Richard Rice-Oxley is a retired Anglican priest. He served in the dioceses of Southwell, Durham and York. He was also on the home staff of the Church Mission Society. He now assists his wife who is priest in charge of a rural benefice in East Yorkshire. He has written two booklets in the Ethics series ‘Forgiveness—the way of peace’ and ‘Bridgebuilders: Peacemaking through Mediation in England and Northern Ireland.’