Barbara A. Cullom, ‘By What Authority? New Testament Perspectives on the Authority and Leadership of Jesus’, 277–286

Andrew Hamilton, ‘The Authoritative Sinner’, 287–295

John F. X. Harriott, ‘Reflections on Leadership’, 296–311

Angela Tilby, ‘The Glass Cathedral: Language, Imagery and Leadership’, 312–321

The third of our reprinted articles ‘From the Archive’, marking the golden jubilee of The Way, comes from the 1980s. Angela Tilby, an Anglican priest and broadcaster, looks at the relationship between the words and the images that are used to express Christian convictions. She traces some of the problems of leadership within the Churches to this root, concluding that ‘Christianity is essentially a lay faith’.

David Lonsdale, ‘Authority: The Sources of Abuse’, 322–333

Mary Grey, ‘Reclaiming Mary: A Task for Feminist Theology’, 334–340

Annice Callahan, ‘Karl Rahner’s Insights for Spiritual Direction’, 341–348