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>    MARCUS BRAYBROOKE

Marcus Braybrooke is a retired parish priest, who has also been active in interfaith work for many years and is the author of over forty books. Marcus is married to Mary, who is a social worker and a magistrate and who has shared in the parochial ministry and the interfaith work. They have a son and a daughter and six granddaughters and a poodle, called 'Toffee.'

Marcus Braybrooke has ministered in Highgate in London; Frindsbury in Kent; in Swainswick, Wells and Bath in Somerset; and in the Baldons in Oxfordshire. He is now an honorary assistant priest in the Dorchester-on-Thames Team Ministry in Oxfordshire.

After gaining a degree in history and theology at Cambridge, Marcus studied for a year at Madras Christian College and then at Wells Theological College.

Marcus has been involved in interfaith work for over forty years, especially through the World Congress of Faiths, which he joined in 1964 and of which he is now President. He is a Co-Founder of the Three Faiths Forum and has taught at the Muslim College in London. He has travelled widely to attend interfaith conferences and to lecture. In 2004 he was awarded a Lambeth degree by the Archbishop of Canterbury 'in recognition of his contribution to the development of inter-religious co-operation and understanding throughout the world.’

BOOKS BY MARCUS BRAYBROOKE

Together to the Truth 1971 The Undiscovered Christ of Hinduism 1973 Interfaith worship 1974 Time to Meet 1990 Wide Embracing Love 1990 Children of One God: A History of the Council of Christians and Jews 1991 Pilgrimage of Hope: One Hundred Years of Global Interfaith Dialogue 1992 Stepping Stones to a Global Ethic 1992 Be Reconciled 1992 Dialogue with a Difference (Ed with Tony Bayfield), 1992 Love without Limit 1995 Faith in a Global Age 1995 How to Understand Judaism 1995 A Wider Vision; a history of the World Congress of Faiths 1996 The Wisdom of Jesus The Miracles of Jesus (with James Harpar), 1997 All in Good Faith (Ed with Jean Potter), 1997 The Explorers’ Guide to Christianity 1998 Testing the Global Ethic (Ed with Peggy Morgan), 1998 Christian-Jewish Dialogue: the Next Steps 2000 Learn to Pray 2001 Bridge of Stars (Ed) 2001 What we can learn from Hinduism 2002 What we can learn from Islam 2002 Lifelines (Ed) 2002 One Thousand World Prayers 2003 365 Meditations for a Peaceful Heart and Peaceful World 2004 Sustaining the Common Good (with Kamran Mofid) 2005 A Heart for the World: the Interfaith Alternative 2006 365 Meditations and Inspirations on Love and Peace 2006 Interfaith Witness in a Changing World 2007 Prayers and Blessings (Ed) 2007 Beacons of the Light: 100 holy people who have shaped the Spiritual History of Humanity 2009 Meeting Jews 2010 Hinduism: A Christian Reflection - e-book 2012 Peace in Our Hearts: Peace in Our World.-.e-book 2012 Islam: A Christian Reflection – e-book 2012 Christians and Jews Building Bridges – e-book 2012