Isabelle Hamley is Theological Adviser to the House of Bishops and was formerly Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury. She has long been concerned with questions of justice, mercy and restoration, having been a probation officer before ordination and ministering subsequently amid the diversity of parish life. Her books include The Bible and Mental Health (2020), which she edited with Christopher C. H. Cook, and Unspeakable Things Spoken (2019).