Discovering Christianity: A Seeker’s Guide to Faith and Theology

by Rowan Williams

Publisher:

IVP UK

, 2025

Overview

Internationally acclaimed theologian Rowan Williams invites you to explore with him the vital questions that go right to the heart of Christianity:

How does Jesus reveal God?

Who or what is the Holy Spirit?

Why do Christians treasure the Bible?

What’s the point of theology?

Rowan Williams’ guide to the essentials of the faith will get you thinking about God in fresh and exciting ways. It will help you to grasp the way in which the best Christian theology is arrived at through the creative interplay of scripture, tradition and reason. And it will help you develop a broader and deeper appreciation of the positive difference Christianity continues to make in the world today.

Brief, engaging and profoundly simple, this book takes you to the heart of what Christianity is all about, offering food for thought for a lifetime.

Key Features

• Guides to the essentials of the faith
• Helps you to grasp the way in which the best Christian theology is arrived.
• Develops a deeper appreciation of the positive difference Christianity continues to make.

Product Details

• Title: Discovering Christianity: A Seeker's Guide to Faith and Theology
• Author: Rowan Williams
• Publisher: IVP UK
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 128
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subjects: Christian Faith; Christian Theolog
• ISBNs: 9780281090631, 0281090637
• Resource ID: LLS:DCNGCHRTGDFTHTLG
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-20T17:59:33Z

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.