Timothy Radcliffe, born in 1945, entered the Dominican Onder in 1964. After anadim at Oxford and Paris, he worked first as a univenity chaplain in Londen and then spent eighteen years traching theology at Oxford. In 1992 he was elected Maner of the Ondet

His friends, in and out of the Dominican Order, have benefited for years from Timothy Raskliffe's clarity, depth and wisdom, and will rejoice to see these essays and addresses in print, They embody an extraordinary breadth of experience, and often speak from some of the world's darkest places. They offer rich insights on the religious life, but alus on the apostolis calling of all believers, and they invariably do so with great personal honesty and a certain lightnes of touch. A wonderful and welcome collection.