Sparkle from the Coal

Rowan Williams’ Theology of Imagination

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

Perhaps one of the least appreciated aspects of Rowan Williams is his theology of imagination. Seeking to fill this gap, this book explores the imaginative impulse operative in Rowan Williams’ theology and poetry, which centres around the notion of ‘divine desire’, and the way in which imagination can reveal possibility even in the bleakest of circumstances. Drawing on his poetic work as well as his theological writing, the book explores how Williams’ theology leads us to a fresh understanding of the ways in which the renewing and enabling energy of the Holy Spirit is ever active, within and beyond the Church, in enabling human imaginations to cooperate with the divine energy of love in bringing creation to fulfilment.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-10-31
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:445 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:SCM Press
ISBN:9780334066293

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

The Rev’d Dr Barbara Howard is a tutor at the Sydney College of Divinity and is a Pastoral Supervisor and Education Consultant with the New South Wales College of Clinical Pastoral Education.

Recensioner i media

"Incorporating a rare and important attention to Rowan Williams's poetry alongside his other writings, this book ranges admirably across his vast oeuvre in pursuit of a distilled account of his theology of imagination, and culminates with a consideration of the close relation between imagination and holiness."

Innehållsförteckning

Preface viiIntroduction 1Part One: Imagination: Its Nature and Operation 211 Imagination 232 Symbolization: Meaning-making 453 Analogy and the Structure of Reality 62Part Two: Desire in Williams’ Theology 794 Divine Desire 815 Human Desire 996 The Church and the Transformation of Desire 119Part Three: Imagination in the Work of Rowan Williams 1397 Language in a Communicative Universe 1418 Poiesis I: ‘Making Other’ 1579 Poiesis II: ‘Making Strange’ 17610 Rowan Williams’ Theology of Imagination 198Conclusion 215Afterword: The Sparkle from the Coal 220Felin Uchaf: Poetry in the Roundhouse 220Bibliography 223Index 239