The Lion Book of Christian Poetry brings together 600 poems by more than 250 poets spanning over 1000 years. Unusually, this comprehensive anthology is arranged by theme. It also includes a high proportion of contemporary, twentieth-century work drawn from around the world. The nine main sections-'In Touch with God', 'The World We Live In', 'The Pilgrim's Way', 'Jesus the Christ', 'The Holy Spirit and the Church', 'Daily Life', 'Person to Person', 'Time to Enternity' and 'Pen Portraits' - are split into a futher 70 subdivisions focusing, for example, on 'Love and Trust', 'All God's Creatures', 'Times and Seasons', 'Faith and Doubt', 'Sickness and Suffering' and 'Parents and Childrens'. Full indexes and brief biography of each poem make this a substantial reference work as well as a treasure store of the best English poetry from the seventh century to the present day.