DOUGLAS DALES first met Michael Ramsey when he was a student and their friendship continued until Ramsey's death. He is the author of Glory: the spiritual theology of Michael Ramsey and of numerous other titles, including the bestselling This is My Faith. He is Chaplain and Head of RE at Marlborough College. GEOFFREY ROWELL is the Bishop of Europe and ROWAN WILLIAMS needs no introduction.

"Bishops, clergy and lay ministers must read it, if not all at once, then as a regular form of 'spiritual reading' or in preparation for pastoral opportunities. Religious and lay people alike will find much to prompt and deepen reflection in this testimony to Archbishop Michael Ramsey. And it may even be - and this should cause us no surprise - that those who read it become a little more holy, a little more like him."