The Worlds We Live In

A series of four dialogues on global politics and economics with Rowan Williams, organised by the St Paul's Institute and held in the Cathedral. The themes addressed include world governance, global capitalism, the environment and health. The format includes a distinguished chair and two other commentators, with responses from the Archbishop. With other speakers and chairs like Lord Owen, Baroness Williams, Philip Bobbitt, Mary Midgley and Mohammad Yunus, the level of dialogue is sophisticated and certainly achieves the aim of the events in applying Dr. Williams' own faith and very considerable knowledge to pressing material concerns. It also shows his intellectual calibre, arguably unmatched in any Archbishop of Canterbury since William Temple. In his Afterword Dr Williams comments that the issues are all interrelated and that they reflect a crisis of trust and consent. It is also clear that the Christian perspective has a great deal to contribute to contemporary social debates.