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ACNS - Archbishop launches Ramsey Prize for theological writing


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Date Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:32:02 -0700

ACNS 3854     |     ENGLAND	|     16 JULY 2004

Archbishop launches Ramsey Prize for theological writing

[ACNS] The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, has 
launched a bid to identify and encourage the most promising theological 
writers of the current age.

The Michael Ramsey Prize, which is being sponsored by the Lambeth Fund and 
administered by SPCK, commemorates the centenary of the birth of Michael 
Ramsey, the 100th Archbishop of Canterbury. The #15,000 award will 
recognise a published new work which, in the opinion of the judges, is 
saying "something new and compelling at the cutting edge of Christian 
thinking and that will make a serious contribution to the faith and life of 
the Church". Dr Williams will serve as one of the judges.

The first award will be presented in the summer of 2005 and will be made to 
the author of a work written (or appearing in translation) in English, and 
which has been published between January 2000 and June 2004.

Dr Williams said that he was delighted by the enthusiasm which had greeted 
this proposal: "I have been clear since I came into office that a real 
priority had to be the encouragement of excellence in the field of 
theological education. The opportunity to combine this with honouring 
Michael Ramsey, one of the great theological writers and thinkers of the 
Anglican church in living memory, was simply too good to ignore. I hope 
that writers and researchers will be encouraged and that the church will 
realise the great debt that we owe to those whose work is to deepen our 
understanding and strengthen our faith."

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