Each prayer is briefly introduced showing how it came into being.

JONATHAN HILL has a first class degree in Philosophy and Theology (top of year) from Oxford University and an MPhil in Theology (also from Oxford). He has worked in a freelance editorial and writing capacity since leaving Oxford in 1997. He is the author of The History of Christian Thought (Lion, 2003) and Faith in the Age of Reason in the Lion Histories series (2004).