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  • 12 Apr 2009
    The resurrection has to be lived

    The resurrection of Christ is not an argument to be had but a life to be lived, says Rowan Williams. We need to hear what is so often the question that's really being asked when people ask, 'How do you know?'

  • 12 Apr 2009
    God doesn't say 'you're fired!', says archbishop

    In an Easter newspaper article, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams evoked one of Britain's most popular TV programmes to make the point that God regards no-one as 'disposable'.

  • 4 Apr 2009
    Archbishop calls on churches to back housing charity over Easter

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is calling on all Christians to hold special services this Easter in aid of Shelter’s work with homeless and badly housed families.

  • 24 Mar 2009
    Britain is a mixed belief society, says Archbishop of Canterbury

    Britain is not a secular country but a mixed belief society “uncomfortably haunted by the memory of religion” in terms of its Christian past, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has said.

  • 16 Mar 2009
    Seeing towards the heart of things

    In a recent lecture given at the Royal Academy of Arts, reports Simon Barrow, the Archbishop of Canterbury explored aspects of how icons are examples of the way in which in which divine energy is present in material reality.

  • 9 Mar 2009
    Archbishop sets out fresh agenda for economic justice

    In a lecture at the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has argued that a change of heart as well as structural reform is needed to address the global economic crisis.

  • 4 Mar 2009
    Williams warns that financial fear can breed xenophobia

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has warned that the financial crisis could make the UK more vulnerable to political extremism and the rise of parties like the British National Party.

  • 26 Feb 2009
    Anglican archbishops launch Lent appeal for Zimbabwe

    The Archbishops of Canterbury and York launched a Lent appeal for Zimbabwe on Ash Wednesday, as Christians in Britain and beyond joined in a day of prayer and fasting for the troubled country.

  • 28 Jan 2009
    Archbishop says Holocaust memorial is about recovering our humanity

    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has called for people to "rediscover the depths of real humanity" in a YouTube video discussion to mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

  • 2 Jan 2009
    Archbishop says people are our treasure, not wealth

    Job losses and house repossessions brought on by the financial crisis are an opportunity for people to think about where their treasure truly lies, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said in his New Year’s message.