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The Ecclesial Body's Grace: Obedience and Faithfulness in Rowan Williams' Ecclesiology

The Ecclesial Body's Grace: Obedience and Faithfulness in Rowan Williams' Ecclesiology <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In his 1989 lecture, 'The Body's Grace', Rowan Williams describes sexual relationships as capable of playing a role in the communication and learning of the gospel. I argue that the lecture gives the church a threefold task in relation to such relationships: to call them to loving mutuality, to faithfulness, and to faith. The same pattern characterises Williams' ecclesiology, and helps make sense of many of his public statements about recent Anglican controversies: as Archbishop of Canterbury he sees himself as tasked with issuing the same threefold call to the participants in ecclesial arguments about obedience.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Ecclesiology Brill

The Ecclesial Body's Grace: Obedience and Faithfulness in Rowan Williams' Ecclesiology

Ecclesiology , Volume 7 (1): 7 – Jan 1, 2011

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2011 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1744-1366
eISSN
1745-5316
DOI
10.1163/174553110X540888
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>In his 1989 lecture, 'The Body's Grace', Rowan Williams describes sexual relationships as capable of playing a role in the communication and learning of the gospel. I argue that the lecture gives the church a threefold task in relation to such relationships: to call them to loving mutuality, to faithfulness, and to faith. The same pattern characterises Williams' ecclesiology, and helps make sense of many of his public statements about recent Anglican controversies: as Archbishop of Canterbury he sees himself as tasked with issuing the same threefold call to the participants in ecclesial arguments about obedience.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

Journal

EcclesiologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2011

Keywords: ECCLESIOLOGY; ROWAN WILLIAMS; ANGLICAN COMMUNION; SEXUALITY; THOMAS NAGEL; HOMOSEXUALITY

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