Authors

Our authors have a certain style, a freshness, a faithfulness and a passion for their subjects. They are also the leading authorities in their field of religion, spirituality or theology. Click on the full details link to view a biography, bibliography, and other relevant details and links. Many pages also include features about, interviews with and articles by our authors, as well as extracts from their books. To access these, simply click on the textual links at the bottom of each author page.

Ian Linden

is the former Director of the Catholic Institute for International Relations, London.
Alistair Little

Alistair Little, a member of the Protestant Ulster Volunteer Force, was convicted in 1975 and spent 12 years in the notorious Maze at Long Kesh for the murder of 19-year-old Catholic
Robert Llewelyn

was the former Chaplain of the Juilan Shrine in Norwich and the author of Love Bade Me Welcome and With Pity Not With Blame (both DLT).
Ann Lloyd

is a journalist, editor and writer. Her previous book, Doubly Deviant, Doubly Damned, a study of the criminal justice system’s treatment of violent women offenders, was published by Penguin.
David Lonsdale

teaches spirituality at Heythrop College, University of London.
Anne Long

is a teacher and minister in the Church of England. She is a pastoral consultant with the Acorn Christian Foundation and author of Praise Him in the Dance (Hodder & Stoughton) and Approaches to Spirit
Andrew Louth

is Professor of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at the University of Durham and the author of several books including The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition and St John Damascene: Tradition a
Stephen Lowe

Stephen Lowe is Bishop of Hulme and Bishop for Urban Life and Faith (retiring 19/07/09)

Gordon Lynch

teaches Practical Theology at the University of Birmingham and is Director of the Centre for Practical Theology. He is the author of After Religion: ‘Generation X’ and the Search for Meaning (DLT).
Noreen Mackey

Noreen Mackey was born in Dublin, the eldest of four children. At the age of fifteen, she discovered the writings of St John of the Cross, and after an unsuccessful attempt at the Carmelite life, she