William Temple Foundation

This blog is the third of three produced by Research Fellow Dr Matthew Barber-Rowell, as part of our Fellows Fund Programme. In this series, Dr Barber-Rowell sets out the potential role for intra-communities dialogue and local leadership for Curating Spaces of Hope in a post-pandemic society.

Archbishop William Temple was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on the festival of St. George on 23rd April 1942. Today, we should recall the 80th anniversary of the enthronement of an archbishop that demonstrated a profound commitment to Christian ethical engagement in social and political issues.

This blog is the second of three produced by Research Fellow Dr Matthew Barber-Rowell, as part of our Fellows Fund Programme. In this series, Dr Barber-Rowell sets out the potential role for intra-communities dialogue and local leadership for Curating Spaces of Hope in a post-pandemic society. This will be followed by blogs published on 10th May.

This blog is the first of three produced by Research Fellow Dr Matthew Barber-Rowell, as part of our Fellows Fund Programme. In this series, Dr Barber-Rowell sets out the potential role for intra-communities dialogue and local leadership for Curating Spaces of Hope in a post-pandemic society. This will be followed by blogs published on the 3rd and 10th May.

In this special blog for Eastertide, Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, explains the Church of England’s new vision for the 2020s.

Rev’d Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana asks how the church can answer to questions about race and identity today: “If we agree that all lives do indeed matter and we share this understanding that we have a shared humanity rooted in God, then it should concern us all when black lives are made cheap.”

Rev’d Sorrel Shamel-Wood argues that literacy is central to “levelling-up”, and that, given Christianity’s close relationship to texts, Christians should be at the forefront of promoting this agenda. Surely few […]

William Temple Scholar Yasmin Khatun Dewan reflects on the significance of a recent exhibition in Qatar. I have just got back from Doha, Qatar. I was visiting the Gulf nation […]

Dr Maria Power, Senior Research Fellow at the Foundation, asks what we can learn from Northern Ireland about tackling our polarised politics. When Pope Francis was on BBC Radio 4’s […]

Dr Harvey Kwiyani, CEO of Global Connections, offers his take on the challenge of decolonising mission. The emergence of world Christianity in the past 50 years has some serious implications […]