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Persons in Community in the Theology of Rowan Williams: Issues Arising With the Use of Sociology in Christian Moral Reasoning

School of Divinity, New College, University of Edinburgh, Mound Place Edinburgh EH1 2LX carys.moseley{at}googlemail.com

Rowan Williams's theological-moral reasoning regarding the formation of personal identities in relation to gender, familial and communal ties is analysed in an article review of his book Lost Icons. This is his most sustained essay in theological social criticism, and was intended for the general public beyond academic theology. Williams exposes Christian moral reasoning on these issues to forms of secular critique whilst simultaneously using theological and historical strategies from liberal Anglo-Catholicism. His argumentation is subjected to theological and social-scientific scrutiny. The article calls for closer attention to debates within secular feminism and social research concerning the formation of adult men and women in relation to the wider post-Christian society. Links are made from Williams's thought in Lost Icons to underlying patterns in his academic theological output.

Key Words: abortion • Anglo-Catholicism • fatherhood • feminism • Rowan Williams • sociology

Studies in Christian Ethics, Vol. 21, No. 2, 250-268 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0953946808094345


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