Rowan Williams
Author
Publisher
William B. Eerdmans Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
x, 117 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
What is consciousness? Is the mind a machine? What makes each of us a person? How do our bodies relate to our minds? In this deeply engaging exploration of what it means to be human, Rowan Williams addresses these frequently asked questions with lucid meditations that draw from findings in neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and literature. Then he presses on to ask, Might faith be necessary to human flourishing? If so, why? And how can a traditional...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Rev. ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 378 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Arius is widely considered to be Rowan Williams's magnum opus. Long out of print and never before available in paperback, it has been newly revised. This expanded and updated edition marks a major publishing event.
Arianism has been called the "archetypal Christian heresy" because it denies the divinity of Christ. In his masterly examination of Arianism, Rowan Williams argues that Arius himself was actually a dedicated theological conservative whose...
6) On Augustine
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
xii, 218 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
St Augustine not only shaped the development of Western theology, he also made a major contribution to political theory (City of God) and through his Confessions to the understanding of human psychology. Rowan Williams has an entirely fresh perspective on these matters and the chapter titles in this new book demonstrate this at a glance - 'Language Reality and Desire', 'Politics and the Soul', 'Paradoxes of Self Knowledge', 'Insubstantial Evil'.