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Latest & Forthcoming Releases
Theology & Religion
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Pre-order now! Honest Sadness: Lament in a Pandemic Age
Paperback £12.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-161-3A book examining lament as a means of articulating faithful incomprehension, and as a resource for what have been called communities of honest sadness.
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Praying for the Earth: Remembering the Environment in our Prayers of Intercession
Paperback £8.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-135-4A resource for congregations and for individual Christians who believe that environmental concerns should be an integral part of the public and private prayers of all Christian people.
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Christian and Sikh: A Practical Theology of Multiple Religious Participation
Paperback £19.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-145-3A major contribution to the fields of interfaith practice and practical theology, in which John Barnett explores the challenges of faith practice as a Christian and as a Sikh.
History
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Sink or Swim: Catholicism in Sixties Britain through John Ryan's Cartoons
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-138-5Cartoons by John Ryan, better known as the creator of Captain Pugwash, provide a personal portrait of the extraordinary ups and downs of religion in the Sixties—encompassing the machinations of popes and cardinals, the testimony of expert witnesses, runaway priests, radical reformists and lay protest movements.
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Saints and Holy Places of Yorkshire: A Pilgrims' Guide to God's Own County
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-103-3A unique guide for visitors to the many pilgrimage sites in Yorkshire and the holy people who have been associated with these places.
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Artistic Duplicity: The Fiction and Poetry of Juliana Horatia Ewing
Hardback
£40.00£35.00
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-063-0A new appraisal of the life and work of Juliana Horatia Ewing (1841-1885) as a writer of fiction and poetry for both children and adults.
Fiction & Poetry
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Not of This Worldview: Poetry for the Kingdom Among Us
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-158-3In poems that range from loose informality to tight structure, and from the humorous to the sombre, Richard Briggs seeks to let poetry open our eyes and ears to the strange and elusive work of God among us.
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A New Heaven and a New Earth: St Cuthbert and the Conquest of the North
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-125-5Caught between the Northumbrian rebels and their brutal new Norman masters, the Community of St Cuthbert at Durham is struggling to survive. The final novel in the Cuthbert trilogy, set at the time of the Harrying of the North, tells the story of the survival of the shrine and the foundation of Durham Cathedral.
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Place of Repose: St Cuthbert’s Last Journey
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: ISBN: 978-1-78959-078-4A tale of violence and intrigue, revenge and reconciliation – and of true love lost and found. Set in the ninth century at the time of the Viking invasions, Place of Repose follows the flight of St Cuthbert's monks from Lindisfarne and their turbulent journey in search of a new home for the saint.
Hanging Pictures on the Wall
GUEST BLOG: A good poem is like a picture on a wall, says Richard Briggs. Now I love art galleries. But I have never been good at hanging pictures around the house. I am not speaking of my practical difficulties with that most complex of tools—a hammer—or the intricacies of banging …
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March #BookOfTheMonth: The Geese Flew Over My Heart
Poems for prayer and reflection: our March #BookOfTheMonth is Lyn McCrave’s deeply personal and at times haunting collection, The Geese Flew Over My Heart. This beautiful collection reflects the search for God in the pain and vulnerability of life, in human relationships, in nat…
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Book Launch: Christian and Sikh
The Sikh Christian Forum invites you to the (virtual) book launch for Christian and Sikh: A Practical Theology of Multiple Religious Participation by John Barnett. Thursday 4 March 2021 at 7pm (please arrive a few minutes early) Watch Now on YouTube Note: The discount code mentioned …
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