I Call You Friends

Timothy Radcliffe embodies, in a rare combination, the qualities of authority in high office with an openness to new ideas and a thoroughgoing honesty. Indeed, that honesty, accompanied at all times by a certain lightness of touch, is the mark of true humility and it gives his new book its distinctive appeal. I CallYou Friends falls into two parts. In the first half, Father Radcliffe writes of his own life, from a privileged childhood and education at Downside to his calling to a life of poverty as a Dominican friar. The second half consists of a series of addresses and talks which the author has given to a wide range of audiences. Wherever these may be -- whether in Manila, Prague or Mexico -- Father Radcliffe talks at all times of fundamental religious truths in a manner which is potent yet undogmatic. Book jacket.Radcliffe, Timothy is the author of 'I Call You Friends', published 2004 under ISBN 9780826472625 and ISBN 0826472621.