Christ the Stranger: The Theology of Rowan Williams [Paperback]

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

Lecturer in systematic theology at
Charles Sturt University's School of Theology in Sydney. He is author of many essays in theology and literature and writes at the popular blog,Faith and Theology.

'Myers' book exhibits many of the traits he describes in the theology of Rowan Williams: an attentiveness and care that makes the familiar strange, a sparse but rich prose that bears re-reading, a seeking always for historical foundations and resources. In fact, this elegant book is a complex intellectual biography that convincingly roots its hero in a series of engagements - the centrality of MacKinnon, Wittgenstein and Hegel in Williams' thought is revealed - but those engagements are then shown to occur within an on-going practice of and reflection on the life of prayer. Throughout the complex paths of Williams' theology are introduced with clarity and verve.' - Lewis O. Ayres, Durham University, UK Lewis O. Ayres

'An accessible, interesting, and persuasive account of this difficult yet important modern theologian.' - Alister McGrath, King's College London, UK. Alister McGrath

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