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Beschreibung

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams writes frankly on belief, Christianity and the place of religion today.

Apart from being a scholar and theologian, Rowan Williams has also demonstrated a rare gift for writing plainly and clearly about essentials of the Christian faith. In Holy Living, 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."

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams writes frankly on belief, Christianity and the place of religion today.

Apart from being a scholar and theologian, Rowan Williams has also demonstrated a rare gift for writing plainly and clearly about essentials of the Christian faith. In Holy Living, 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."

Über den Autor
A former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams is now Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. A prolific author, he has written with authority on politics, the environment and the economy as well as on religious topics.
Zusammenfassung
Rowan Williams is the author of many strong selling and critically acclaimed Bloomsbury books - Lost Icons, Faith in the Public Square, On Augustine and The Edge of Words.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

PART ONE: THE WAY IN
1 To Give and Not to Count the Cost
2 Health and Healing
3 The Bible Today: Reading and Hearing

PART TWO: SHAPING HOLY LIVES
4 God's Workshop
5 Urban Spirituality
6 Forbidden Fruit: Sexuality and Spirituality in Perspective

PART THREE: PRAYER AND CONTEMPLATION
7 Contemplation and Mission
8 Icons and the Practice of Prayer

PART FOUR: THE GENIUS OF TERESA OF AVILA
9 What St Teresa Means to Me
10 Teresa and the Scriptures
11 Teresa and the Eucharist

PART FIVE: WAYS OF KNOWING
12 Julian of Norwich's Way
13 'Know Thyself': What Kind of Injunction?

Notes
Acknowledgements

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781472946089
ISBN-10: 1472946081
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Williams, The Rt Hon Rowan
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 142 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: The Rt Hon Rowan Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 21.09.2017
Gewicht: 0,255 kg
Artikel-ID: 109242026