The Bones of Contention: A Church Confronts its Past The debate over what to do with Edward Colston's remains in Bristol's All Saints church revolves around the symbolic weight they carry, rather than their physical fate.
As the diocese considers repurposing the church as a community space, the question of whether to leave Colston's remains undisturbed or rebury them elsewhere has sparked a wider conversation about confronting troubled pasts.
The Very Rev Mandy Ford, dean of Bristol, acknowledges that there are different understandings of the theological and spiritual significance of human remains.