Speeches

A collection of the Archbishop's public speeches

• 17 April 2008
  The Spiritual and the Religious: Is the Territory Changing?
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, gave a lecture entitled "The Spiritual and the Religious: is the territory changing?" as part of the series on Faith and Life in Britain at Westminster Cathedral. Video and full transcript here.
• 19 March 2008
  Archbishop's Easter Message
  Radio 2's Pause for Thought
• 19 March 2008
  Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & History
  A lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the third in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'.
• 19 March 2008
  Holy Week: Faith and History Questions & Answers Session
  Questions and Answers in response to a lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the third in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'
• 18 March 2008
  Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & Politics
  A lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the second in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'.
• 18 March 2008
  Holy Week: Faith & Politics Questions & Answers Session
  Questions and Answers in response to a lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the second in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'
• 17 March 2008
  Archbishop's Holy Week Lecture: Faith & Science
  A lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the first in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'
• 17 March 2008
  Holy Week: Faith and Science Questions & Answers Session
  Questions and Answers in response to a lecture given by The Archbishop of Canterbury in Westminster Abbey during Holy Week 2008 - the first in a series entitled 'A Question on Faith'
• 28 February 2008
  Risen Indeed: The Resurrection in the Gospels
  Part one of 'Bishop of Winchester's Lent Lectures' given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the bishops, clergy and laity of the Diocese of Winchester during a Pastoral Visit to the Diocese
• 28 February 2008
  Risen Today: The Resurrection as Good News Now
  Part two of 'Bishop of Winchester's Lent Lectures' given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the bishops, clergy and laity of the Diocese of Winchester during a Pastoral Visit to the Diocese
• 22 February 2008
  Archbishop speaks to Scientists at Sanger Institute
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams visited the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, part of the Wellcome Trust Genome campus, to view the work being undertaken and discuss the themes of science and the human person and current issues in bio-ethics.
• 22 February 2008
  Faith in the Future
  Reflections and Answers to questions given by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 22 February 2008, in Great St Mary's Cambridge, at the end of a pastoral visit to the town and university of Cambridge under the title 'Faith in the Future'
• 21 February 2008
  'Faith, Reason and Quality Assurance - Having Faith in Academic Life'
  Lecture held in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge, as part of the "A World to Believe in - Cambridge Consultations on Faith, Humanity and the Future" Sessions
• 21 February 2008
  'Faith, Reason and Quality Assurance - Having Faith in Academic Life' Questions & Answers Session
  Questions and answers following a Lecture ('Faith, Reason and Quality Assurance - having faith in academic life') given by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 21 February 2008, in the Babbage Lecture Theatre, Cambridge, during a pastoral visit to the town and university of Cambridge
• 20 February 2008
  'What Difference Does it Make?' - The Gospel in Contemporary Culture
  Lecture held in Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge, as part of the "A World to Believe in - Cambridge Consultations on Faith, Humanity and the Future" Sessions
• 20 February 2008
  What Difference Does it Make? - The Gospel in Contemporary Culture Questions & Answers Session
  Questions and answers following a Lecture ('What difference does it make? - The Gospel in Contemporary Culture') given by the Archbishop of Canterbury on 20 February 2008, in Great St Mary's, Cambridge, during a pastoral visit to the town and university of Cambridge
• 20 February 2008
  Archbishop introduces Professor Bernard McGinn
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams introduced the Emeritus Professor of Theology from Chicago University, Professor Bernard McGinn at a public lecture entitled "A Forgotten Classic of Western Spirituality: The Evangelical Pearl".
• 14 February 2008
  Archbishop's farewell tribute to Bishop of Truro
  The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a farewell speech at the General Synod to mark the retirement of the Bishop of Truro, the Rt Revd William Ind.
• 14 February 2008
  Archbishop's farewell tribute - Bishop of Sheffield
  The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a farewell speech at the General Synod to mark the retirement of the Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt Revd Jack Nicholls.
• 13 February 2008
  The Archbishop's Speech on Gambling, at the General Synod
  Video and full transcript.
• 11 February 2008
  Presidential Address to the opening of General Synod
  This is the transcript of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams' presidential address at the opening of the General Synod.
• 07 February 2008
  Archbishop's Lecture - Civil and Religious Law in England: a Religious Perspective
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams gave the foundation lecture at the Royal Courts of Justice
• 29 January 2008
  Archbishop's lecture - Religious Hatred and Religious Offence
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams presented the James Callaghan Memorial lecture entitled "Religious Hatred and Religious Offence". In his lecture Dr Williams outlined the problems with the present blasphemy laws, and also looks at the problems that society could face without any protection from religious offence.
• 28 January 2008
  Archbishop's Holocaust Memorial Day Statement
  The Archbishop of Canterbury gave the following statement at the national Holocaust Memorial Day event that was held in Liverpool on Sunday 27th January 2008.
• 26 January 2008
  Archbishop's Liverpool lecture: Europe, Faith and Culture
  The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, gave a lecture entitled 'Europe, Faith and Culture' at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool - Europe's Capital of Culture 2008.
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