In this collection of essays, Professor Basil Mitchell provides a commentary on issues crucial to all Christians, whether lay, academic or clergy. They deal with topics of fundamental significance to those interested in the relation between Christianity and the life of the mind, as Basil Mitchell examines the contemporary challenges to Christian apologetics, contends with those keener to score theological points than to get to the heart of the Christian Gospel, and discusses, among other things, distinctive Christian ethics, the relationship of church and politics and the place of symbols in Christianity.