Rowan Williams

The report of Christianity’s death has been an exaggeration

30 November 2024 9:00 am

Immigration is revivifying congregations, with many people showing signs of spiritual openness, in contrast to the bare-knuckle rationalism that characterised New Atheism, says Rupert Shortt

Hogging the limelight

7 October 2023 9:00 am

Contemplating ‘hedgehog philosophy’ with Sarah Sands, Rowan Williams, Greta Thunberg and other luminaries would test anyone’s patience after 150 pages

Being reasonable isn’t easy

23 April 2022 9:00 am

Some years ago there was a study at Harvard that tried to find out what people did when they held…

Interview: Rowan Williams on Wales, independence and the King Lear of Westminster

12 December 2021 7:00 pm

Rowan Williams is no stranger to politics. As Archbishop of Canterbury he was as comfortable criticising Tony Blair over Iraq…

The Spectator’s notes

13 February 2016 9:00 am

Here is a thought for all those Tory MPs calculating their personal advantage in the forthcoming EU referendum: unless the…

The bad book

6 February 2016 9:00 am

The decline of the Church of England has been one of the most astonishing trends in modern Britain. The pews…