The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, PC

The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, PC's Biography

Forename(s)
Rowan Douglas Williams
Sex
Male
Decorations
PC (2002)
Date of Birth
14/6/1950 Swansea
Foretitle(s)
Baron (Life Peer UK 2013), of Oystermouth in the City and County of Swansea; Rt Rev
Surname
WILLIAMS OF OYSTERMOUTH
Style
The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, PC
Recreations
music, fiction

The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, PC's Professional Career

Career
lectr in theology Coll of the Resurrection Mirfield 1975-77; ordained priest 1978; dean Clare Coll Cambridge and lectr in theology Univ of Cambridge 1984-86, Lady Margaret prof of divinity Univ of Oxford 1986-92, bishop of Monmouth 1992-2002, archbishop of Wales 1999-2002, archbishop of Canterbury 2002-12; master Magdalene Coll Cambridge 2013-; FBA 1990, FRSL 2003; Royal Victorian Chain 2012; Order of Friendship Russion Fedn 2010

The Rt Hon the Lord Williams of Oystermouth, PC's Publications

Books and Publications
The Wound of Knowledge (1979), Resurrection (1982), The Truce of God (1983), Beginning Now: Peacemaking Theology (with Mark Collier, 1984), Arius, Heresy and Tradition (1987, 2 edn 2001), The Making of Orthodoxy (ed, 1989), Teresa of Avila (1991), Open to Judgement (sermons, 1994), Sergii Bulgakov: Towards a Russian Political Theology (1998), On Christian Theology (essays, 2000), Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement (2000), Christ on Trial (2000), Newman's Arians of the Fourth Century (ed, 2001), Love's Redeeming Work (ed, 2001), Poems of Rowan Williams (poetry, 2001), Ponder These Things (2002), Writing in the Dust (2002), Silence and Honey Cakes (2003), Dwelling of the Light (2003), Anglican Identities (2004), Grace and Necessity (2005), Why Study the Past? (2005), Tokens of Trust (2007), Wrestling with Angels (2007), Headwaters (poetry, 2008), Dostoevsky: Language, faith and fiction (2008), Crisis and Recovery (ed, 2010), A Silent Action (2011), The Lion's World (2012)

View the full entry on Debrett's People of Today Online