Continuum eBooks· 2014· Book chapter
The Edge of Words : God and the Habits of Language
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Short summary
Rowan Williams explores the possibilities of speaking about God by examining the habits of language, drawing on diverse thinkers and authors.
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Key points
- Examines the possibility of speaking about God through the lens of natural theology.
- Engages in dialogue with diverse thinkers such as Augustine and Simone Weil.
- Incorporates literary figures like Joyce, Hardy, Burgess, and Hoban.
- Presents a scholarly yet accessible account of language and divinity.
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Abstract
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.
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