Christian biography, Christian Life 

"Starting in the first century with St Paul and ending in the twentieth with St Oscar Romero, Rowan Williams invites you to reflect with him on the lives and legacies of twenty great Christians--saints, martyrs, poets, theologians and social reformers. Their stories and writings have profoundly influenced his own life and thought, and this sequence of short reflections is sure to sharpen your theological vision and cast a fresh light on what it means to live and breathe the gospel. Included among these 'luminaries' are Augustine of Hippo, William Tyndale, Teresa of Avila, Charles Dickens, Florence Nightingale, Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Simone Weil. Let these brilliant meditations light your way as you follow the footsteps of the faithful who have gone before." -- Back cover. 

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.

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 (175901833) : the moral state -- Charles Dickens (1812-1870) : 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 Óscar Romero (1917-80) : God has injected himself into history.