Eric Arthur James FKC AKC (14 April 1925 – 1 May 2012) was an Anglican priest, Chaplain Extraordinary to HM the Queen, and for many years a regular participant in the "Thought for the Day" feature of BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
After the war, he was accepted as a student by King's College London, where he studied theology, gaining Master of Arts and Bachelor of Divinity degrees.
He was Chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1955 to 1959, and thereby became associated with some of the best known clerics of his generation: Mervyn Stockwood, John Robinson (author of the bestseller Honest to God), Robert Runcie, and Trevor Huddleston.
James was made Chaplain to the Queen in 1984 and was Preacher to Gray's Inn from 1978 to 1997, as well as Director of Christian Action from 1979 to 1990 and one of the people who inspired the 1985 Faith in the City report.
He was Select Preacher from 1991 to 1992 to the University of Oxford, and was awarded the Lambeth degree of DD in 1993.