The Archbishop of Canterbury gave a lecture in which he acknowledges the rise in interest in spirituality, particularly in the Western World, but underlines the crucial role traditional religious allegiance continues to play in a genuinely plural society.
Read the press release Archbishop’s Lecture – Society Still Needs Religion and read the full transcript of the lecture, The Spiritual and the Religious: Is the Territory Changing?
I’ve known this for quite a while.
It’s a SAD thing when most of the Anglican Communion wishes ABP.Tutu was the ABC.
I have commented on this lecture:
http://pluralistspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/04/lecture-on-spirituality-and-business.html
By the way, also see one of those letters Tom was on about:
http://pluralistspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/04/letters-start-arriving.html