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Beschreibung
The Edge of Words is Rowan Williams' first book since standing down as Archbishop of Canterbury. Invited to give the prestigious 2014 Gifford Lectures, Dr Williams has produced a scholarly but eminently accessible account of the possibilities of speaking about God - taking as his point of departure the project of natural theology. Dr Williams enters into dialogue with thinkers as diverse as Augustine and Simone Weil and authors such as Joyce, Hardy, Burgess and Hoban in what is a compelling essay about the possibility of language about God.
The Edge of Words is Rowan Williams' first book since standing down as Archbishop of Canterbury. Invited to give the prestigious 2014 Gifford Lectures, Dr Williams has produced a scholarly but eminently accessible account of the possibilities of speaking about God - taking as his point of departure the project of natural theology. Dr Williams enters into dialogue with thinkers as diverse as Augustine and Simone Weil and authors such as Joyce, Hardy, Burgess and Hoban in what is a compelling essay about the possibility of language about God.
Über den Autor
Rowan Williams is a former Archbishop of Canterbury and was until 2020 Master of Magdalene College at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of many books, including Looking East in Winter, Holy Living, and The Edge of Words, published by Bloomsbury Continuum. He lives in Cardiff and continues to broadcast, preach and lecture internationally. In 2022, he gave the second of the BBC's centenary Reith Lectures. He is contributing writer to The New Statesman.
Zusammenfassung
Williams last book Faith in the Public Square was a front page story in the Observer at the time of publication
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction
1 A Future for 'Natural Theology'
2 Can We Say What We Like? Language, Freedom and Determinism
3 Speech and Time: the Unfinishable Business of Language
4 Intelligent Bodies: Language as Material Practice
5 Excessive Speech: Language in Extreme Situations
6 Saying the Unsayable: Where Silence Happens

Appendix: On Representation
Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe, Religion & Theologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472910431
ISBN-10: 1472910435
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
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: 241 x 159 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: The Rt Hon Rowan Williams
Erscheinungsdatum: 25.09.2014
Gewicht: 0,465 kg
Artikel-ID: 121064967