LONDON - 24 April 2007 - 245 words
Two Catholics shortlisted for Archbishop of Canterbury's theology prize
Primavera Quantrill
The Dominican, Fr Timothy Radcliffe and
academic, Dr David Jones have each been shortlisted for the 2007
Michael Ramsey Prize for theological writing.
Their books: "What's the point of being a Christian?"
and "The Soul of the Embryo" are being considered by
a panel of seven judges including The Archbishop and the Catholic
journalist Michael Walsh.
The Award, which is sponsored by the Lambeth
Fund and administered by SPCK, was inaugurated by Archbishop of
Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams to encourage the most promising contemporary
theological writing and to identify it for a wider Christian readership.
Other nominated titles are: Temple Theology by Margaret Barker
(SPCK); Faith in Honesty by Andrew Shanks (Ashgate); Preaching
the Atonement by Peter Stevenson and Stephen Wright (T&T Clark)and
God's Companions by Samuel Wells (Blackwells)
The £15,000 prize will be awarded
by the Archbishop at the Christian Resources Exhibition http://www.creonline.co.uk
at Sandown Park on 15 May.
The biennial prize commemorates Dr Ramsey, who was Archbishop
of Canterbury from 1961-1974, and his commitment to increasing
the breadth of theological understanding of people in general.
The winner of the 2005 prize was Bishop Tom Wright's work The
Resurrection of the Son of God (SPCK), a book exploring the resurrection
of Jesus in the light of ancient pagan, Jewish and Christian beliefs
on death and resurrection
More information is available at: www.michaelramseyprize.org.uk.
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