About the Michael Ramsey Prize

The Award, which is sponsored by the Lambeth Fund and administered by SPCK, was inaugurated by Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams to encourage the most promising contemporary theological writing and to identify it for a wider Christian readership.

Michael Ramsey Prize Plaque by Monmouth Artist Dee Hardwicke

The biennial prize commemorates Dr Ramsey, who was Archbishop of Canterbury 1961-1974, and his commitment to increasing the breadth of theological understanding of people in general.

The Prize was inaugurated in 2003, and the first award was made in 2005. In 2007 the Prize was awarded to Fr Timothy Radcliffe for What is the Point of Being a Christian?

Nominations are made by invited Anglican Primates worldwide, by leaders of Christian church bodies in the UK, Anglican Diocesan Bishops and by principals of theological colleges.

The judges are The Archbishop of Canterbury; his wife theologian and teacher Jane Williams; the winner of the 2007 Prize and Dominican friar Fr Timothy Radcliffe; the celebrated writer and commentator AN Wilson; Dr Elaine Storkey, lecturer, writer and broadcaster; Canon Dr Paula Gooder, the New Testament expert and Rev Alison Fulford, a working mother and priest who won the "People's Judge" competition.

This year's prize-giving event will take place at the Hay Festival, Wales.

For further information visit the Michael Ramsey Prize website.

Previous articles on the Michael Ramsey Prize:

Thursday 28 May 2009

Winner of £15,000 Theology Prize Announced

Richard Bauckham - Jesus and the Eyewitnesses

Coverage of the Archbishop

Michael Ramsey Prize: In Pictures

Rowan Williams talks to AN Wilson

Friday 15 May 2009

Monmouth Artist, Dee Hardwicke, unveils Michael Ramsey Prize plaque [65kb]