Prof. Wayne Morris
Professor of Contextual Theology and Director of the School of
Humanities, University of Chester
Biography: Wayne Morris is the author of Theology without Words: Theology in the Deaf Community
(2008) and Salvation as Praxis: A Practical Theology of Salvation for a Multi-Faith World (2014). He is
currently working with colleagues across Wales on the publication of a book of essays on particularly
Welsh Theology.
‘The Future of Faith in Wales’/ ‘Dyfodol Crefydd yng Nghymru’
Crynodeb: Mae crefydd, ffydd a bod yn ysbrydol wedi bod yn rhan o wead a thirwedd Cymru am
filenia. Er mai Cristnogaeth yn bennaf a welwyd yn ystod y 2000 mlynedd diwethaf, mae safbwyntiau
ffydd eraill a ffurfiau mynegiant ysbrydol wedi bod yn bresennol yn ogystal. Mae lle a rôl crefydd yn
yr unfed ganrif ar hugain yn newid yn gyflym ac, yng Nghymru, mae yna nodweddion o’r
trawsnewidiad hwn sy’n berthnasol i’r cyd-destun Cymreig. Mae’r papur hwn, a gyflwynir o safbwynt
diwinyddol Cristnogol, yn archwilio dyfodol crefydd, ffydd a’r ysbrydol yng Nghymru, y posibiliadau
a’r heriau ar gyfer deialog a chydweithrediad rhwng pobl gyda safbwyntiau ffydd gwahanol ac rhai
sydd ddim yn grefyddol, ac yn ystyried sut y gall cyfraniad arbennig Cristnogol fod yn rhan o hynny.
Abstract: Religion, faith and spirituality have, for millennia, been a part of the fabric and landscape of
Wales. While that has been predominantly Christian for the last 2000 years, other faith perspectives
and forms of spiritual expression have nevertheless always been present. The place and role of
religion in the twenty-first century is changing rapidly and, in Wales, there are characteristics of this
transformation that are particular to the Welsh context. This paper, presented from the perspective
of a Christian theologian, explores the future of religion, faith and spirituality in Wales, the
possibilities and challenges for dialogue and collaboration between people of different faith
perspectives and none, and considers what a particularly Christian contribution to that might look
like.