Wrestling with Angels: Conversations in Modern Theology

Wrestling with Angels gathers writings by Rowan Williams — many now out of print or otherwise difficult to obtain — spanning the years 1980–2000. It focuses on his insightful engagement with a range of modern theologians and philosophers — Hegel, Wittgenstein, Barth, Bonhoeffer, Balthasar, Simone Weil, Marilyn McCord Adams, and more.

Key themes explored in this volume include negative theology, postmodernity, violence, innocence, divine action, and the nature of historical development in th...