The nature and purpose of a Christian school, recent and current thinking on religious education, the curriculum, school chaplaincy and ethos, and community and parent relations are key concerns of voluntary schools today. The meeting of two very different histories and outlooks in joint Catholic-Anglican or Catholic-Protestant schools makes these concerns an acute and practical challenge, and throws light on them in a way which helps all involved in the debate, whether in joint schools, Catholic schools, Anglican schools or at national and government level.