George Carey

George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton PC (born 13 November 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells.

Quotes

• There can be no future for the Church unless we have collaborative styles of ministry.
  • Reported in: The Christian Quotation Collection (1997), no. 20.173

We Don't Do God (2012)

George Carey, with Andrew Carey, We Don't Do God (Monarch, 2012)

• Can anyone still pretend that a secular State delivers neutrality? In fact, from the point at which it casts down state religion it makes a powerful statement of repudiation of the religious voice – all religious voices – in the public square.
  • p. 19

• [T]here was never, ever a “golden age” in the past to which we can look back as a solution to the travails and concerns of the present. The problems of the past were often different but were equally real. Christians, like others, always need reminding that though the past may seem an appealing place, we can only deal with the hand we are given.
  • pp. 40–41

• There are aspects of evangelicalism, particularly American evangelicalism, that downplay intelligent discourse and civilised debate.
  • p. 56

• The recovery of our apostolate is essential to the Church’s mission and future. Just as at the start of Christianity, the Church of the third Millennium has a wonderful opportunity to proclaim afresh the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ to our world. If we can regain our sense of being God’s instrument for transformation we may well set the world ablaze once more. On that decision hinges the future of the Church in England.
  • p. 174