People who really live out the teaching of the Gospel tend to stand out from the crowd and disturb the status quo - hence the title Revolutionary Christians. Their lives make inspiring and challenging reading in this book from Clare Richards and Donald Melvin.

From the great Saints of the past to those involved in the troubles of Northern Ireland today, and from tireless social reformers to religious leaders, these sixty life stories will inspire young people at secon­dary school level.

St Francis of Assisi, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mother Teresa are among the well-known names. There are ordinary people too, who have behaved in an extra­ordinary fashion, such as Gordon Wilson, determined to forgive his daughter's killers; Dame Cicely Saunders, so moved by the pain and indignity of terminal illness that she founded the hospice movement; Doctor Sheila Cassidy, who was imprisoned and tortured under the Pinochet regime for giving medical help, and many others.

Full-page illustrations for each of these Christians have many intriguing additional details which set the Christians in their context historically and geo­graphi­cally and pro­vide an excellent teaching tool. These are complemented by summaries for each section, with both short and longer examination questions. It is priced for easy purchase of class­room sets.