Contents Introduction St Paul (c.5-c.67) A man of passions St Alban (third century) The duty of a Christian St Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Teacher of the inner life St Augustine of Canterbury (c.530-604) Apostle to the English St Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) The justice of God Meister Eckhart (1260-1328) The mystery of Godness Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) 'The word of God is not bound' William Tyndale (1494-1536) God and the economy of debt St Teresa of Avila (1515-82) A lived theology John Milton (1608-74) From heroism to fidelity William Wilberforce (1759-1833) The moral state Charles Dickens (1812-70) The truth of exaggeration Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) The light of life Sergei Bulgakov (1871-1944) Politics, art and prayer Edith Stein (1891-1942) Thinking in solidarity Michael Ramsey (1904-88) True humanism Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-45) Freedom, necessity and glory Simone Weil (1909-43) Waiting on God Etty Hillesum (1914-43) A compulsion to kneel St Oscar Romero (1917-80) God has injected himself into history.