Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams might resign next year
And who could blame him? It’s an impossible job, in which one ends up derided and disparaged by both the evangelical and liberal wings of the church; or at least, that’s what I’ve witnessed happen to Williams. He seems to please nobody with the via media approach.
I reckon Williams watched his good friend, the ex-bishop of Durham, Tom Wright, quit to take up an academic life of bliss at the University of St Andrews in Fife, and thought: I’ll have some of that!
Dr Rowan Williams is understood to have told friends he is ready to quit the highest office in the Church of England to pursue a life in academia.
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Lambeth Palace would not be drawn into confirming or denying whether the archbishop will be leaving next year.
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It is understood that Trinity College, Cambridge, is preparing to create a professorship for Dr Williams, who studied theology and was a chaplain at the university.
Tags: Church Life, News
September 11th, 2011 at 9:12 am
I have it on good authority* that David Cameron thinks Rowan Williams should just tell people in the church what to believe and what to do!
*He told someone I know last week…..
September 11th, 2011 at 9:14 am
Huge sigh of relief. I would wish that someone of the calibre of Michael Nazir Ali took his place, but I’m not holding my breath.
September 11th, 2011 at 9:19 am
Absolutely gutted for the CofE.
I wish we could persuade ++Rowan to swim the Tiber.:)
September 12th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
I have a lot of time for the ABC, and will be sorry to see him go.
September 12th, 2011 at 10:30 pm
No
Benny needs to swim the Tiber – the other way:)