Meeting God in Mark

by Rowan Williams

Publisher:

SPCK

, 2014

Overview

Meeting God in Mark is the ideal book for Lent groups, as well as for private devotional reading at any time of year. Rowan Williams explores the essential meaning and purpose of St. Mark’s Gospel for complete beginners—as well as for those who’ve read the Gospel many times before and want to see it in a fresh light.

Written at a highly accessible level and packed with illuminating spiritual insights, this book is perfect for anyone thinking about confirmation, while also appealing to people who may simply be curious about Jesus and the Gospels and want to learn more about his significance.

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Key Features

• A fresh look at the message and meaning of Mark’s Gospel by one of the world’s greatest living theologians
• Based on Rowan William’s popular Holy Week talks, given in Canterbury Cathedral
• Highly recommended reading during Lectionary Year B
• Stimulating discussion questions and Lenten reading guide at end of the book

Contents

• The Beginning of the Gospel
• Telling Secrets
• A Lifelong Passion
• Questions for Reflection or Group Discussion
• Lenten Reading Guide

Top Highlights

“He doesn’t want us to go away discussing the interesting ideas that Jesus has or the poignant stories he tells. He wants you to focus on the person of Jesus and on the relation you might have with him, knowing that only so does the radical change come about.” (Page 45)

“This is going to be a book about change, a book about how the world came to look different, under different management” (Page 8)

“It is to read about a person around whom extraordinary things happened, whatever the exact detail, and to see that such storytelling about these events becomes credible because it has changed the teller and the hearer, has created a relationship of utter confidence which is now offered to the reader/listener to share.” (Page 23)

“pericopai—paragraphs of information leading to a kind of punch line and a report of people’s reactions” (Page 9)

“Jesus’ healings are always bound into a relation between him and the person to be healed” (Page 35)

Praise for the Print Edition

I thought I knew Mark’s Gospel but Rowan Williams has opened my eyes to see what I had not seen, and to no longer see what I believed I had seen. The Gospel of Mark is a fascinating text, inviting readers to understand Jesus in relation to themselves and themselves in relation to God. This book is a convincing interpretation and a deep meditation.

—Jürgen Moltmann, professor emeritus of systematic theology, University of Tübingen

In this short and very readable book, Rowan Williams has succeeded in conveying the essence of Mark’s Gospel. While he deals with the technical questions of origin and authorship, his main concern is with the way in which the Evangelist invites his readers into a relationship of trust with one who brings us into the transfiguring presence of God. There could be no better introduction to this enigmatic but profound Gospel.

—Morna D. Hooker, Lady Margaret’s Professor of Divinity Emerita, University of Cambridge

This wonderful book shows how Mark’s beautiful and subtle Gospel still challenges our understanding of God, and of how God works in our lives. It is an original work and so will be of interest to scholars, but it is written in a clear and vivid style that makes it accessible to everyone. I could not put it down.

—Timothy Radcliffe, director, Las Casas Institute, Blackfriars, Oxford

Product Details

• Title: Meeting God in Mark
• Author: Rowan Williams
• Publisher: SPCK
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 95
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. N.T. Mark › Criticism, interpretation, etc
• ISBNs: 9780281072507, 9780281072514, 9780664260521, 0281072507, 0281072515, 0664260527
• Resource ID: LLS:MEETINGGODINMARK
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:20:40Z

About Rowan Williams

Rowan Williams was educated in Swansea (Wales) and Cambridge. He studied for his theology doctorate in Oxford, after which he taught theology in a seminary near Leeds. From 1977 until 1986, he was engaged in academic and parish work in Cambridge, before returning to Oxford as Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity. In 1990, he became a fellow of the British Academy.

In 1992, Professor Williams became Bishop of Monmouth, and in 1999 he was elected as Archbishop of Wales. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in late 2002 with 10 years’ experience as a diocesan bishop and three as a primate in the Anglican Communion. As archbishop, his main responsibilities were pastoral—whether leading his own diocese of Canterbury and the Church of England, or guiding the Anglican Communion worldwide. At the end of 2012, after 10 years as archbishop, he stepped down and moved to a new role as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.

Professor Williams is acknowledged internationally as an outstanding theological writer and teacher as well as an accomplished poet and translator. His interests include music, fiction, and languages.