Benedicta Ward SlgSISTER BENEDICTA WARD SLG is Reader in the History of Christian Spirituality at the University of Oxford and a supernumerary Fellow of Harris Manchester College. She has written a number of books on early monasticism and on the Middle Ages, and is on of the world's leading writers on the legacy of the Desert Fathers. Her published works include books on the Desert Fathers, the Venerable Bede and St Anseim, and on miracles and relics in mediaeval times. She is a member of the Sisters of the Love of God, an Anglican religious community in Oxford. Read More Read Less