Theology of Rowan Williams

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This course aims to provide an introduction to the theology of Rowan Williams, one of the most influential and wide-ranging English-speaking theologians of our time. Williams written work engages a wide array of theological themes and topics, and while this course seeks to give students a sense of this breadth, it will focus especially on the Christological and trinitarian determinants of his thought. His theology finds expression in a striking variety of modes and genres, directed to a diversity of audiences. This course will seek to demonstrate how his conception of the theological task, grounded as it is in Christology and the Trinity, requires these different modes and genres. Hence, in addition to systematic, historical and philosophical texts, the course will entail reading sermons, lectures and addresses (for various contexts), poetry, devotional writings, and semi-popular theology. Prerequisite: Old Testament 752 and 753, New Testament 754, and Christian Theology 755