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Hymns we sing today are ‘primary school level’, says Rowan Williams
05 May 2024 20:46 GMT
Many of the hymns sung at weddings and funerals today are “bland” songs chosen because people remember them from primary school, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has lamented, comparing them to “baby food”.
Lord Williams of Oystermouth said there were so …
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Calls not to sell church where Welsh hymn-writer and poet is buried
09 May 2024 23:27 GMT
… Representative Body of the Church in Wales will postpone … enthronement of Dr Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury, in 2003, featured … decades before the present church was constructed, on … possible options for this church should contact the …
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Religion news 7 May 2024
06 May 2024 23:45 GMT
… with the Church Times, Tim Pemberton, the Head of Religion and Ethics … from Alpha, the course on Christianity based at Holy Trinity Brompton … primary school level
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has complained that hymns …
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Unholy war: How 'entitled brat' wedding photographers are being accused of ruining ceremonies by vicars
18 May 2024 11:14 GMT
… entitled brats’. Even Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, joined in, … they arrive at a church to shoot a happy … filmed interview with a Church representative to go through … well in advance. ‘The Church of England is notoriously slow …
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The Church of England has failed on gender
24 Apr 2024 02:03 GMT
… number of Church of England grandees, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, signed … earlier document produced by The Church of England Education Office … the foreword by the current Archbishop of Canterbury, “guidance [that will] …
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Rowan Williams backs calls to save choir scrapped by Cambridge college
21 Mar 2024 21:25 GMT
The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has backed calls to save … would strip funding from the church choir St John’s Voices …
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Vicars v photographers — Rowan Williams weighs in on wedding etiquette row
03 Mar 2024 04:45 GMT
… , according to a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
Dr Rowan Williams, who officiated at the …
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Religion news 25 March 2024
25 Mar 2024 01:58 GMT
… an investigation into the Catholic group Opus Dei, after …
Rector of Liverpool Parish Church leaves CofE in protest … Easter. The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has signed a … governing documents. Each Baptist church is self-governing, but …
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Book review: Passions of the Soul by Rowan Williams
26 Jan 2024 00:23 GMT
… general context in which the Church lived in the early centuries … Soul
Rowan Williams
Bloomsbury £11.99
(978-1-3994-1568-2)
Church Times …
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Inside the life of a wedding photographer: From 'odd' vicars moaning about church pictures to the happy couple demanding family are cropped out... and why you should ALWAYS beware of the sister
10 Mar 2024 10:43 GMT
… photographer, who feared that many church leaders were 'stuck … , Humanist, all variants of Christianity - and none of those … #39;
Outside of the church, there are other minor issues … #39;mini photoshoot'.
Dr Rowan Williams officiated the wedding of the …