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News about Rowan Williams, theologian, poet & 104th Archbishop of Canterbury & quotes from his published works & interviews. Unofficial account (not run by RW).
"People in hotels, hostels, detention centres, are not there as a lifestyle choice – which is why it is not only unjust but absurd to punish them for being there...Collective blame and indiscriminate violence are always the beginning of real moral corruption."
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Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams
Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves, asks former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
"People in hotels, hostels, detention centres, are not there as a lifestyle choice – which is why it is not only unjust but absurd to punish them for being there...Collective blame and indiscriminate violence are always the beginning of real moral corruption."
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On 4th June, after his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV was greeted by Rowan Williams.
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Pope Leo XIV and Archbishop Rowan Williams
YouTube video by Fr James (Barely Protestant)
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June 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
On 4th June, after his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV was greeted by Rowan Williams.
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Rowan Williams wrote a typically wise piece a few years ago on "the cost of living", and what happens "When “living” becomes a commodity that some can afford and some can’t".
Well worth a read.
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Well worth a read.
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No one is safe until everyone is safe – we applied it to the pandemic, but why not our economy? | Rowan Williams
A ‘cost of living crisis’ is a sign our society has gone fundamentally wrong. It’s time we stopped reducing people to calculations of cost, says the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Rowan Williams wrote a typically wise piece a few years ago on "the cost of living", and what happens "When “living” becomes a commodity that some can afford and some can’t".
Well worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Well worth a read.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What if faith isn’t about certainty, but about how we see?
What if Christianity still has something worth discovering — even after it all unravels?
Uploading Monday.
Uploading Monday.
June 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
What if faith isn’t about certainty, but about how we see?
What if Christianity still has something worth discovering — even after it all unravels?
Uploading Monday.
Uploading Monday.
America’s broken commonwealth.
The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic crisis. Rowan Williams in @newstatesman.com
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The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic crisis. Rowan Williams in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
America’s broken commonwealth
The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic crisis.
www.newstatesman.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
America’s broken commonwealth.
The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic crisis. Rowan Williams in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The nation’s founding myth was based on faith and solidarity – but it also contained the roots of today’s democratic crisis. Rowan Williams in @newstatesman.com
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
God is an Englishman - review. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
England was forged by Christianity – but we’re giving it up
Bijan Omrani’s superb book, God is an Englishman, argues that we take our national faith for granted – and that the youth suffer as a result
www.telegraph.co.uk
April 11, 2025 at 11:23 AM
God is an Englishman - review. www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...
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'That does not alter the pervasiveness of anti-Judaism in pretty well all varieties of Christianity in this period.'
Rowan Williams on the extraordinary diversity of early Christian communities
Rowan Williams on the extraordinary diversity of early Christian communities
The extraordinary diversity of early Christian communities
www.the-tls.co.uk
April 1, 2025 at 9:13 AM
'That does not alter the pervasiveness of anti-Judaism in pretty well all varieties of Christianity in this period.'
Rowan Williams on the extraordinary diversity of early Christian communities
Rowan Williams on the extraordinary diversity of early Christian communities
The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture 2025 | Lord Rowan ... youtu.be/LiCllaQa5_U?...
The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture 2025 | Lord Rowan Williams
YouTube video by The Rabbi Sacks Legacy
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April 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks Annual Memorial Lecture 2025 | Lord Rowan ... youtu.be/LiCllaQa5_U?...
When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’
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When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’
Isolate growth from public good and you are simply planning for breakdown. My research shows that a resilient society should be rooted in wellbeing, not wealth, says former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
When politicians tell us to focus on growth we need to ask: ‘Why, and for whom?’
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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson. A culture warrior out of his depth. Guardian review:
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
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We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson review – a culture warrior out of his depth
The popular psychologist’s blinkered reading of the Bible does his cause no favours
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We Who Wrestle With God by Jordan Peterson. A culture warrior out of his depth. Guardian review:
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/n...
Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism shows how the language of religious rapture can help us teach us how to live. Review, New Statesman: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The meaning of ecstasy
Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism shows how the language of religious rapture can help us teach us how to live.
www.newstatesman.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Simon Critchley’s On Mysticism shows how the language of religious rapture can help us teach us how to live. Review, New Statesman: www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...