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  • 10 Jun 2008
    Don't get trapped by the state, says Christian charity head

    As the debate about the relationship between government provided social welfare and church involvement continues, a Christian minister who chairs an agency working with people in housing need says that state funding is "a mixed blessing".

  • 5 Jun 2008
    Scholars meet to strengthen Christian-Muslim dialogue

    As the Church of England postponed debate on a controversial resolution interpreted as encouraging the proselytism of Muslims, the Archbishop of Canterbury has chaired a gathering of scholars looking to deepen inter-faith engagement.

  • 29 May 2008
    Bishop Nazir-Ali in new ‘Christian nation’ and Islam row

    Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali, who earlier caused anger by suggesting some Muslim communities were ‘no go areas’ has created a fresh argument by claiming that the collapse of a ‘Christian nation’ has left Britain in a moral vacuum.

  • 14 May 2008
    Lambeth Palace hosts wide ranging round table on climate change action

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and the Anglican Bishop of London, Richard Chartres, welcomed leaders from business, government and civil society to Lambeth Palace yesterday for a Climate Change round table.

  • 9 May 2008
    Women's rights and religious liberty

    Rowan Williams' recent lecture on the religious grounding of universal human rights raised difficult questions about the status of women in relation to freedom for faith.

  • 8 May 2008
    Orthodox leader and Dalai Lama make Time magazine top 100

    Bartholomeos I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, has joined the Dalai Lama as one of two international religious figures named in the "Time 100" list, the people deemed by Time magazine to be the world's most influential persons.

  • 6 May 2008
    Spiritual or religious?

    Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has been reflecting on "The Spiritual and the Religious: is the territory changing?"

  • 28 Apr 2008
    Williams calls on government to do more for the most vulnerable

    As the government faces criticism on its anti-poverty policies, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams has called for more action to protect the poorest and most vulnerable from the likely consequences of an economic downturn.

  • 3 Apr 2008
    Religious Faith and Human Rights - An Evening with Rowan Williams

    The idea of human rights is often traced back to the characteristically religious insight that every individual is unique in the eyes of God.

  • 24 Mar 2008
    Williams says we need to face up to death, fear and greed

    The celebration of Easter challenges human beings to accept death without delusion, but it also seeks to challenge our acceptance that death is without hope and the end to all meaning, says the Archbishop of Canterbury.