Issues in Focus
- Environment
-
Inter Faith »
- A Common Word for the Common Good
- Archbishop's Reflections on the 7th Building Bridges Seminar »
- Archbishop Hosts Annual Inter Faith Lecture
- 'Sharia law' - What did the Archbishop actually say?
- Archbishop's Lecture - Civil and Religious Law in England
- Civil and religious law in England lecture - Question and Answer session
- Archbishop's Holocaust Memorial Day Statement
- 2007
- 2006
- 2005
- International Development
- Family and Society
- Faith and Society
Archbishop's Reflections on the 7th Building Bridges Seminar
Friday 09 May 2008
This is a unique annual series which brings together a range of internationally recognised Christian and Muslim scholars for an intensive study of relevant Biblical and Qur'anic texts.
Archbishop and Participants
This year's seminar, organised in partnership with Georgetown University and convened by the Archbishop, took place between 5 and 8 May at Villa Palazzola, an old Cistercian monastery south of Rome, and addressed the theme: 'Communicating the Word: Revelation, Translation and Interpretation in Christianity and Islam'.
The seminar builds on from similar events in London, Doha, Sarajevo, Washington DC and Singapore.
The Archbishop gave his reflections on this year's event:-
Listen to the Archbishop's Reflections on the 7th Building Bridges Event
[552kb]
Transcript
I think this particular Building Bridges Seminar has taken us deeper than ever before, and it's partly because we've been addressing issues around how to handle scripture and what the limits are of interpretation. It's enabled us to talk very, very frankly about fundamental differences and deep convergences and I think there's been a strong air of spiritual intensity about this meeting, partly helped by the place which is a place of prayer, so I feel very, very grateful for these few days and I think the feeling in the group is that we have grown yet again in this particular occasion.