MS 212 Papers of Revd M.C.R.Braybrooke

Marcus Christopher Rossi Braybrooke

Marcus Christopher Rossi Braybrooke (b. 1938) was educated at Cranleigh School; Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA and MA; Madras Christian College; Wells Theological College and King's College, London, where he obtained an MPhil. He was curate at St Michael's, Highgate, 1964-7; team vicar, Strood Clergy Team, 1967-73; rector, Swainswick, Langridge, Woolley, 1973-9; director of training for the Diocese of Bath and Wells, 1979-84; priest in charge, Christ Church, Bath, 1984-91; examining chaplain to the Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1984-8; prebendary of Wells Cathedral, 1990-3, and chaplain of the Chapel of St Mary Magdalene, Bath, 1992-3. In 1993 he became non-stipendary priest, Marsh and Toot Baldon, Dorchester Team Ministry, Oxford. Since 1986 Braybrooke has been a Vice President of the World Congress of Faiths. He has also acted as Chairman of the International Committee, 1990-3; and Chairman of the International Inter-faith Organisations Co-ordinating Committee, 1990-3; and Chairman of the World Congress of Faiths, 1978-83 and from 1992. Braybrooke was Executive Director of the Council of Christians and Jews, 1984-7. He was editor of World Faith Insight, 1976-91, and had edited Common Ground since 1987. He is the author of Together to the Truth: a comparative study of some developments in Hindu and Christian thought since 1800 (Madras, 1971); Interfaith organizations: a historical directory (1980); Time to meet: towards a deeper relationship between Jews and Christians (London, 1990); and Children of one God: a history of the Council of Christians and Jews (London, 1991).

About the collection

World Congress of Faiths: correspondence and committee papers, 1952-94, with material for its International Inter-Faith Organisations Co-ordinating Committee (IIOCC); correspondence, alphabetical sequence including Global Congress of World Religions, the Mount Abu summit (on global co-operation for a better world), Gordon Cook Foundation, Inter-Faith Association, International Association for Religious Freedom, World Council on Religions, Sarva-Dharma-Sammelana (Bangelore).

Papers for the Council of Christians and Jews, 1971-92; for the International Council of Christians and Jews, 1989-92; for the Temple of Understanding, 1970-85; and the Standing Conference on Jewish, Christian and Muslim Relations, 1972-6. Inter-faith papers, 1968-92, with papers for the World Conference on Religion and Peace, 1971-92.

Papers relating to publications, 1969-92.

Date range:

1957-94

Former references:

A814, A932, A977, A1025

Size:

63 boxes