Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams

ISBN-13: 9780567599711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 160 str.

Benjamin Myers

Opis

Rowan Williams is a complex, creative and versatilethinker. Not only a theologian and church leader, he is also a poet, atranslator, a literary critic, a social theorist and historian. His imaginativevision brings together the streams of modern literature, patristic theology, Russian orthodoxy, German philosophy and Welsh piety. In this lucid and elegantguide, Benjamin Myers explores Williams' thought from the 1960s to the present.He shows that Williams has developed an immensely resourceful - anddistinctively Christian - response to some of the major social, moral andintellectual challenges of our time.

Spis treści

1. Sociality / 2. Tragedy / 3. Language / 4. Boundaries / 5. Tradition / 6. Growth / 7. Mission / 8. Saints / 9. Desire / 10. Hope / 11. Prayer / 12. Fantasy / 13. Renunciation / 14. Writing