy engages with the nature of sacred spaces, their counter cultural and revolutionary potential for gathering, and their role in equipping people to nurture radical hope

Read here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/temple-tracts/
December 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Looking to start 2026 well, with deep thinking and rigorous training?

Join us for three weeks as we consider challenges and opportunities in demonstrating hospitality to the refugee. Learn healthy and robust methods of engagement in online community...

www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
December 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Recognising the polarising indifference capturing global attention, where do we look for direction?

William Temple and Dorothy Day’s theology of the incarnation direct our vision to recapture the dignity and self-worth of all humanity

Join us 15 Jan: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-in-...
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What would be your key drivers and obstacles to working with asylum seekers and refugees?

Join us 19 Jan-6 Feb on this short online course to consider hospitality through exploring innovative case studies, toolkits, and resources...

Early bird sign up: tickettailor.com/events/willi...
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
OUT NOW: In our latest Temple Tract, Professor Martyn Percy engages with the nature of sacred spaces, their counter cultural and revolutionary potential for gathering, and their role in equipping people to nurture radical hope

Read here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/temple-tracts/
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Our latest Temple Book explores the resonance of the Faith in the City Report - which reviewed the social and economic challenges facing urban Britain and laid blame on neoliberal government policies - four decades later...

Read it for free: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/temple-books/
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Don't miss out! 40% off our January 2026 online course on refugee and asylum hospitality this weekend only!

Read more about it and sign up today: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Have you signed up to next week's FREE webinar?

Join Dr Richard Douglas (@maitrereynard.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk) to discuss the contributions of robust public theology in the context of our environmental crisis

📍Thurs 4 December, 6-7.15pm, online

Sign up today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
November 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hear from course convener Katya Braginskaia about what you can expect from our 'Hospitality, Vulnerability and Resilience' 3 week course running January- February.

Sign up this weekend for 40% off: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
THIS WEEKEND ONLY: a 40% discount on our upcoming course!!

Want to think deeply about sustainable and informed hospitality towards refugees and asylum seekers? Join us for the three week online course...

Sign up TODAY for cheapest tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
NEW E-BOOK OUT NOW - 'Faith in the City' 40 Years On: Theological, Historical, and Contextual Movements

Many thanks to our cross-disciplinary contributors for their reflections on the resonance and legacy of 'Faith in the City' decades later

williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/temple-books/
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Only 10 days until our FREE upcoming webinar! Join us to consider how public theology might inform our response to the environmental crisis...

Sign up for free today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
NEW BLOG: Greg Smith explores what offering costly and comprehensive support to the vulnerable would look like for the UK Church, and just how far we've deviated from William Temple's vision for a post-war welfare state

Read it here: williamtemplefoundation.org.uk/prayer-care-...
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Sign up TODAY for a 10% early bird discount on our upcoming online course!

'Hospitality, Vulnerability and Resilience: Working With Refugees' will equip participants to become better hosts, advocates and allies to asylum seekers

Learn more and sign up: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sign up today! How should we spiritually interpret and respond to the environmental crisis?

Join us and Dr Richard McNeill Douglas for this timely discussion on 4 December 6pm online, for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Sign up to our upcoming online course today for a 10% early bird DISCOUNT!

Join this timely discussion to explore a better, informed, and hospitable response to our neighbours seeking refuge. Open to participants of all faiths!

Sign up today: www.tickettailor.com/events/willi...
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM