"We exist because God exists." Centered on this paradoxical yet overlooked reality, Rowan Williams, one of the greatest Christian theologians of our time, addresses the passions of the soul as analyzed by the great authors of the Philokalia.

With an open mind and language accessible to the modern reader, the author maps out the passions – pride and lust, greed and acedia, among others.

Why is pride the worst evil that can happen to you? What are the positive aspects of anger? What is the real stake concerning despair? And how are all these related to the central truth of our dependence on God and His love?

However, the author is not merely interested in describing a grim picture or the painful consequences of being enslaved to the passions; he is well aware that contemporary humans desperately seek to hope for something positive and beautiful.

Thus, he attempts to juxtapose the passions with the life proposal derived from Christ’s Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount. But how can one contrast arrogance with poverty of spirit? Or gluttony with hunger for righteousness? How exactly do the Beatitudes "answer" the passions? And why is this so important for our daily lives?

This book attempts to grapple with these questions. The resulting answers are unexpected and unusual, opening new horizons, and come to soothe our sufferings and sweeten our soul.

Author: ROWAN WILLIAMS
Language: GREEK
Pages: 240