About the Author

The Revd Dr Martyn Percy is Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Sheffield. He is author of several books including, most recently, The Salt of the Earth: Religious Resilience in a Secular Age (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001) and (co-edited with Andrew Walker) Restoring the Image: Essays on Religion and Society in Honour of David Martin (Sheffield Academic Press, 2001). He is also editor of the journal Modern Believing. Dr Ian Jones is Lloyd Researcher in the Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Sheffield. He is currently researching the effects of the ordination of women as priests in the Church of England.