John Habgood, Baron Habgood
| John Habgood | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of York | |
| Enthroned | 18 November 1983 |
| Reign ended | 1995 |
| Predecessor | Stuart Blanch |
| Successor | David Hope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 June 1927 |
John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood PC (born 23 June 1927), was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983[1] to 1995.
He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1983, and was created a life peer as Baron Habgood, of Calverton in the County of Buckinghamshire on 8 September 1995. Later in his life he ceased attending the House of Lords and took leave of absence; on 3 October 2011 he became one of the first two Peers to formally and permanently retire from membership under a newly-instituted procedure.[2]
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[edit] Styles
- The Rt Revd Dr John Habgood (1973–1983)
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon Dr John Habgood PC (1983–1995)
- The Rt Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Habgood PC (1995–present)
[edit] Religion and science
Habgood is a member and past president of The Science and Religion Forum.[3] He has written in this area, e.g., his book Truths in Tension: New Perspectives on Religion and Science (1965). Another example of his work in this area is "Faith, Science and the Future: the Conference Sermon", which was given at the World Council of Churches' conference on Faith, Science and the Future held on the MIT campus (12–24 July 1979).[4] An early 21st century example is his review of Ronald L. Numbers's book The Creationists, which Habgood titled "The creation of Creationism: Today's brand of Protestant extremism should worry theologians as well as scientists".[5]
[edit] Books
- Religion and Science (1964) (1965 U.S. publication retitled to Truths in Tension: New Perspectives on Religion and Science)
- A Cavendish Professor of Physics and Nobel Laureate, Nevill Mott, has cited this book. :
"I am impressed too by the point of view of the present Archbishop of York (John Habgood, Science and Religion, [London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1964]), that to understand the Bible we must try to enter into the belief patterns of the period"[6]
- A Working Faith (1980)
- Church and Nation in a Secular Age (1983)
- Confessions of a Conservative Liberal (1988)
- Making Sense (1993)
- Faith and Uncertainty (1997)
- Being a Person (1998)
- Varieties of Unbelief (2000)
- The Concept of Nature (2002)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Of Choristers – York, The Minster School
- ^ "Former Archbishop of York retires from House of Lords". The Press. 3 October 2011. http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/9284819.Former_Archbishop_of_York_retires_from_House_of_Lords/.
- ^ "Reviews in Science and Religion (Num. 49, May 2007, page 17)". http://www.srforum.org/newsite/Reviews/Reviews49.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
- ^ Faith and Science in an Unjust World, World Council of Churches, 1980, ISBN 2825406295, pp. 119–122
- ^ The Times Literary Supplement 23 July 2008, John Habgood
- ^ page 68 of Margenau, H. (1992). Cosmos, Bios, Theos: Scientists Reflect on Science, God, and the Origins of the Universe, Life, and Homo sapiens. Open Court Publishing Company. co-edited with Roy Abraham Varghese. This book is mentioned in a 28 December 1992 Time magazine article: Galileo And Other Faithful Scientists
[edit] External links
- Biography – John Habgood, on the Gifford Lectures site. 2000–2001 lectures are online.
- John Habgood – God debates at Cambridge website
- Contributions in the House of Lords
- "The Untidiness of Integration: John Stapylton Habgood". Kevin Seybold, Volume 57 Number 2. June 2005. PSCF
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| Preceded by Ian Ramsey |
Bishop of Durham 1973–1983 |
Succeeded by David Jenkins |
| Preceded by Stuart Blanch |
Archbishop of York 1983–1995 |
Succeeded by David Hope |
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