Bloomsbury Rowan Williams Collection (6 vols.)
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Overview
This collection of works by Rowan Williams covers a variety of theological issues including holiness, creation, grace, and language. Interacting with past theologians including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Jacques Maritain, Augustine, and St Benedict, Williams highlights the practical influence of theology on Christian life and the world.
- Addresses fundamental issues for Christian belief
- Explores a new understanding of how human beings open themselves to transcendence
- Examines the marks of holiness
- Title: Bloomsbury Rowan Williams Collection (6 vols.)
- Author: Rowan Williams
- Publisher: Bloomsbury
- Volumes: 6
- Pages: 1,312
Rowan Williams was educated in Swansea (Wales) and Cambridge. He studied for his theology doctorate in Oxford, after which he taught theology in a seminary near Leeds. From 1977 until 1986, he was engaged in academic and parish work in Cambridge, before returning to Oxford as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1990, he became a fellow of the British Academy.
In 1992, Professor Williams became Bishop of Monmouth, and in 1999 he was elected as Archbishop of Wales. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in late 2002 with 10 years’ experience as a diocesan bishop and three as a primate in the Anglican Communion. As archbishop, his main responsibilities were pastoral—whether leading his own diocese of Canterbury and the Church of England, or guiding the Anglican Communion worldwide. At the end of 2012, after 10 years as archbishop, he stepped down and moved to a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Professor Williams is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding theological writer and teacher as well as an accomplished poet and translator. His interests include music, fiction, and languages.