2008

November 2008

17 November 2008
Birmingham Diocese visit
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams visited Birmingham and the Black Country on 15th and 16th November where he opened a Children's Centre, visited a Hindu Temple, met the city's Faith Leaders Group and preached at Birmingham Cathedral.

15 November 2008
Archbishop's visit to the Venkataswara (Balaji) Temple
The Archbishop visited the Venkataswara (Balaji) Temple, in the Diocese of Lichfield, where unveiledl a plaque to commemorate his visit and the friendship between Christian and Hindu communities in the United Kingdom.

13 November 2008
Auschwitz-Birkenau
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and the Chief Rabbi, Sir Jonathan Sacks, have marked their recent one day visit to the former Nazi camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland with a message

October 2008

29 October 2008
The Archbishop in conversation with Professor Mona Siddiqui
An interactive conversation with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams and Professor Mona Siddiqui.

28 October 2008
Archbishop's Diwali message
The Archbishop of Canterbury today sent his annual message to Hindu communities for the festival of Diwali.

12 October 2008
A Common Word and Future Christian-Muslim Engagement
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has today given the opening address, in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, of a conference he has convened entitled 'A Common Word and Future Christian-Muslim Engagement'. The conference, timed to coincide with the anniversary of the release of the open letter A Common Word Between Us And You from 138 Islamic scholars, clerics and intellectuals, aims to continue the dialogue between the two Faiths, by reflecting on this letter and the Archbishop's letter A Common Word for the Common Good.

01 October 2008
Archbishop's Eid message for 2008
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent his greetings to Muslim communities for the festival of Eid ul Fitr, marking the end of Ramadhan.

September 2008

29 September 2008
Hopes and Prayers at the Start of the Jewish New Year
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, sent a greeting to Jewish leaders and communities for the festival of Rosh Hashanah, marking the start of the Jewish New Year.

10 September 2008
Archbishop of Canterbury meets with Chief Rabbis of Israel
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday met with the Chief Rabbis of Israel, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar and Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger.

July 2008

28 July 2008
The Relationship between the People and God
Address from Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, at the Lambeth Conference

23 July 2008
Communique of the Anglican Jewish Commission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel
The Anglican Jewish Commission of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Chief Rabbinate of Israel originated in their joint declaration made at Lambeth Palace in September 2006. It provides for the Archbishop and the two Chief Rabbis (from the Ahkenazi and Sephardi communities respectively) to meet each year alternately in Lambeth and Jerusalem. It also provides for an annual meeting of a Commission to study agreed themes together and to prepare meetings of the Archbishop and Chief Rabbis in which the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, The Rt Revd Suheil Dawani, also takes part.

15 July 2008
A Common Word for the Common Good
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has written a letter of response to Muslim religious leaders and scholars in which he welcomes A Common Word

May 2008

09 May 2008
Archbishop's Reflections on the 7th Building Bridges Seminar
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.

April 2008

10 April 2008
Archbishop Hosts Annual Inter Faith Lecture
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams hosted the annual Lambeth Inter Faith lecture. Read the full transcript and see photos.

February 2008

08 February 2008
'Sharia law' - What did the Archbishop actually say?
There has been a strong reaction in the media and elsewhere to the Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks of yesterday on civil and religious law.

07 February 2008
Archbishop's Lecture - Civil and Religious Law in England
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams gave the foundation lecture in the Temple Festival series.

07 February 2008
Civil and religious law in England lecture - Question and Answer session
Transcript of the question and answer session following the lecture

January 2008

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 27 January 2008