The Theology Of Rowan Williams

Author : Benjamin Myers
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 056759971X
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams written by Benjamin Myers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-01-26 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the thought of one of the most fascinating theologians and at the same time most controversial church leaders of our time.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631214403
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Christian Theology written by Rowan Williams and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2000-01-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This distillation of 20 years of Rowan Williams' pastoral and academic work tackles many of the most searching questions of theology and society at the end of the twentieth century. Collects the work of a prominent writer and serving bishop on the history of Christian theology and spirituality. Brings together Rowan Williams' theological essays with studies of wider issues from a theological point of view. Includes an introduction to his work by Bishop Williams.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472946111
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Holy Living written by Rowan Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from being a scholar and theologian, Rowan Williams has also demonstrated a rare gift for speaking and writing plainly and clearly about essentials of the Christian faith. In the chapters of this book he writes with profound perception about the life of holiness to which we are called. The range of Williams' frame of reference is astonishing – he brings poets and theologians to his aid, he writes about the Rule of St Benedict, the Bible, Icons, contemplation, St Teresa of Avila and even R. D. Laing. He concludes with two chapters on the injunction 'Know Thyself' in a Christian context. Throughout, Williams points out that holiness is a state of being – it is he writes 'completely undemonstrative and lacking any system of expertise. It can never be dissected and analysed.'

Author : Mike Higton
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0898697727
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Difficult Gospel written by Mike Higton and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rowan Williams is widely recognized as a creative and powerful theologian, but his theological writings are frequently complex and difficult. This book provides a clear and simple guide to all the main themes of his theology, and shows how they are related to his reading of the Bible, his careful and wide-ranging engagement with the Christian tradition, and his grappling with contemporary culture. It shows how the Archbishop's ideas about peace or about popular culture, about sexuality or about evangelism, relate to his understanding of the nature of the life of God, and the challenging good news of Jesus Christ. This book is designed especially for those who have no formal training in theology or academic expertise, but are interested in finding out more about what Rowan Williams stands for.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802829900
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why Study the Past? written by Rowan Williams and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2005-07-06 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this small but thoughtful volume, a respected theologian and churchman opens up a theological approach to history.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1646980417
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tokens of Trust written by Rowan Williams and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to believe in God? Can God possibly be almighty in the midst of so much evil and disaster? How am I to understand the meaning of Jesus Christ's ministry and resurrection? To what purpose is the church called? And what does it really mean to follow Christ in today's broken world? Tying together the answers to all of these questions and addressing perplexities such as the possibility of miracles and how to read the Bible, Rowan Williams demonstrates that each of the basic tenets of Christian faith flows from one fundamental belief: that God is completely worthy of our trust. With vast knowledge of Christian history and theology and characteristically elegant prose, Rowan Williams is a superb and compassionate guide through the richness and depth of Christian faith.

Author : Kevin W. Hector
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139503286
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theology without Metaphysics written by Kevin W. Hector and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the central arguments of post-metaphysical theology is that language is inherently 'metaphysical' and consequently that it shoehorns objects into predetermined categories. Because God is beyond such categories, it follows that language cannot apply to God. Drawing on recent work in theology and philosophy of language, Kevin Hector develops an alternative account of language and its relation to God, demonstrating that one need not choose between fitting God into a metaphysical framework, on the one hand, and keeping God at a distance from language, on the other. Hector thus elaborates a 'therapeutic' response to metaphysics: given the extent to which metaphysical presuppositions about language have become embedded in common sense, he argues that metaphysics can be fully overcome only by defending an alternative account of language and its application to God, so as to strip such presuppositions of their apparent self-evidence and release us from their grip.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472945557
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christ the Heart of Creation written by Rowan Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this wide-ranging book, Rowan Williams argues that what we say about Jesus Christ is key to understanding what Christian belief says about creator and creation overall. Through detailed discussion of texts from the earliest centuries to the present day, we are shown some of the various and subtle ways in which Christians have discovered in their reflections on Christ the possibility of a deeply affirmative approach to creation, and a set of radical insights in ethics and politics as well. Throughout his life, Rowan Williams has been deeply influenced by thinkers of the Eastern Christian tradition as well as Catholic and Anglican writers. This book draws on insights from Eastern Christianity, from the Western Middle Ages and from Reformed thinkers, from Calvin to Bonhoeffer – as well as considering theological insights sparked by philosophers like Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein. Christ the Heart of Creation concerns fundamental issues for Christian belief and Williams tackles them head-on: he writes with pellucid clarity and shows his gift for putting across what are inevitably complex ideas to a wide audience.

Author : Rowan Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780334040958
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wrestling with Angels written by Rowan Williams and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wrestling with Angels is a collection of writings by Rowan Williams spanning 1980-2000 and focusing on his insightful engagement with a wide range of modern theologians and philosophers - from Vladimir Lossky, whose work was a key impetus early in Williams' career, through a range of classic figures like Hegel, Wittgenstein, Weil and Girard, or Barth, Bonhoeffer, Rahner and von Balthasar, and on to more recent figures such as Don Cupitt, Maurice Wiles, Gillian Rose and Marilyn McCord Adams. Many of the papers published here are now out of print or are otherwise difficult to obtain. "Wrestling with Angels" is for anyone interested in Rowan William's theology, be they a member of the Anglican clergy or a student of modern theology. The key themes explored across these essays are: negative theology, postmodernity, violence, innocence, divine action and the nature of historical development in theology which, brought together in this volume, illuminate Williams' powerfully coherent theological vision.

Author : Rupert Shortt
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802864619
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rowan's Rule written by Rupert Shortt and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2009-02-24 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating, fair-minded depiction of Archbishop Rowan Williams. /Rowan Williams is a complex and controversial figure. Widely revered for his personal qualities, he is also an intellectual giant who towers over almost all his predecessors as Archbishop of Canterbury. Among other achievements, he has trounced the atheist Richard Dawkins, and published over twenty well-regarded books, including several volumes of poetry and a major study of Dostoevsky. / Yet he is also one of the most reviled church leaders in modern history. Long before facing calls to step down after his lecture on sharia law in early 2008, he had been accused of heresy on account of his pro-gay views. He has disappointed many of his own supporters as well. So how has high office changed Rowan Williams? Has he been bullied and manipulated? Or is he perhaps playing a long game, obliged to rate church unity above the pursuit of his own vision at a time when the Anglican Communion has never looked more unstable? / Rupert Shortt, already the author of an acclaimed introduction to the Archbishop's thought, offers answers to these and other questions in this authoritative biography. He explores how the events of the Archbishop's remarkable life have shaped his beliefs and practices today. Of particular interest is the riveting account of Williams's experience near the World Trade Center towers on the morning of September 11, 201. Written with Williams's cooperation, Rowan's Rule not only elucidates his ideas but gives a compelling portrait of a private and in some ways surprisingly vulnerable man.