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Unbelievable?

In Conversation with Rowan Williams

Unbelievable?

Premier Unbelievable?

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.72.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Rowan Williams led the Anglican Church for 10 years. He reflects on his journey of faith, and the trials and joys of his time in office in a wide ranging interview with Justin Brierley. Find out why he briefly considered becoming a Catholic, what he makes of new atheists like Richard Dawkins, the debate on penal substitution and whether he has had doubts about God. Read this interview in Christianity Magazine www.christianitymagazine.co.uk For Justin Brierley's regular discussion show between Christians and non-Christians visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable For Unbelievable? the Conference 2013 www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable2013

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When we put prayers to end extreme poverty into practice, there's no going back.

0:05.0

Yes, thank you Isaac. I was just about to get on to that.

0:08.0

You see when...

0:09.0

When we are trained in new skills, we can provide for ourselves.

0:12.0

Can I carry on? We can grow our own

0:14.9

vegetables, send our children to school, build our own homes. Do you want to do the

0:19.6

whole ad? No you go. This Christmas put your your prayers into practice, so there's no going back to extreme poverty.

0:27.0

To donate, search for Tier Fund No Going Back. Tonight we meet the man who for 10 years led the Anglican Church through a decade of

0:45.9

upheavals and controversy. I'd always seen it as the role of an archbishop,

0:50.3

just to try to keep people at the table and the difficulties that a lot of people

0:54.0

think that are all of an archbishop is to solve it, you know, pronouncements.

0:58.8

Do you feel like you did keep people at the table? Limited success, I'd say.

1:05.0

Limited success.

1:06.0

We'll hear his personal account of weathering some of those storms like homosexuality and losing

1:11.0

the vote on women bishops.

1:13.0

I felt of course a deep sense of sadness,

1:17.0

feeling that we were in danger of once,

1:19.0

losing a generation of very able women clergy.

1:22.0

And just feeling that somehow all of us

1:25.0

certainly hung out to dry in the eyes of the world.

1:27.0

We'll be learning about his faith behind closed doors.

1:31.0

In your time as Archbishop of Canterbury, have you ever had doubts about God?

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