"I don't see that as necessary at all and I think it is deeply disappointing that the shrill voices that occupy the extremes of this spectrum have dominated the stage for the past 20 years."

For Collins, unravelling the human genome did not create a conflict in his mind. Instead, it allowed him to "glimpse at the workings of God".

Bishop Thad Barnum knows this history well, and he can connect it to his own journey. He met his wife Erilynne over 25 years ago through their work with St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Darien, Connecticut, a congregation known around the world for its Rector, the Rev. Terry Fullam, and the work that God was doing in their midst. Thad attended nearby Yale Divinity School and ministered in the region. His family tree includes the noted showman P.T.

1. The Proclamation of the Faith

If this is so, it is clear that I am referring to that movement within the Church of England, beginning in the eighteenth century which took its shape from the Reformation, the Puritans and the Pietists, and gave itself especially, but not exclusively, to the task of evangelism. In one sense, its founding Father and great saint is Thomas Cranmer.