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Get stuck in to a real page-turner. Our gorgeous books cover a wide variety of history and theology topics, and we even have some historical fiction for novel-lovers!
Latest & Forthcoming Releases…
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All Christians Are Monks: The Monastery, the Parish and the Renewal of the Church
Paperback £14.99
A lively and challenging exploration of things the contemporary Church needs to learn from monastic communities, things it has lost and needs to rediscover.
Coming Soon
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Archdeacon Grantly Walks Again: Trollope’s Clergy Then and Now
Paperback £12.99
Alongside twelve verbal snapshots of Anthony Trollope’s Archdeacon Grantly and his fellow Barchester clergy, this book places twelve equally fictious modern counterparts. Human nature never changes. A fascinating and gripping read.
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The Missionary of Knowledge: Hastings Rashdall’s Life and Thoughts
Paperback £16.99
An accessible introduction to the life and thought of Hastings Rashdall, one of the most prominent figures in the Church of England of his day, this book makes the case for his continuing influence and relevance.
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What Christ? Whose Christ?: New Options for Old Theories
Paperback £19.99
This book explores a Christian view of Jesus of Nazareth that responds to critical demands from numerous perspectives, encompassing Jesus of History research, differing cultural contexts, feminism, and post-colonialism.
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Educating in Faith: A History of the English Catholic Public School
Paperback £19.99
An examination of the religious, social and political context within which Roman Catholic public schools developed in England from around 1800 and considers their contemporary relevance and character.
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Go . . . Make Disciples
Paperback £14.99
A book for all who want to respond to Jesus’ challenge to “Go and make disciples”.
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Good God: Suffering, faith, reason and science
Paperback £16.99
How can Christians believe in an all-powerful and loving God when there is so much suffering and evil in the world? This book sets out to answer this question.
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India and the End of Empire: Selected Writings of Daniel O’Connor
Paperback £19.99
This collection of the writings of Daniel O’Connor, edited and introduced by David Jasper, is a treasure trove for all interested in the Church in India in the twentieth century.
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Edward Vernon-Harcourt: The Last Aristocratic Archbishop of York
Hardback
£30.00£24.99
The first-ever biography of Edward Vernon Harcourt, Archbishop of York from 1807 to 1847, and the last aristocrat to occupy the office.
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Thomas Henry Lyon: Architect and aesthete – his life and work
Hardback £60.00
The first ever description of the life and work of Thomas Henry Lyon (1869–1953), an important but neglected twentieth-century architect.
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With Bridget in the Holy Land
Paperback £16.99
Discover the dramatic and eventful pilgrimage of a medieval women – St Bridge of Sweden – from Rome to Jerusalem in 1371-73.
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Unearthing and Earthing the Psalms
Paperback £12.99
The Psalms are songs of defiance against the odds in which the voice of ordinary worshippers can be heard. This book listens to that voice and relates the Psalms contemporary experience.
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Mamerto Gueritz: A Country Catholic 1823–1912
Hardback £30.00
The life of Mamerto Gueritz, an Anglo-Catholic priest in the West Country during the ritualist controversy in the late 19th century.
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Wisdom Calls: Transformative Ways for Insightful Living
Paperback £14.99
Helen Warwick explores the ancient, hidden way of Wisdom through psychological, theological and ecological groundings, bringing forth this intuitive, healing presence and her transformational movement connecting to community and all creation.
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Meeting the Global Crisis: Kingdom community, diaconal church and a diaconal world
Paperback £16.99
There is no chance of humankind surviving and flourishing unless we come together as a global community of communities. This book puts forward the unique contribution of Christian faith to the potentially terminal challenges currently facing our world.
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The Roman Catholic Bishops of Lancaster: Celebrating the Centenary 1924–2024
Paperback £16.99
In a series of biographical portraits Paul Severn tells the story of the seven diocesan and one auxiliary bishop in the Roman Catholic diocese of Lancaster.
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Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of Heaven
Paperback £14.99
As death comes out of the closet in contemporary society, this book presents the views on heaven and the afterlife of a number of well-known Victorians, and others not so well known, in the belief that they may help us today.
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Bigger and Wilder: Life, loss and learning to be a pilgrim
Paperback £14.99
An excursion into the ancient spiritual practice of pilgrimage from the perspective of loss and bereavement. Jill Baker encourages others to step into the pilgrim spirit and discover more about the big, wild God who constantly calls us to follow.
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Anglo-Catholic Church Planting: Can it work?
Paperback £16.99
A comparison of contemporary church planting in the Anglo-Catholic tradition with how Victorian Anglo-Catholics started new churches.
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Star of the Sea: The Cresswell Chronicles
Paperback £14.99
A gripping family saga set in Northumberland, Whitby and London in the years 1745–90. The novel brings to life the early industrial history of North East England in the Age of Sail.
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First Flight Feathers: The Best of Worship Live
Paperback £16.99
A vibrant collection showcasing the of the best of “Worship Live” and the writers and musicians whose work was first published in it.
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Gospel of the Trinity: Exploring the Gospel of John
Paperback £12.99
A short accessible guide to the Gospel of John for individuals and groups. This last in a series of four books identifies the fourth Gospel as the Gospel of the Trinity and helps readers explore the unique characteristics of St John.
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Love Answering Love: Praying through the Bible
Paperback £12.99
A helpful summary of the Bible's teaching on how we should pray, exploring the practice of prayer with freshness and originality, and shedding new light on both familiar and less-well-known biblical texts.
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A Way of Putting It: Sermons of Peter Atkinson
Paperback £14.99
This collection of sermons by Peter Atkinson, the dean of Worcester, honours the highly distinguished ministry of this renowned preacher on the occasion of his retirement.
