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Rowan Williams speaks on religious education

Rowan Williams speaks on religious education

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams gave a lecture at the residence of the British Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, on 8 March 2004. His subject was "Belief, Unbelief and Religious Education."

11 March 2004

Autumn Conference on the Celtic Church

Autumn Conference on the Celtic Church

The Myth of the Celtic Church will be the subject of a four-day Conference held in Durham in the autumn.

09 March 2004

Statement from the Diocese of New Hampshire

Statement from the Diocese of New Hampshire

The Right Reverend V. Gene Robinson, soon to be invested as IX Bishop of New Hampshire, has announced that he has withdrawn from the March 11th debate at the Oxford Union, in Oxford England.

01 March 2004

Anglicans in Olympics recruitment drive

Anglicans in Olympics recruitment drive

The official Olympic Organising Committee in Greece (ATHOC) has asked the Church of England's Greater Athens Chaplaincy, along with the small Greek Evangelical Church, to be responsible for recruiting, selecting, accrediting, accommodating and supervising a team of 40 Anglican and Protestant chaplains for this year's Olympic games.

01 March 2004

Desmond Tutu in radio broadcast

Desmond Tutu in radio broadcast

The Most Revd Desmond Tutu, the former Archbishop of South Africa and visiting professor in Post-Conflict Studies at King's College London, preached at the college on Sunday 22 February and shared a spiritual message that had guided him through troubled times.

01 March 2004

Year of hope and pain for Archbishop

Year of hope and pain for Archbishop

The Archbishop of Canterbury celebrated his first anniversary today and spoke of the pressures of his job and the pain of the furore over the nomination of a gay bishop. 

27 February 2004

New Lent series by Jane Williams published

New Lent series by Jane Williams published

The independent weekly, the Church Times, has published a Lent series by Jane Williams for 2004. The new series of study and reflection guides are designed for individual and group use during Lent. The series, called “God Problems”, deals with "obstacles Christians face in deepening their faith and commitment".

20 February 2004

General Synod endorses sexuality debate guide

General Synod endorses sexuality debate guide

With an overwhelming majority the Church of England’s General Synod yesterday voted to endorse a discussion document issued by the House of Bishops as a guide to the debate started by its 1991 report ‘Some Issues in Human Sexuality.’

12 February 2004

Mission agencies call for national guidelines on Islam

Mission agencies call for national guidelines on Islam

Clergy training in the Church of England must give higher priority to understanding Islam, a consultation by the 11 member-agencies of the Anglican Partnership for World Mission (PWM) has concluded. 

11 February 2004

Sermon by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Southwark Cathedral

Sermon by Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Southwark Cathedral

Long, long ago, very clever people decided that the human body, flesh, all material things, that all of these were in and of themselves, evil, intrinsically, inherently and always. So there was no way that the good, the pure, the sublime and, by definition, the perfectly good spirit could be united with the material. For these people, the dualists, the incarnation, God, pure spirit, becoming a human being was totally and in principle, and always, out of the question. What people thought was God become flesh in Jesus Christ, well, that was all just playacting, a charade.

06 February 2004