__Millions have read his words or heard him speak.__  
  
 __Now here's a chance to find out more about the man behind the books and speeches.__   
  
Be a fly on the wall as two friends – one the former Archbishop of Canterbury, the other 'one of America's leading voices on religion and culture' (BBC Radio) – talk about their shared passions and interests.  
   
This is Rowan Williams at his most relaxed and personal. Listen in as he reflects on the vital pursuits that have characterized his life and ministry: among them, friendship, imagination, popular culture, faith and politics, prayer, and the blessings of sacred community.  
   
Rowan Williams has made a unique contribution to the spiritual life of the English-speaking world. This eminently accessible introduction to the man and his thought reveals why.

Rowan Williams

Foreword by Greg Garrett

Conversation One In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: Friendship / Being Archbishop of Canterbury / The Practice of Prayer / Intention and Attention / Celtic Christianity / Welsh and Celtic Writers / Being Present / Cooking and Singing as Spiritual Practices

Conversation Two In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: Cooperation and Community / The Creative Process / Writing the Novel / Meeting Characters / Reading and Empathy / Trollope and Dickens / Marilynne Robinson / Everyone’s Story Matters / Characters and Redemption / Story Endings / Sequels / Doubting Thomas / Augustine and P. D. James

Conversation Three In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: Why Shakespeare Matters / Live Drama / The Preaching Event / The Danger of the Live Event / Shakespeare on the Theatrical / Shakespeare on Politics and Power / Writing Plays / The Unity of Creative and Theological Writing / Good and Bad Christian Writing / Writing Redemption / Story and Embodiment / Literature as Theology

Conversation Four In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: Writing Poetry / Writing Short Stories / Differences between Long Forms and Short Forms / The Last Temptation of Christ / Writing Practice / Poetic Technique / Shakespeare’s Language / Faulkner / Poetry’s Task: To Make You See / The Pastoral Value of Poetry

Conversation Five In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: The Preaching Event / Preaching Styles / Preparing to Preach / Theology of Preaching / Preaching Influences / The Sermon and the Short Story / Preaching and Healthy Self-Disclosure / The Sermon in the Context of Worship / Imagining the Lives of the Listeners / Theology and Popular Culture / Archetypal Myths in Pop Culture / Culture and Community / Embedding the Gospel in Culture / The Gospel According to Doctor Who / The Parables / Evangelism

Conversation Six In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: Faithfulness in Political Life / Bonhoeffer’s Ethics / Immigration in the States / A Faithful View of Humanity / Political Tribalism vs. Faithful Engagement / Abortion / Rights vs. Responsibilities / Failure as Humane / Guns / MLK / The Hope of the Christian

Conversation Seven In Which Rowan and Greg Discuss: The Church at This Time / Institutionality and Relationality in the Church / Church as Every Day / Welsh Community / Hope for the Church / The Shifting Manifestation of the Church / Sacraments / What Is Saving Your Life Now?

Afterword by Rowan Williams

Millions have read his words or heard him speak. Now in this book by Rowan Williams and Greg Garrett, there’s a chance to find out more about the man behind the books and speeches. ‘Rowan Williams in Conversation’ allows the reader to be a fly on the wall as two friends – one the former Archbishop of Canterbury, the other ‘one of America's leading voices on religion and culture’ (BBC Radio) – talk about their shared passions and interests.  
  
‘Rowan Williams in Conversation’ is Williams at his most relaxed and personal, offering unique insights into his most heartfelt beliefs and enthusiasms. Listen in as he reflects with Greg Garrett on the vital pursuits that have characterized his life and ministry: among them, friendship, imagination, popular culture, faith and politics, prayer, and the blessings of sacred community. Greg Garrett and Rowan Williams’ book is a unique opportunity to sample the rich and wide-ranging thought of Williams, as he talks about the though-provoking spiritual issues and intellectual passions that are most dear to his heart.

\["For those who wish to gain more insight into the former bishop of Canterbury","This book is full of rich and rewarding insights","The accessible style leaves you easily informed and enriched"\]

Two friends discussing shared passions and interests that will broaden your outlook

Rowan Williams is Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. His most recent books include Being Human (2018), God With Us (2017), Being Disciples (2016), What Is Christianity? (2015), Meeting God in Paul (2015), Meeting God in Mark (2014) and Being Christian(2014) – all published by SPCK.

Greg Garrett is an award-winning Professor of English at Baylor University, Texas. He also serves as Theologian in Residence at the American Cathedral in Paris. Greg is the author of twenty-five books, including Holy Superheroes!: Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film (2008), The Other Jesus: Rejecting a Religion of Fear for the God of Love(2013) and Entertaining Judgment: The Afterlife in Popular Imagination (2015).

BBC Radio has called Greg ‘one of America's leading voices on religion and culture’. Greg's nonfiction work has been covered by BBC Radio, BBC Scotland, DublinTalk Radio, The New Statesman, The Daily Mirror, Patheos, The Huffington Post, The Spectator, Reform, The Tablet, and other print and web publications in the UK. He has spoken across the US and Europe, including appearances at the Edinburgh Festival, the American Library in Paris,Cambridge University, Kings College London and the Greenbelt Festival.

Rowan Williams in Conversation

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