Available February 2025

Internationally acclaimed theologian Rowan Williams invites you to explore with him the vital questions that go right to the heart of Christianity:

• How does Jesus reveal God?
• Who or what is the Holy Spirit?
• Why do Christians treasure the Bible?
• What's the point of theology?

Rowan Williams' guide to the essentials of the faith will get you thinking about God in fresh and exciting ways. It will help you to grasp the way in which the best Christian theology is arrived at through the creative interplay of scripture, tradition and reason. And it will help you develop a broader and deeper appreciation of the positive difference Christianity continues to make in the world today.

Brief, engaging and profoundly simple, this book takes you to the heart of what Christianity is all about, offering food for thought for a lifetime.

Contents

1 What is Christianity?

2 What is faith?

3 What is theology?

4 Why Church?

5 Why scripture?

6 Why tradition?

7 Why reason?

8 Why does it matter?