Anglican Head and Archbishop of Westminster Launch New Christian Think Tank
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, have jointly backed a new religious think-tank in an effort to change the climate of opinion about the importance of faith in society.
by Daniel Blake
Posted: Friday, November 10, 2006

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, have jointly backed a new religious think-tank in an effort to change the climate of opinion about the importance of faith in society.

The ecumenical think tank called ‘Theos’ is modelled on mainstream secular think tanks, such as Demos and the Institute of Economic Affairs. It will undertake research and provide theological commentary on social and political arrangements.

In their joint foreword to the think tank’s first report, "Doing God": a Future For Faith in the Public Square, Dr Williams and Cardinal Murphy-O’Connor argue that religion has rarely been so important in society, or so badly misunderstood. And they claim that society is experiencing a period of collective confusion about the most important questions in life. the rest