Andrew Goddard

Andrew Goddard served on the Leadership Team of Fulcrum from its launch in 2003 until 2020. He currently teaches Christian ethics at Westminster Theological Centre and Ridley Hall, Cambridge and is Assistant Minister at St James the Less, Pimlico where his wife, Lis, is Vicar. He has previously taught at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Trinity College, Bristol and been an Adjunct Professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California. He has served for a number of years on the Church of England Evangelical Council (CEEC) and was on the Co-Ordinating Group of the Living in Love and Faith project. He is author of a number of books, including Rowan Williams: His Legacy (Lion, 2013) and co-editor with Andrew Atherstone of Good Disagreeement? Grace and Truth in a Divided Church (Lion, 2015).

Blessing Same-Sex Unions – A Legitimate Pastoral Accommodation?

October 10, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

A study of pastoral accommodation in theory and in practice (prayer after abortion, polygamy, and divorce and remarriage) and its relevance to debates on same-sex unions.

What does “full inclusion” mean?

September 12, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

The decision as to whether to include certain ways of life within the leadership and liturgical celebration of the church – in any area of life, not just sexuality – cannot be made on the basis of an appeal to inclusion.

“That Was the Church That Was”: A Review

August 19, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

“If there was no link between Englishness and Christianity, what was the point of the Church of England?” (177). This critique of Rowan Williams’ Sharia lecture gets to the heart of the argument and the problem with Andrew Brown and Linda Woodhead’s book.

The EU Referendum: Remain or Leave?

May 19, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

The EU is primarily a political and law-making community. So how might a Christian perspective on politics help? Two central questions are what political authority and law-making should be seeking, and who exercises such authority.

The EU Referendum: How Should We Decide?

April 29, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

Making Your Mind Up As with much of the wider population, many Christians remain unclear as to how they will vote in the June referendum on EU membership. Some are strongly committed to leave or to remain but most are probably still making their mind up. Sadly much of the campaign is focussed simply … Continue Reading

New Zealand’s “Way Forward” on Same-Sex Marriage: An Evaluation

March 29, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

An analysis of the report to be debated at the General Synod of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia this summer.

Jesus Calls Us To His Table – A Maundy Thursday Hymn

March 24, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

A hymn for Maundy Thursday

Beer and Theology Gathering with Graham Kings and Jos Downey – Friday 13th May

March 22, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

Next Beer and Theology – Science and Theology, May 13th.

Clergy Same-Sex Marriage: An Appealing Case?

March 15, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

As Jeremy Pemberton is given leave to appeal, the theological foundation of his appeal to the 39 Articles is examined and questions raised about seeking to overturn by a secular court the bishops’ statement of the church’s doctrine of marriage in order to prevent bishops refusing to licence those in same-sex marriages.

Review of Andrew Atherstone & John Maiden (eds), Evangelicalism and the Church of England in the Twentieth Century (The Boydell Press, 2014).

March 10, 2016 by Andrew Goddard

A review of an “indispensable guide” to evangelicals in the Church of England last century