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Pre-order now! Posting the Word: Chris Harris and the Story of Life Light Home Study Courses
Paperback £16.99 Special pre-order price!
ISBN: 978-1-78959-204-7Posting the Word recounts the origins of Life Light Home Study Courses – a distance learning organization for biblical and theological study for Catholic lay people.
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Birthpangs and Blessings: A Commentary on the Book of Genesis
Paperback £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-194-1Birthpangs and Blessings is an invitation to listen in on, and perhaps join in, the voyage of mutual discovery between God and humanity which is the central thread of the book of Genesis.
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A Life-Long Springtime: The Life and Teaching of Fr George Congreve SSJE
Hardback £24.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-198-9A biography of George Congreve showing his contribution to SSJE and the Church of England by describing his teaching and quoting much of his unpublished or out-of-print writing.
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Tuscany's Noble Treasures: Conceptualizing Female Religious Life in Medieval Italy
Paperback £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-201-6A comprehensive study of female religious life in medieval Tuscany and the development of new categories of religious women
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Wicked Weather for Walking: A Passiontide Progress
Paperback £7.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-191-0A short guide through Holy Week, linking the story of Jesus' way to the cross with themes of pilgrimage and Christian discipleship in the twenty-first century
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Literature and Devotion in Later Medieval England: A selection of manuscripts from Durham University Library
Paperback £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-185-9Embracing poetic and prose writings on philosophy, contemplation and bibliophily, key service books for the clergy, and devotional texts for the laity, this book explores the interrelated themes of literature and devotion in England from the Black Death to the Reformation as seen through the lens of twenty-six precious manuscripts in Durham University Library.
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Prayers for Living: 500 Prayers for Public and Private Worship
Paperback £19.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-188-0Prayers for Living offers 500 new accessible, contemporary and wide-ranging intercessory prayers suitable for public worship or private devotion.
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Gospel of the Kingdom: Exploring the Gospel of Mark
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-179-8A short accessible guide to the Gospel of Mark for individuals and groups
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Imagining the Church: Keeping Faith in a Fragmented World
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-182-8Exploring the ways in which the church is imagined in contemporary society, drawing threads of history, present and future together through poetry, art, literature and theology.
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Joy and Felicity
Paperback
£12.99£9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-176-7What happens when everything you thought you knew about your family turns out to be a lie? As two sisters meet at their dying mother’s bedside, they discover a bond between them that runs far deeper than they imagined. Will the truth about secrets buried in their past finally set them free?
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The Spring of Hope: Sermons for the Seasons of Faith
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-173-6Sermons for many occasions throughout the Christian year which can be a source of comfort and strength for those alone on their Christian journey or inspiration for preachers.
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In Awesome Wonder: Bridging Faith and Science
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-148-4For many Christians there is still a gap between science and their faith. Exploring topics like cosmology, evolution and climate change, In Awesome Wonder shows how science and faith can mutually enrich each other and can be incorporated, confidently and healthily, into an orthodox Christian worldview.
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Using Vintage Hymns in Worship: Hidden Treasures Rediscovered for Today’s Church
Paperback £9.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-164-4Can hymn-singing continue as a flourishing tradition with old and new coexisting comfortably alongside each other? Gillian Warson invites us to see that vintage hymn texts should be lovingly preserved so that they can be enjoyed for generations to come.
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Made in the Image of God: Being Human in the Christian Tradition
Paperback £24.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-170-5A collection of essays on what it means to be human and made in the image of God from a wide range of theological and philosophical perspectives.
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Fuzzy Church: Gospel and Culture in the North of England
Paperback £16.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-167-5Rooms and Wort analyse what the North actually is, and why we need to study our context if we want to understand more about God and God’s ways.
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And Did Those Feet: The Story and Character of the English Church AD 200-2020
Hardback
£40.00£25.00
ISBN: 978-1-78959-152-1Patrick Whitworth charts both the contribution and shortcomings of the English Church. An extraordinary story well told, this will remain the standard work on the Church in England for many years to come.
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Busking the Gospel: Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment
Paperback £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-155-2An in-depth theological reflection on Ministry in Secular Employment, offering practical help to enable such clergy (and the Church generally) to grow in the awareness of the creative scope and potential of this ministry.
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Honest Sadness: Lament in a Pandemic Age
Paperback £12.99
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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Not of This Worldview: Poetry for the Kingdom Among Us
Paperback £9.99
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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Praying for the Earth: Remembering the Environment in our Prayers of Intercession
Paperback £8.99
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: 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.
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Priests in Secular Work: Participating in the “Missio Dei”
Paperback £14.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-142-2A substantial theological exploration of priesthood in secular work and its significance for the future of the Church in the twenty-first century, in which Jenny Gage argues that priests in secular work (PSW) have a specific vocation, which is not to be subsumed under any church-based model of ordained ministry.
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Pilgrims: Pathways of Christian Life
Paperback £12.99
ISBN: 978-1-78959-132-3What is pilgrimage? What does it mean to Christians who undertake pilgrimage? Each chapter of this book focuses on a popular place of pilgrimage within Britain and Ireland, offering historical background and exploring why each has become such a powerful magnet for pilgrims over the ages.
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Sink or Swim: Catholicism in Sixties Britain through John Ryan's Cartoons
Paperback £12.99
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.
