A book on dementia has won the esteemed Michael Ramsey prize for theological writing, it was announced today by Archbishop Justin Welby at the Greenbelt Christian festival.
The winner of the prize, which was established by the former Archbishop Rowan Williams in 2005, is Dementia: Living in the memories of God by John Swinton, Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care at the School of Divinity with Religious Studies and Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen.
Dr Swinton, who receives an award of £10,000, is a former mental health nurse, Presbyterian Church of Scotland minister and now a theologian. His book outlines how people with dementia and people without the disease are the same before the eyes of God, and how God never forgets who we are.
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