This most original new book by Rowan Williams sketches out a new theological aesthetic or, put more simply, a new understanding of how human beings open themselves to transcendence. In describing an aesthetic of transcendence, Dr Williams draws on three key influences: the French Catholic philosophe... (more)

Archbishop Rowan Williams's study of Teresa of Avila exemplifies his own deep spiritual theology. Together with her contemporary and friend, St John of the Cross, Teresa of Avila stands at the highest point of Catholic spiritual writing in the troubled age of the Reformation and Counter-Reformatio... (more)

Rowan Williams explores the intricacies of speech, fiction, metaphor, and iconography in the works of one of literature's most complex, and most complexly misunderstood, authors. Williams' investigation focuses on the four major novels of Dostoevsky's maturity (Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Devil... (more)

Enables readers to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels.

Franciscan wisdom for everyday living. This new title in the Rhythm of Life series enables us to rediscover Francis and Clare as urgent prophets for our times: earthy and real, yet full of joy and celebration. Their examples call us to live by gospel values in every area of our lives and inspire us ... (more)

Rowan Williams applies his knowledge and imagination in reflecting on four classic Eastern Orthodox icons of Christ: the Transfiguration, the Resurrection, the Hospitality of Abraham (an icon which depicts the Trinity) and the Pantocrator, or Christ in glory. Icons have been called "theology in line... (more)

This book was first published over 20 years ago as a Lent book, but has now been completed revised and repackaged. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, discusses the causes, effects and proper Christian response to the violence that pervades every area of daily life - from popular entertainmen... (more)

Following the enormous success of Ponder These Things and The Dwelling of the Light here is the long awaited popular new book from the Archbishop of Canterbury. He explores the great statements of belief as they are found in the Creed and weighs them up in relation to the challenges and complexit... (more)

The Lion's World is a brief but immnesely thought provoking exploration of |Lewis and his imaginative World.