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William Crawley | 20:36 UK time, Wednesday, 26 April 2006

rowan.bmpHere's your chance to join Rowan Williams for dinner as one of the panel of judges selecting the winner of the the . To get your place at the table, write a 500-word review of a book first published between July 2004 and April 2006. The deadline is May 23 2006. Last year's winner of the £15,000 prize was , the Bishop of Durham (though, apparently, you don't have to be a bishop to win!). Wright won with his (massive) book The Resurrection of the Son of God: Christian Origins and the Question of God (SPCK).

They're looking for "theological" books. By which, I suspect, they mean books written by professional scholars for professional scholars. I doubt they would shortlist a novel, for example; even though, for my money, some of the most compelling theological explorations are works of fiction rather than heavily-footnoted 'academic' tomes. But please don't read that last sentence as an encouragement to propose The Da Vinci Code.

With that caveat, let's have your suggestions.

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  • At 09:12 PM on 26 Apr 2006,
  • Allen wrote:

I recommend Michael Ignatieff for his Gifford Lectures: "The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in an Age of Terror".

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  • At 11:47 PM on 26 Apr 2006,
  • Jay...... wrote:

Id actually put just about any book written by rowan williams on the list. pity he cant win since hes chairing the panel of judges.

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