This is what our road to justice has looked like over the last 75 years. - Christian Aid
Published on 11 February 2021
Join the three past leaders of Christian Aid in conversation with current CEO Amanda Khozi Mukwashi to mark the launch of Rage & Hope: 75 Prayers for a Better World – a new book to mark Christian Aid’s 75th anniversary.
The book launch event, which takes place on Wednesday, 10 March, will also feature an opening reflection on poverty and justice by Dr Rowan Williams, Christian Aid’s chair and the former Archbishop of Canterbury.
Commemorating 75 years of Christian Aid, the new publication is a prayer book like no other. Full of defiance and determination, it is an invitation to join Christian Aid and followers of Jesus around the world in a united chorus of Rage and Hope.
Bringing together voices from different contexts and cultures around the world, this is a collection of prayers of lament for the injustices of the world, and prayers of hope for the world we want to see. With a foreword from Walter Brueggemann, one of the world’s leading theologians, it also features contributions from writer Rhidian Brook, Professor Robert Beckford, John Bell, Bishop Rachel Treweek and Bishop Paul Butler.
The world is broken, full of injustice and inequality, but despite everything, we hope. You can pre-order your copy here.
The launch event will take place online on Wednesday 10 March, 6-7:30pm.
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Dr Rowan Williams became chair of the Christian Aid board after stepping down as Archbishop of Canterbury the year before. Dr Williams, was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, from 2013 to 2019.
Dr Williams is a noted poet and translator of poetry, and, apart from Welsh, speaks or reads nine other languages.
Amanda is CEO of Christian Aid. She has devoted more than 25 years to working on poverty alleviation, tackling injustice and inequalities. Amanda has also held positions in the United Nations, VSO International, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa and the UNFPA Zambia Country support programme on Gender, Population and Development.
She has also previously served as a trustee for Bond and as President of Akina Mama wa Afrika. She is author of But Where Are You Really From?
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Loretta Minghella
Loretta Minghella was Chief Executive of Christian Aid from 2010 to 2017. She is now the Church of England’s First Church Estates Commissioner and a trustee of the Archbishops’ Council.
In October 2021, she will become the Master of Clare College, Cambridge.
Dr Daleep Mukarji trained and worked in health and development in India before moving to Geneva to work with the World Council of Churches in mission and social justice. He came to Britain as Director of Christian Aid in 1998 and led the organisation for 12 years.
He is retired and is involved with the Methodist Church.
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Michael Taylor
Michael Taylor was born and brought up in Northampton. He led Christian Aid from 1985-1997. Michael graduated from Manchester University and Union Theological Seminary New York, then became a local Baptist minister, theological college principal, university lecturer in theology and ethics in Manchester, chair of MAG and other charities, and Professor of Social Theology in Birmingham. He is still active in issues of climate change, refugees, mental health and restorative justice, as well as collecting for Christian Aid.
He is married with three children, a foster son and four grandchildren.
The launch event will take place online on Wednesday 10 March, 6-7:30pm.