Poets and the Faith R S Thomas

R.S. Thomas was a priest who struggled with the Church and a poet who struggled with communication. Out of these conflicts emerged a poetry that is always challenging, often haunting, profoundly contemporary. We shall be looking at his development from work that is often focused on the local and natural world towards writing that is more politically engaged and philosophically complex - and also at how he deals with prayer, art and love.
Rowan Williams was born and brought up in Wales, where he now lives. He was Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012, and has published widely in theology and other fields.