Books:
1962 Law and love: a study in practical Christian ethics Faith Press
1974 The character of Christian morality Faith Press 1965 2nd edition revised and enlarged
7164 0003 0
1973 Incarnation and immanence Hodder & Stoughton 0 340 16586 3
1976 The marriage bond Faith Press 7124 0455 9
1983 The hope of happiness SCM Press 334 02054 9
1988 Looking before and after (The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent Book) Collins Fount
Forward by the Archbishop of Canterbury 0 00 627134 0
Published in USA as The hope of heaven Cowley publications 0-936384-56-5
1990 Marriage, in the series: 'Ethics: our choices' Mowbrays 0 264 67193 7
1994 Finding and Following: talking with children about God SCM Press 0334 02579 6
Published in USA (1994) as Helping children find God: a book for parents. teachers and
clergy Morehouse publishing 0 8182 1650 X
2001 Making good SCM Press 0334 02832 9
2003 Profitable wonders (anthology) SCM Press 334 02924 4
2006 What a Piece of Work: On Being Human Imprint Academic 334 02924 4
Articles in books
1964 ‘Temperance’ in Traditional virtues reassessed ed.A.R.Vidler SPCK (from Theology
1962)
1970 ‘Head and members: the priest and the community he serves’ in The sacred ministry
1971 ‘ Marriage as illustrating some Christian Doctrines’ in Marriage, divorce and the church (Report of the Commission on the Christian Doctrine of Marriage) SPCK 281 02634 3
ed. G.R.Dunstan SPCK 281 02351 4 (from Theology March 1968)
1975 ‘Ought and is’ in Duty and discernment ed. G.R.Dunstan SCM Press 334 00339 3
(from Theology February 1974)
1979 ‘Ministry and priesthood’ in Stewards of the mysteries of God ed.Eric James
0 232 51432 1
1980 ‘Moral choice’ in Change and choice ed.Beatrice Musgrave and Zoe Menell
Peter Owen 0 7206 0539 3
1986 ‘Mission, morals and folk religion’ in Crossroads are for meeting: essays on the mission
and common life of the church in a global society ed. Philip Turner and Frank Sugeno
SPCK/USA 0-933667-01-9
1988 ‘Making God findable’ in The parish church ed.Giles Ecclestone Grubb Institute
Mowbray 0-264-67143-0
1989 'Handling life' in Doctors' Decisions ed. G.R.Dunstan and E.A.Shinebourne OUP
0-19-261631-5
1989 ‘Two shall become one’ in Men and women: sexual ethics in turbulent times ed.Philip
Turner Cowley Publications 0-936384-72-7
1990 ‘Amid ethical uncertainties’ in Robert Runcie: a portrait by his friends
ed.David L.Edwards Collins Fount 0-00-627580-6
1991 ‘Blessing’ in The weight of glory A vision and practice for Christian faith: essays for
Peter Baelz ed..D.W.Hardy and P.H.Sedgwick T & T Clark 0 567 095979 7
1996 ‘An Anglican approach’ in Spiritual life and intellectual work Catholic commission on
intellectual and cultural affairs Vol.15
1997 ‘Reflections of a Christian humanist’ in Changing world, unchanging church?
Ed. David Clark Mowbray 0-264-67421-9
2000 ‘The truth-telling animal’ in Dumbing down: culture, politics and the mass-media ed. Ivo Mosley Imprint Academic 0 907845 657
2003 ‘Mattering’ in Approaches to ethics: nursing beyond boundaries ed Verena Tschudin Butterworth Heinmann Elsevier Science Ltd 07506 53246 4 (adapted from ‘Mattering’ in Studies in Christian ethics 8:1)
0333760549 (adapted from ‘Mattering’ in Studies in Christian ethics 8:1)
1999 ‘Inner resources for growing older’ in Spirituality and ageing ed. Albert Jewell
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 1 85302 631 X
Articles in dictionaries
1983 ‘The good’; ‘Good works’; ‘Theology of marriage’; ‘Virtue’ in A new dictionary of
Christian theology (SCM Press) ed.James Childress and John Macquarrie 334 0226 1
1986 ‘Desire’; ‘Divorce’; ‘Humility’; ‘Marriage’; ‘Obedience’; ‘Pride’; ‘Saintliness’;
‘Sanctification’; ‘Sloth’ in A new dictionary of Christian ethics (SCM Press) ed.James
Childress and John Macquarrie 0-334-02205-3
1991 ‘Sexual ethics’ in Dictionary of the ecumenical movement (Eerdmans) WCC
Publications, Geneva 1991 2-8254-1025-X
1995 'Ethics and the personal life' in Companion encyclopaedia of theology (Routledge)
ed.Peter Byrne and Leslie Houlden 0-415-06447-3
1996 ‘Marriage’; ‘Partnering’ in Dictionary of ethics, theology and society (Routledge)
ed.Paul Barry Clarke and Andrew Linzey 0-415-06212-8
Published lectures
1998 ‘The character of Christian ethics’ The John Coffin Memorial Lecture 1997, University
of London; Athlone Press 0 485 16211 3
1998 ‘Fidelity’: Inaugural lecture, Mary Sumner Lectures Mothers’ Union
Articles in periodicals
Theology
August 1957 ‘Divorce and Christian teaching’
February 1965 ‘The identifying of grace’
March 1966 ‘Immanence’
March 1967 ‘Afterthought’ to a set of papers on the Resurrection
September 1968 ‘Head and members’
December 1969 ‘Marriage and grace’
February 1970 ‘Petitionary prayer’
June 1971 ‘Marriage, divorce and the church’ (Reply to a review by John Lucas)
February 1973 ‘Ought and is’
May 1975 ‘Is the marriage bond an indissoluble “vinculum”’?
September 1979 ‘Life after death’ (Oxford University sermon)
January 1988 ‘Grievances’ (Cambridge University sermon)
March/April 1990 ‘Spirit and body: prophesy, diversity and Christian identity’ (Paper
read to the Society for the study of theology 1987)
November/December 1993 ‘On the maleness of Christ’ Talk given in BBC series
‘Seeds of faith’ 1992)
November/December 1995 ‘Remembering’ (Sermon preached in Balliol College,
Oxford 13 November 1994)
November/December 2003 ‘Are saints special?’ (Sermon preached in St John’s College,
Oxford, 2003)
November/December 2003 ‘Cohabitation: a Christian reflection’ (Review article)
Church quarterly review
July/September 1962 ‘Praying for guidance’
Religious studies
1969 5 ‘Christian flourishing’ (Printed in The character of Christian morality 2nd ed. 1974)
Concilium
1973 ‘The churches and marriage’ in ‘The future of marriage in the church’
1991 'Reflections on the experience of aging'
The modern churchman
1984 XXVI 4 ‘The authority of the New Testament in ethics’
Studies in Christian ethics
1991 4:1 'Ourselves, our souls and bodies'
1992 5:2 'Abortion'
1994 7:2 ‘Veritatis splendor’
1995 8:1 ‘Mattering’, printed in Nurses matter (above)
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