Embracing solidarity in a secular age | Rowan Williams full interview

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Former Archbishop Rowan Williams discusses his life and work.
What is the role of the church today?
Watch Rowan Williams debate good and evil with Slavoj Žižek at iai.tv/video/the-end-of-good-...
Join Rowan Williams for an in-depth interview where he discusses everything from ritual, climate change, and moral responsibility.
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Rowan Williams, the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, is a highly acclaimed theologian, writer, and pastor. In addition to his ten-year post as Archbishop, Lord Williams has also enjoyed an esteemed academic career, having been a lecturer at the University of Cambridge as well as having held the Lady Margaret Chair of Divinity at the University of Oxford.
00:00 Introduction
00:11 Why is having traditional practices a useful thing for society?
01:41 How do you see the church’s role today in keeping those traditions
for people to latch their experiences to?
03:46 What are the interfaith relations that can support this kind of work?
05:38 What led you to take public involvement in the climate question?
07:43 What is it like having been the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Master of
Magdalene College, and now spending more time on your own research?
10:07 Were the diplomatic skills you developed as Bishop
useful in your role at Magdalene College?
12:14 What have you been spending your time on
since Magdalene College?
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@TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas Ай бұрын

Can society thrive without traditional religious practices? Leave your thoughts in the comments. Watch Rowan Williams debate good and evil with Slavoj Žižek at iai.tv/video/the-end-of-good-and-evil?KZfaq&

@emiljohansson1423 Ай бұрын

I grew up in a place where everyone was secular. Now seems to be the time where people are not secular.

@tomlabooks3263 4 күн бұрын

@@emiljohansson1423 May I ask, why do you say that now seems the time where people are not secular? Where have you observed that?

@StanleyLewry Ай бұрын

Activities without clear motives are more often than not a mechanism of oppression, someone somewhere is benefiting from it at your expense

@AndreyBogoslowskyNewYorkCity Ай бұрын

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@nalathekitten3594 Ай бұрын

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@matplot6170 28 күн бұрын

Why would solidarity be rational?

@sonyaparkin7841 28 күн бұрын

… asked the cells of the body; why should we look out for those other cells of the body?

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

As President of a local Atheist group, when we tried to join the efforts of an Interfaith group, we were told we were not good enough! We were not based on "faith", just love of humanity and a great desire to help it! And that I guess is not enough when the goal is to hype faith instead of just help the world.

@1otterclan Ай бұрын

Stop whining

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

@@1otterclan WOW! So easily triggered SAD!

@sonyaparkin7841 28 күн бұрын

I think you clearly are ‘for’ some values you have in common with other belief groups - like compassionate assistance to others mayne - maybe it’s just pinning that (through your self identity as a group )on what you are ‘not’ for - I mean when you’re saying you’re ‘not’ on board with the harmful sides of theism. I’m not trying to put ‘words in your mouth’ so to speak - but it seems there may be a big unspoken commonality. Instead the focus may be where you diverge. From what you are saying it sounds to me you (your organization ) would be a valuable member of an interfaith community. It sounds like something is getting lost in translation. Hope this comment makes some sense (on a second reading I’m not sure it does 😜) Best wishes to you and your group 💚💙

@glenncurry3041 28 күн бұрын

@@sonyaparkin7841 Our group outright rejected "belief" as a rational acceptable approach to understanding reality. What we thought would be "unspoken commonalty", to move society forward in a positive direction, was rejected by those that use belief and faith instead of rationality and facts.

@stevenverrall4527 Ай бұрын

Thinking you can personally progress without the assistance of organized religion is equivalent to thinking you can personally progress without the modern education establishment.

@user-xu6bv7yh2j Ай бұрын

queers for science!

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

And some of learn to deal with facts and reality. We learn personal responsibility instead of looking for a source of excuses to hide away from reality to. even if just temporarily. God made me do it is a comedy line! Sadly used for the worst in society for other reasons.

@glenncurry3041 Ай бұрын

Imagine your job being to slow down the progress of people being accepted for who they are because of hateful prejudicial bigots that have been the main base for ever.

@spiritualpolitics8205 Ай бұрын

I have been a steady fan, but the climate change stance is really disappointingly middle brow. Right now, what we actually need to do is check the alarmism. Decarbonization cannot happen nearly so quickly. It's not just tactics. It's the curve on the computer models that is way off. A bunch of preposterously unpragmatic arguments, decidedly.

@ajs1998 Ай бұрын

Yes, it's the scientists who are wrong!

@spiritualpolitics8205 Ай бұрын

@@ajs1998 LMAO so low watt... There are PLENTY of highly respectable scientists outside the bubble on this. There is a major corruption of the university research funding pipeline, at least in the United States. Check out Stephen Koonin, Judith Curry, for starters... Plenty of highly credentialed dissenters. Just like challenging "the science" for covid lmfao.

@user-xu6bv7yh2j Ай бұрын

@@ajs1998 the numbers don't lie - double checked by AI

@daniellittlewood8471 Ай бұрын

Source: I made it up

@sonyaparkin7841 28 күн бұрын

Imagine looking after the wellbeing of animal and plant systems because they are magical and beautiful- not making it all about ‘us’