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Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
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Pre-order now! The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective: Ecclesiology, Liturgy and Practice
Paperback £19.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-035-7A discussion of the historical development of the order of deacons, its theological basis in the Western and Eastern Churches, and the relevance and significance of the diaconate for the Church in the twenty-first century.
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Gospel of Fulfilment: Exploring the Gospel of Matthew
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-044-9A short, handy guide to the Gospel of Matthew for all who want to explore the first book of the New Testament in group study or on their own.
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Searching for a Silent God
Paperback £8.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-038-8A thoughtful and engaging companion for all who experience times of spiritual crisis. Sarah Parkinson describes her experience of a time when God, on whose presence she had always relied, suddenly seemed to be absent from her life.
History
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Captain Gray's Houses: A History of Sion Row, Twickenham
Hardback (full colour) £80.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-000-5The fascinating story of the eighteenth-century houses of Sion Row, Twickenham. In telling the story of these houses and their occupants, a remarkable social history is revealed.
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Suffering and Glory: The Church from the Apostles to Constantine
Paperback/Hardback
£19.99£14.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-89-9The story of the growth of the early Christian community. A rapid, detailed and accurate narrative, full of picturesque scenes drawn directly from contemporary witnesses to the rise of Christianity in the Roman world.
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The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage
Hardback
£34.99£29.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-910519-51-6A “humdinging page-turner of a book” (The Spectator) that will “give great pleasure” (Country Life). The Old Rectory examines the history of the English parsonage through the centuries, and their many and varied styles of architecture. Explore the lives of famous inhabitants and discover the scandals of neglect.
Fiction & Poetry
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Searching for a Silent God
Paperback £8.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-038-8A thoughtful and engaging companion for all who experience times of spiritual crisis. Sarah Parkinson describes her experience of a time when God, on whose presence she had always relied, suddenly seemed to be absent from her life.
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Cuthbert of Farne: A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-009-8The first historical novel about Cuthbert, much-loved saint of the North, a one-time warrior whose destiny it was to reconcile the warring parties in the early English Church.
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Love in Thin Places: Confessions of a Cathedral Chaplain
Paperback £7.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-014-2A beautiful collection of poems inspired by Durham Cathedral and its saints, visitors and pilgrims.
Eighty Years Ago: The Summer of ’39
GUEST BLOG: Eighty years ago, in the summer of 1939, Britain stood on the verge of war for the second time in a quarter of a century. The IRA were working with the Nazis to spread chaos. Novelist David Lowther explains how this sets the scene for The Summer of ’39. The best efforts of Pri…
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Theonomics: Putting the Horse Back in Front of the Cart
GUEST BLOG: Peter Sills examines how Christianity can help us all to reconnect economics with virtue and integrity in the modern world. Wherever you look, economics dominates our lives. The Brexit debate is largely conducted in economic terms; the way we structure health and social services and…
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July #BookOfTheMonth: Theonomics
Our July #BookOfTheMonth is Theonomics, offering “powerful and persuasive insights into the possibilities for our collective economic well-being.” At a time when economics, banking and commerce are never out of the headlines, Theonomics asks if theology is capable of infor…
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