Choose Life: Christmas and Easter Sermons in Canterbury Cathedral

by Rowan Williams

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Continuum

, 2013

A collection of Rowan Williams' Christmas and Lent addresses, delivered over the course of his term as Archbishop of Canterbury.

The addresses that Rowan Williams has given in Canterbury Cathedral for Christmas and Easter are small masterpieces of this kind. They constitute part of Rowan Williams' essential legacy to Christian believers.

With a new introduction by Dr Williams, this is the first time these pieces have appeared in print. Perfect reading material for Lent or Advent.

Features

The Archbishop of Canterbury writes his own Lent book.
Huge interest in an author retiring from office after ten years.
Never before in print, these addresses alway attract headlines at Christmas and Easter.

Contents

Preface

CHRISTMAS SERMONS
The Kingdom of the Simple
'Fear Not!'
'From His Fullness We Have All Received'
The Life Story of God
The Poorest Deserve the Best
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth
Global Saviours, Mortal Messiahs
The Heir of All Creation
Great is Thy Faithfulness
The Word of Life, the Words of Prayer
Stopping and Seeing

EASTER SERMONS
Letting Go
Into Daylight
Presente
The Denial of Death
Conspiracies and Transparencies
Liberating Truth
Swallowed Up in Victory
The Hidden Seed of Glory
Showing Signs of Life
Happiness or Joy?
But is it True?

Praise for Choose Life

[I]n these sermons we have beautiful simplicity and really interestingly new ideas on the mysteries of the Incarnation and Resurrection...This is Gospel, Good News, presented clearly and attractively to a world that needs it.

Product Details

• Title: Choose Life: Christmas and Easter Sermons in Canterbury Cathedral
• Author: Rowan Williams
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Continuum
• Print Publication Date: 2013
• Logos Release Date: 2024
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781408188392, 9781408190388, 1408190389, 1408188392
• Resource ID: LLS:9781408188392
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-15T04:37:41Z

About Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams was educated in Swansea (Wales) and Cambridge. He studied for his theology doctorate in Oxford, after which he taught theology in a seminary near Leeds. From 1977 until 1986, he was engaged in academic and parish work in Cambridge, before returning to Oxford as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1990, he became a fellow of the British Academy.

In 1992, Professor Williams became Bishop of Monmouth, and in 1999 he was elected as Archbishop of Wales. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in late 2002 with 10 years’ experience as a diocesan bishop and three as a primate in the Anglican Communion. As archbishop, his main responsibilities were pastoral—whether leading his own diocese of Canterbury and the Church of England, or guiding the Anglican Communion worldwide. At the end of 2012, after 10 years as archbishop, he stepped down and moved to a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Professor Williams is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding theological writer and teacher as well as an accomplished poet and translator. His interests include music, fiction, and languages.