Better, in fact, to think of the life of faith rather than of faith on its own, for ‘living a life’ brings to mind the responsive, active side of faith. Thus: faith not as affirming difficult doctrines but as living into Christian truth-claims and discovering their meaning by doing the will of God. Faith as loyalty to the One God beyond the many gods and to this One God’s cause. Faith as a trusting hope in God’s future. Faith as the opposite not of doubt but of fear: faith courageously taking doubt