General Editor: John H. Y. Briggs is a Baptist layman who spent most of his career at the University of Keele, whose Victorian Studies program he pioneered. He was formerly Pro-Vice Chancellor of Birmingham University and member of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches. He is currently a Research Professor at the International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic, and Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Regent's Park College, University of Oxford. He is a Trustee of Keston College, Oxford.