Religious person of the year?

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Here in NI we have a brilliant broadcaster called William Crawley, who hosts radio programs and podcasts on religion and politics (often where it relates to ethics etc.)
On his blog Will and Testament he always does a ‘person of the year’.
2008’s was awarded to the Church of England Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, particularly I presume for his actions in protest at Zimbabwe, here’s the video.

So my question is, who in the field of religion is YOUR person of the year?

 

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It was interesting to see him preach in an episcopal purple hoodie, when speaking out against society’s depiction of 21st youth in Britain.
He is progresive in outlook and conservative in theology, and IMO is what the chruch really needs right now.

I suppose other candidates for a ‘religious person of the year’ award could be the infamous pastors through the US Presidential campaign, as they had a profound effect on the media around the world.