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Blinded by grace?

by Val Barron

12 Jul 2019

William Temple scholar Val Barron reflects on the importance of both giving and receiving in light of a recent event on gift-giving. I’m blinded by your grace I’m blinded by […]


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Lies and damned lies about statistics

by John Henry

31 May 2019

John Henry, an ordinand at Ripon College Cuddesdon, makes a passionate moral case for increasing our statistical literacy. Do you love statistics? Do you get excited at the idea of […]


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Professor Chris Baker, Director of Research at the William Temple Foundation, reflects on our 2019 annual lecture by Archbishop Justin Welby. Watch the whole lecture on YouTube here Full lecture […]


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Whose “bloody GDP” is it anyway?

by Tim Howles

3 May 2019

Associate Research Fellow Tim Howles says we should be thinking again about the current politico-economic settlement. In the June 2016 Brexit referendum, one of the mistakes made by the “Britain […]


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Associate Research Fellow Greg Smith highlights the persecution of Christians around the world but warns against identity-driven narratives of Christophobia. The bombings of churches in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday […]


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Come the Resurrection…?

by Rosie Dawson

20 Apr 2019

Associate Research Fellow Rosie Dawson reflects on the fire at Notre Dame and sex trafficking in New York—and warns against moving on too soon. The Pope may have to take […]


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Oscar Siu, a PhD student at the School of Divinity, History and Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen, argues that the provision of Christian school education in China needs to […]


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Tell the truth and act as if the truth is real

by Matthew Stemp

22 Mar 2019

In this extended article, William Temple Scholar Matt Stemp urges us to see how radical honesty is changing the landscape of climate activism. Funeral processions marching through town centres. Students […]


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Brexit, the Church, and English Identity

by Greg Smith

15 Mar 2019

Associate Research Fellow Greg Smith delves into the complex relationship between the Church of England and English identity in the light of Brexit. With Brexit still looming (though perhaps not […]


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Religious revival in Turkey and the hijab

by Yasmin Khatun Dewan

2 Mar 2019

William Temple Scholar Yasmin Khatun Dewan researches the British Muslim post-9/11 experience. Here, she reflects on the changing place of the headscarf in contemporary Turkish society. I am currently in […]


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