Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition

Looking East in Winter: Contemporary Thought and the Eastern Christian Tradition

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  • Author：Rowan Williams
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Summary

In many ways， we seem to be living in wintry times at present in the Western world。 In this new book， Rowan Williams， former Archbishop of Canterbury and a noted scholar of Eastern Christianity， introduces us to some aspects and personalities of the Orthodox Christian world， from the desert contemplatives of the fourth century to philosophers， novelists and activists of the modern era， that suggest where we might look for fresh light and warmth。 He shows how this rich and diverse world opens up new ways of thinking about spirit and body， prayer and action， worship and social transformation， which go beyond the polarisations we take for granted。

Taking in the world of the great spiritual anthology， the Philokalia， and the explorations of Russian thinkers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries， discussing the witness of figures like Maria Skobtsova， murdered in a German concentration camp for her defence of Jewish refugees， and the challenging theologies of modern Greek thinkers like John Zizioulas and Christos Yannaras， Rowan Williams opens the door to a 'climate and landscape of our humanity that can indeed be warmed and transfigured'。

This is an original and illuminating vision of a Christian world still none too familiar to Western believers and even to students of theology， showing how the deep-rooted themes of Eastern Christian thought can prompt new perspectives on our contemporary crises of imagination and hope。

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David Jenkins ，

A truly brilliant book by Rowan Williams。 On a par with On Augustine in many ways but with elements of his other， more devotional work， such as Silence and Honey Cakes and Ponder These Things。 He has an amazing ability to combine highly intellectual and academic work with a razor sharp insight into the actual truth and illusion。 In this book he focusses on Eastern Orthodox Christianity， Liturgy， the Philokalia， the Desert Fathers and occasionally Buddhism。 Just one of many great quotes from the A truly brilliant book by Rowan Williams。 On a par with On Augustine in many ways but with elements of his other， more devotional work， such as Silence and Honey Cakes and Ponder These Things。 He has an amazing ability to combine highly intellectual and academic work with a razor sharp insight into the actual truth and illusion。 In this book he focusses on Eastern Orthodox Christianity， Liturgy， the Philokalia， the Desert Fathers and occasionally Buddhism。 Just one of many great quotes from the book here:‘If the gospel is more than another ideology， another theory， this is where we must begin， conscious of the fact that the Christian ‘interruption’ does not offer solutions to discrete problems， or positive experiences to offset doubt and suffering。 Clément quotes a Russian Christian interviewed for a television programme during the Soviet era who， asked if Christianity made her happy， replied， ‘You’re not a Christian so that you can be happy， you’re not in the Church to be happy but to be alive。’ 。。。more

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