Extra-Long (>70 mins)
Doctrine
Anglican
Dr Rowan Williams' Inaugural Lecture, University of Chester
Theologian
Rowan Williams
Duration
73.59
Uploaded to YouTube
25 July 2014
Added to Database
20 August 2025
YouTube description
The Messiah and the Novelist: Approaches to Jesus in Fiction 13th June 2014, Chester Cathedral The recent Man Booker short list included a novel about Mary the Mother of Jesus, and fictional accounts of the gospel story still appear from some surprising quarters. The lecture looks at various attempts to write fiction about Jesus in the last century or so, and reflect on some of the religious and imaginative problems it has posed. For more information about this event, see: http://www.chester.ac.uk/node/24130
