Description: Theologian, poet, public intellectual, and clergyman,
Rowan Williams is one of the leading lights of contemporary British
theology. He has published over twenty books and one hundred
scholarly essays in a distinguished career as an academic
theologian that culminated in his appointment as Lady Margaret
Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. Williams left this post
to serve in the Anglican Church, first as Bishop of Monmouth, then
Archbishop of Wales, before finally being enthroned in 2003 as the
104th Archbishop of Canterbury. In this collection of essays, a
talented younger generation of Australian theologians critically
analyzes the themes that bind together Williams's theology. These
sympathetic yet probing essays traverse the full breadth of
Williams's work, from his studies on Arius, the Desert Fathers,
Hegel, and Trinitarian theology to his more pastoral writings on
spirituality, sexuality, politics, and the Anglican Church.
Endorsements: ""I read these essays with surprise and delight. This
excellent collection of constructive critical essays are a tribute
both to the richness of Rowan Williams's theology and the
intellectual commitment, discernment, and fairness of their
authors. Highly recommended."" --Alister E. McGrath Professor of
Theology, Ministry, and Education King's College, London. ""I
welcome this book very warmly. It offers a thoughtful, engaging,
and respectful--albeit critical--account of Rowan Williams's
theology that does him justice. Even when disagreeing on crucial
areas such as sexuality or war, the contributors to this fresh and
well-informed book show much affection and respect for Rowan
Williams himself at this difficult time for Anglicanism. Would that
all debates among Christians were conducted in a similar manner.""
--Robin Gill Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology University
of Kent, Canterbury ""Neither setting Rowan Williams's work on an
implausible pedestal nor dismissing it in caricature, the essays
that Matheson Russell has gathered engage the Archbishop in
thoughtful and critical conversation. I found myself by turns
intrigued, delighted, puzzled, convicted, and annoyed--but also
repeatedly driven to think again about Williams's work and, more
importantly, about the issues that his work explores."" --Mike
Higton Senior Lecturer in Theology University of Exeter About the
Contributor(s): Matheson Russell is Lecturer in Philosophy at the
University of Auckland. He is the author of Husserl: A Guide for
the Perplexed (2006), as well as essays on Heidegger, phenomenology
of religion, and political theology.
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