‘Fully Alive’: An honest exploration of the Christian faith

Elizabeth Oldfield’s new book is a non-patronising attempt to explain why Christianity is more relevant than ever in the modern life. It the ideal book for Christians and non-Christians alike says Emma Fowle

When I saw that the recommendation on the inside front cover of Elizabeth Oldfield’s Fully Alive (Hodder & Stoughton) was written by Francis Spufford, I knew I was going to like it.

Whereby you could once count handfuls of Christian writers among those publishing successful, mainstream works (including CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh and TS Eliot), today writing that transcends the boundaries between secular and spiritual is few and far between.