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What do we dare to hope for in the early days of 2016 as the winter cold finally begins to bite and the last vestiges of holiday tinsel are consigned […]


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2015: In Review

by Charlotte Binns

14 Dec 2015

It has been another exciting year for William Temple Foundation. From publications to professorships, from new research to facilitating challenging discussions, we’ve been blessed to work with a diverse group […]


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As we all prepare to celebrate the nativity, and perhaps, as Eve Poole suggested in her recent blog, to avoid the excesses of  Saturnalia, the Solstice or the secular Winterbinge, […]


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Being Advent Sunday this week, I was intrigued to find in my inbox an advert for a gin advent calendar. So I clicked on the link. Gin? I clearly lack […]


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Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice, to undo the thongs of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break […]


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Responding to Terrorism: Spaces of Safety & Light

by Heather Buckingham

17 Nov 2015

In the third instalment of our series written by members of the Faith & Flourishing Neighbourhoods Network, Heather Buckingham explores what it means to build community across differences in the face of […]


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The Rituals That Bind Us, Or Blind Us?

by Greg Smith

6 Nov 2015

Blackburn Cathedral: WE WILL REMEMBER THEM: The Renaissance Singers will give their annual autumn concert at the Cathedral at 7.30pm on Saturday 7th November, featuring a selection of music and […]


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Can Religious Groups and the Public Sector Work Together?

by Matthew Barber-Rowell

29 Oct 2015

Guest blogger Matthew Barber is a PhD student, Researcher for the Centre for Faith and Public Policy at Chester University and Director of Faith Sector. His interests include faith in […]


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When John Atherton wrote his contribution to our “Christianity and the New Social Order” (see pp.125-129 in particular) and constructed his own updated version of Temple’s original guidelines for a […]


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Guest blogger Dr Wendy Dossett is Principal Investigator of the Higher Power Project, a qualitative study of the language used by people in twelve-step recovery, and Director (Research) of the […]


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