a huge fallacy to suppose that one community is somehow more intrinsically prone to violence or outrage than any other.
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I value unity because I believe we learn truth from each other in this process.Rowan Williams
If there is one thing I long for above all else, it is that the years to come may see Christianity in this country able again to capture the imagination of our culture, to draw the strongest energies of our thinking and feeling.
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It does not matter to the killers if their victims are Christian or Muslim, Hindu or Humanist what matters is that they show that they can kill where they please,
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My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.
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Whether something is old-fashioned or not doesn't resolve the question of whether it's true or not. I can see the temptation of simply thinking, 'Well, there's a cultural mainstream which flows neatly in one direction. You just align with it'. And that really won't do.
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I am clear that the anxieties caused by recent developments have reached the point where we will need to sit down and discuss their consequences,
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