“If there is one thing I long for above all else, it's that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again to capture the imagination of our culture.” IfsYearsMayLongArtCountryAbleCultureImaginationChristianityOne ThingCapture Author:Rowan Williams
“It would be a real failure if agreeing that it [abortion] was not an electoral issue provided an alibi for taking it seriously as a public issue.” IfsRealWould BeIssuesFailureAbortion Author:Rowan Williams
“The question, 'How can you believe in a God who permits suffering on this scale?' is therefore very much around at the moment, and it would be surprising if it weren't - indeed it would be wrong if it weren't.” IfsBelieveMomentsWould BeSufferingScalesPermitSurprising Author:Rowan Williams
“We can at least see that the question is asked, and asked on the basis of a clear recognition that there is no way of manipulating our environment that is without cost or consequence - and thus also of a recognition that we are inextricably bound up with the destiny of our world. There is no guarantee that the world we live in will "tolerate" us indefinitely if we prove ourselves unable to live within its constraints.” IfsWorldWayDestinyClearEnvironmentCostProveConsequenceBasesEnvironmentalBoundsRecognitionGuaranteesOur WorldSustainabilityTolerateOur EnvironmentConstraintsGuarantees That Author:Rowan Williams
“The whole story of creation, incarnation, and our incorporation into the fellowship of Christ's body tells us that God desires us, as if we were God, as if we were that unconditional response to God's giving that God's self makes in the life of the Trinity. We are created so that we may be caught up in this, so that we may grow into the wholehearted love of God by learning that God loves us as God loves God.” IfsGivingMaySelfWholeStoriesBodyDesireGrowsChristCreationResponseCaughtGod LoveCaught UpUnconditionalFellowshipIncarnationTrinityGod Loves UsIncorporation Author:Rowan Williams
“I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in a way comparable to marriage, if and only if it had the about it the same character of absolute covenanted faithfulness.” PeopleIfsWayYearsTwoCharacterMightSexPrayerStudyAbsolutesActiveConclusionGod LoveFaithfulnessIfs And Author:Rowan Williams
“Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process, it acts in a way analogous to a private person. It purports to be judge of its own interest.” IfsWayPersonsStatesProcessInterestAttentionViolenceJudgingInternationalDuesAdministrationVisible Author:Rowan Williams
“Nobody...likes talking about enforceable international protocols and yet unless there is a real change in attitude, we have to contemplate those very unwelcome possibilities if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions, of people to die.” PeopleIfsWantRealDiesEnergyAttitudeTalkingMillionsEconomyEnvironmentPossibilityClimate ChangeInternationalBillionsLikesCollapseContemplatingGlobal EconomyProtocolReal ChangeUnwelcome Author:Rowan Williams
“We must support government coercion over enforcing international protocols and speed limits on motorways if we want the global economy not to collapse and millions, billions of people to die.” PeopleIfsWantGovernmentDiesMillionsSupportEconomyLimitsClimate ChangeInternationalSpeedBillionsGlobal WarmingCollapseCoercionGlobal EconomyProtocolSpeed Limits Author:Rowan Williams
“It does not matter to the killers if their victims are Christian or Muslim, Hindu or Humanist; what matters is that they show that they can kill where they please.” IfsDoeMatterShowsChristianPleaseVictimHumanistHinduismKillersWhat Matters Author:Rowan Williams
