The William Temple Foundation is delighted to be hosting a roundtable on the theme of Faith in the City 40 Years on… Theological, Historical and Contextual Movements in partnership with Ripon College, Cuddesdon. The roundtable will be hosted at the College on the 15th and 16th May and has been curated by Dr Victoria Turner, Director of Mission and Pastoral Studies at Cuddesdon, and Professor Chris Baker, Director of Research at the Foundation. Participants include Anthony Reddie, Mark Chapman, Abby Day, Alison Webster and Paul Weller. A full list of contributors and details of the proceedings of the roundtable are available on our website
Director of Research Chris Baker says* ‘This anniversary is a big deal for the Foundation as we were a key resource for the Faith in the City report via the involvement of one of our previous Directors, Professor John Atherton who acted as an advisor to the report along with Michael Eastman, John Gladwin, Eric James and John Chilvers. The original report highlighted the forgotten issues of poverty and marginalisation in post-industrial Britain that was a stain on the conscience of both nation and church. We are thrilled to be able to critically explore the legacy of this landmark document in collaboration with Ripon College, Cuddesdon.’
*On the 8th May the above statement was released regards the publication of Faith in the City Report in 1985. The statement, and specifically the quote from our existing Director of Research Professor Chris Baker, emphasised the role of the former Director of Research for the Foundation, Professor John Atherton, without reference to the other commissioners involved in the production of Faith in the City Report. The statement and quote from May 8th have been amended above, and the full list of the Member’s of the Commission, as found in the Faith in the City Report itself, is included below.
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