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WTF's 60th Anniversay Lecture Series
Archbishop Rowan Williams, John Atherton, Francis Davis, Bob Langley (click here)
We aim to continue the visionary thinking of Archbishop William Temple about the ongoing search for a just and inclusive society.
We research into:
- emerging church
- post-modern cities
- faith and economics
- marginalised groups
- religious capital
- civil society
Stop Press... Dr Francis Davis from the Von Hugel Institute in Cambridge will deliver a lecture entitled The Demise of Prophecy or Reinventing Governance? Faith and the Welfare State on May 13th 2008 at Manchester University as part of WTF's 60th Anniversary programme.
WTF has received 140K three year grant from Leverhulme Trust for new research into religious and spiritual capital in the UK - research will start March 1st 2007. Access our Year One Literature Review for this research project.
WTF secures 23K Religion and Society Grant from AHRC (Art and Humanities Research Council) into faith contributions to the Wellbeing and Happiness debate in partnership with the University of Manchester - research starts October 1st 2007.
William Temple Foundation is a member of The Manchester Research Institute for Religion and Civil Society - click here to return to MRIRCS.
Read WTF's mission statement, or take a look at our research and networking activities and publications, read our .
Read Faiths and Finance - a place for faith-based economics, written by John Atherton and others - a joint Islamic/Christian initiative. This report was launched at the Christian-Muslim Forum event at Manchester Town Hall on November 15th 2006.
Research papers
- Glendale Alive - report for the Rural Mission and Ministry Initiative April 2008
- Religious Literacy, Faithful Capital and Language (Word, 63KB) paper delivered by Chris Baker at ESRC seminar series, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, January 2007
- Our newest report Faith in Action - The dynamic connection between spiritual and religious capital (PDF, 271KB) is now available.
- Chris Baker writes about Spiritual and Religious Capital (Word, 40KB) in New Start.
- Excerpt from Apocalyptic localism or sustainable communities? An emerging role for faith-based (religious) capital (Word, 28KB) by John Reader.
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