Grace and Necessity: Reflections on Art and Love

By Rowan Williams

Book Overview

In this original book Rowan Williams sketches out a new understanding of how human beings open themselves to transcendence. Drawing on the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, the Welsh poet and painter David Jones, and the American novelist Mary Flannery O Connor, Rowan Williams fulfils his ambition for Christianity to engage with contemporary culture, and that a man who holds highest office in the Church has the time and intellectual energy to write such original theology is encouraging for us all.

'Unabashedly erudite in tone, this book may appeal to scholars and readers interested in grappling with a debate that has probably been engaged as long as there have been artists and theologians.' Publishers Weekly

'Discusses important issues in a profound and original way.' Church of England Newspaper
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826481507
• ISBN13: 9780826481504
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Another Must-read from Rowan Williams

This book exemplifies the thought of Rowan Williams on art, poetry, and theology. Readers new to his work will find this book can give them a key to a deeper appreciation of his other more popularized books, and to an extent, his poetry. Those who have interest in aesthetics, Flannery O'Connor, David Jones, Jacques Maritain, and theories of art will need to read this as well. My full review of Grace and Necessity can be found at Anglicans Online.