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  • 29 Jun 2012
    Rowan Williams is wrong: we need an elected second chamber

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, argued in his recent Magna Carta lecture against the idea of a fully elected second chamber at Westminster. As the debate about Lords reform continues, political theologian Graeme Smith seeks to show why the Archbishop is wrong to put his faith in an oligarchic form of democracy rather than one based on full electoral accountability.

  • 6 Jun 2012
    Daily Mail criticises Rowan Williams' Diamond Jubilee sermon

    The Daily Mail has criticised the Archbishop of Canterbury for comments on "ludicrous financial greed" and "environmental recklessness" in his Diamond Jubilee sermon.

  • 23 May 2012
    Williams not yet 'persuaded' on Scottish independence

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has expressed scepticism about the feasibility and desirability of independence for Scotland.

  • 2 Apr 2012
    An Archbishop's resignation: issues of power and responsibility

    What seems to have crystallised as the key to Archbishop Rowan Williams’ recent (somewhat early) resignation from his job, and as head of the global Anglican Communion, is the issue of sexuality. But, Alison Jasper suggests, this is part of a wider matrix of power and position connected to the deployment of the discursive category ‘religion’ and to the secular state acquiring a normative status.

  • 19 Mar 2012
    Can Rowan Williams (still) rescue us from idiocy?

    Rowan Williams' archbishopric was and is far from perfect, says Simon Barrow. Of course. But if we too readily dismiss the attempts of humane, spiritual and thoughtful people like Dr Williams to point out that our difficulties are not just about someone else’s blockheadedness, we may be nearer the idiocratic realm and further from the hoped-for realm of God and of reason than we think.

  • 19 Mar 2012
    Rowan Williams: People before politics?

    Time and again in the midst of "events, dear boy, events" (Harold Macmillan's famous response to an interrogation about what is the biggest difficulty in being Prime Minister), I keep coming back to Dutch theologian Harry Kuitert's observation that while "everything is politics, politics is not everything".

  • 19 Mar 2012
    WCC expresses gratitude for Rowan Williams’ collaboration

    The World Council of Churches has expressed admiration for Dr Rowan Williams' significant contribution to the ecumenical movement over several years.

  • 18 Mar 2012
    Christian Aid says it will miss Williams

    Christian Aid has paid tribute to Dr Rowan Williams, who has announced that he is to step down as Archbishop of Canterbury later this year.

  • 18 Mar 2012
    Why I would like to help choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury

    The next Archbishop will be chosen by the great and the good, sprinkled with some local diocesan worthies, observes Graeme Smith. They will weigh up the diverse and competing needs of the Church of England, the Anglican Communion, the British State, and the diocese of Canterbury. They will receive submissions, take soundings and consult widely before reaching their considered opinion. But is not a less oligarchical and hierarchical way forward possible?

  • 17 Mar 2012
    Lobbying begins as Rowan Williams steps down as Archbishop of Canterbury

    Lobbying has begun in the Church of England with the news that Dr Rowan Williams is vacating the post of Archbishop of Canterbury at the end of the year.