Jane Williams (theologian)

Hilary Jane Williams, Baroness Williams of Oystermouth (née Paul; born 1957) is an English Christian theologian and writer.

Biography

Williams was born in Trivandrum, India, one of five sisters.^[1] Her father, the Right Reverend Geoffrey Paul, former Bishop of Bradford, was then serving as a missionary priest at Palayamkottai and later Kerala.^[2] Her father was a member of the faculty and later became the principal of the Kerala United Theological Seminary at Kannammoola, where she spent part of her childhood.^[3] She studied theology at Clare College, Cambridge and then worked in theological publishing and education. For three years she wrote a Sunday readings column for the Church Times (published by SPCK as Lectionary Reflections) and now works part-time for Redemptorist Publications, as a visiting lecturer at King's College London. She is assistant dean and lecturer at St Mellitus College (formerly St Paul's Theological Centre) in London.^[4]

Williams has been married since July 1981 to Rowan Williams,^[5] who was appointed as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002. They have a daughter named Rhiannon (born 1988) and a son named Pip (born 1996).^[6] Following her husband's retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury and his subsequent peerage, Williams is entitled to the style and title of Lady Williams of Oystermouth.

Bibliography

Bread, Wine and Women: the ordination debate in the Church of England (with Sue Dowell), Virago, London, 1994. ISBN 1853817309
Perfect Freedom (Borders), Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2001. ISBN 1853114375
Lectionary Reflections: Year C, SPCK, London, 2003. ISBN 0281055297
Lectionary Reflections: Year A, SPCK, London, 2004. ISBN 0281055270
Lectionary Reflections: Year B, SPCK, London, 2005. ISBN 0281055289
Approaching Christmas, Lion, Oxford, 2005. ISBN 0745951988
Angels, Lion, Oxford, 2006. ISBN 0745952224
Who Do You Say That I Am?: Exploring Images of Jesus (Church Times Study Guides), Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2006. ISBN 1853116602
The Fellowship of the Three: Exploring the Trinity (Church Times Study Guides), Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2006. ISBN 1853116998
The Mighty Tortoise: Exploring the Church (Church Times Study Guides), Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2006. ISBN 1853117153
Moving Mountains (Church Times Study Guides), Canterbury Press, Norwich, 2007. ISBN 1853117889
Approaching Easter, Lion, Oxford, 2006. ISBN 0745951996
A Christian Funeral: A Guide for the Family, Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, 2006. ISBN 0852313160
Marriage, Mitres and Being Myself, SPCK, London, 2008. ISBN 0281060185
Lost for Words?: A Sermon Resource for the Anglican Three-Year Cycle, Redemptorist Publications, Chawton, 2009. ISBN 0852313691
Lectionary Reflections: Years A, B & C, SPCK, London, 2011. ISBN 0281065799
Faces of Christ: Jesus in Art, Lion, Oxford, 2011. ISBN 0745955223

References

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