Arius - Rowan Williams

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Résumé :
Arius is widely considered to be Rowan Williams's magnum opus. Long out of print and never before available in paperback, it has been newly revised. This expanded and updated edition marks a major publishing event. Arianism has been called the archetypal Christian heresy because it denies the divinity of Christ. In his masterly examination of Arianism, Rowan Williams argues that Arius himself was actually a dedicated theological conservative whose concern was to defend the free and personal character of the Christian God. His heresy grew out of an attempt to unite traditional biblical language with radical philosophical ideas and techniques and was, from the start, involved with issues of authority in the church. Thus, the crisis of the early fourth century was not only about the doctrine of God but also about the relations between emperors, bishops, and charismatic teachers in the church's decision-making. In the course of his discussion, Williams raises the vital wider questions of how heresy is defined and how certain kinds of traditionalism transform themselves into heresy. Augmented with a new appendix in which Williams interacts with significant scholarship since 1987, this book provides fascinating reading for anyone interested in church history and the development of Christian doctrine....

Sommaire:
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....