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The Symposium: Andrew Rumsey: ‘Another Country: social order and the national church’

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14 August 2026

A new podcast series in association with St John’s College, Cambridge, and the diocese of Ely

Neil Turner/Diocese of Salisbury

The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Andrew Rumsey

The Bishop of St Albans, Dr Andrew Rumsey

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A new series, The Symposium, begins this week, with a talk by the Bishop of St Albans, Dr Andrew Rumsey.

The talk was given last month at the event “Public faith, common good, Christian social order,” and was organised by St John’s College, Cambridge, in conjunction with the diocese of Ely and the Church Times.

Other speakers at the event, whose talks will appear on the podcast in the coming weeks, include:

  • Dr Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, Bishop of Chelmsford
  • Dr Nick Spencer, senior fellow at the think tank Theos
  • Dr Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice in the Department of Theology and Religion at Durham University

Read more about the Symposium here.

Dr Rumsey’s books include:


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