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Passions of the Soul
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The Eastern Christian tradition is filled with theological and spiritual riches. In Passions of the Soul, Rowan Williams opens up the great classics of Eastern Christian writing to show how it can help us to understand and cope with the ups and downs of modern life....
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Rowan WIlliams shows how the Eastern Fathers can help us to understand and cope with the turbulent ups and downs of the 21st century.
Rowan WIlliams shows how the Eastern Fathers can help us to understand and cope with the turbulent ups and downs of the 21st century.
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The Eastern Christian tradition is filled with theological and spiritual riches.
In Passions of the Soul, Rowan Williams opens up the great classics of Eastern Christian writing to show how it can help us to understand and cope with the ups and downs of modern life.
With compelling and illuminating insight, he shows the cost of living in a culture that is theologically and philosophically undernourished, working with a diminished and trivialised picture of the human self. The Eastern tradition teaches us how to develop our self-knowledge and awareness, so that we can relate to the world without selfish illusions.
Only then can we be ready for our eyes to be opened to God, and avoid destructive patterns of behaviour. Only in this way can we understand the kind of people we need to become.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399415682
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 18 January 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 123g
Pages: 160
About the Author
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.
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