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The average rating for Burgh Government, Being a Commentary Showing the Effect of Statutes and Decisions From 1892 ... based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.
| Review # 1 was written on 2015-09-06 00:00:00 Mark Lyons Inevitably what starts as a biography becomes a report on the state of Anglicanism. The fact is, Rowan Williams is much, much more interesting as a subject than the petty politicking of other prelates. And what he has to offer as a Christian, as a theologian, philosopher and poet is much more absorbing than the worldly posturing and grubby prejudices of so many members of the Anglican Communion. Shortt's book could have done with a slightly firmer editorial hand. The structuring - largely chronological - is sometimes haphazard. And occasionally subjects and characters are dropped before being picked up again many pages later. There's something (properly) tragic about Rowan Williams, this brilliant man, from whom we could all learn so much, being wasted in politics and abused by the small-minded, and smaller-hearted. When Williams left Wales to become ++Canterbury, a friend of mine who worked at Llandaff Cathedral was asked by the press to describe their feelings for Williams. They answered simply, "I love him." An inspiring man of extraordinary spiritual gifts who is not quite laid bare by this biography. |
| Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-17 00:00:00 Geocorey Brooks This biography was obtuse in many ways, but the complex and spiritual man Rowan Williams came through. It seems that spiritual people are not well received even in the church. And spiritual leadership (as opposed to worldly leadership) is often rejected by those who claim to be spiritual. The book seems to misunderstand Rowan’s practice of leading as a spiritual person as a weaknesss in leadership. What it really shows is how incompatible this world is with God’s realm. It also underlines the inherent heresy of tying church and state together in any official sense. |
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