Ambassadors of Christ commemorates 150 years of theological education in Cuddesdon College, Oxford. Presenting a detailed history of England's most famous theological college, Ambassadors of Christ also contributes to the wider discussion of theological education in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and discusses prospects for the future. The Archbishop of Canterbury contributes a foreword. This special commemorative volume will appeal to past and present students as well as specialists in nineteenth and twentieth-century church history and all those interested in ministerial education and spiritual formation.

Contents: Preface; Foreword, Most Revd Rowan Williams; Living the truth: Cuddesdon in the history of theological education, Mark D. Chapman; The founding of Cuddesdon: Liddon, ritualism and the forces of reaction, Andrew Atherstone; Wilberforce and pastoral theology, Alastair Redfern; Controversy renewed: partisan polemic and the great ritualist 'conspiracy', Andrew Atherstone; Ripon Hall, Henry Major and the shaping of English liberal theology, Michael W. Brierley; The triumph of wit: the Runcie years, Mark D. Chapman; An uneasy alliance: from the merger to the present day, Robert Jeffery; Appendices; Index.

Mark D. Chapman is Vice Principal at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK.