Church Leadership & Governance
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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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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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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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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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Politics & Mission: Rediscovering the Political Power of What Christians Do
Paperback £12.99
The Church is political because it tells a radically different story from the dominant political norms of our day. Through a study of the Church’s liturgy, this book seeks to build confidence in the Church’s mission that is not dull or out of touch but fresh, relevant, exciting, and contemporary.
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The End of the Church?: Conversations with the Work of David Jasper
Hardback £30.00
These 14 essays by scholars who have worked with David Jasper in both church and academy develop original discussions of themes emerging from his writings on literature, theology and hermeneutics. The arts, institutions, literature and liturgy are among the subject areas they cover.
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The Roman Catholic Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle
Paperback £16.99
A chronological survey of the Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle from 1850 to the present day.
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Posting the Word: Chris Harris and the Story of Life Light Home Study Courses
Paperback £16.99
Posting 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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Imagining the Church: Keeping Faith in a Fragmented World
Paperback £12.99
Exploring 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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Fuzzy Church: Gospel and Culture in the North of England
Paperback £16.99
Rooms 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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Busking the Gospel: Ordained Ministry in Secular Employment
Paperback £16.99
An 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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Priests in Secular Work: Participating in the “Missio Dei”
Paperback £16.99
A 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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Inspiring Service: Catholic, Anglican, Methodist and Latter-day Saint Traditions in Dialogue
Paperback £16.99
A celebration of the conversation and friendship between members of various Christian traditions (Roman Catholic, Methodist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Anglican) and a substantial contribution to a theological understanding of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in dialogue with other Christian churches.
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Resounding Body: Building Christlike Church Communities through Music
Paperback £12.99
Combining recent theological reflection with practical advice, Andy Thomas describes how, according to St Paul, individuals and communities are transformed into the body of Christ, and how music-making enables this process.
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A New Lease of Life?: Anglican Clergy Reflect on Retirement
Paperback £19.99
What does retirement mean for Church of England clergy? Fourteen retired clergy reflect on their experiences in retirement and discuss the challenges and opportunities of this new stage of life.
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Dear Nicholas...: A Father's Letter to His Newly Ordained Son
Paperback £9.99
A letter from a bishop to his newly-ordained son, revised for today's audience and with an epilogue by the original recipient (who is now Dean of Chelmsford) reflecting on ministry today.
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Queen Victoria’s Archbishops of Canterbury
Paperback £19.99
Six pen portraits of the Archbishops of Canterbury during Queen Victoria's reign show how the Church of England and the Anglican Communion became what they are today.
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The Diaconate in Ecumenical Perspective: Ecclesiology, Liturgy and Practice
Paperback £19.99
A 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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The Meeting that Changed the World: The Council of Jerusalem AD 49
Paperback £19.99
The Council of Jerusalem, which committed Christianity to offering to gospel to all of humanity, was the most important moment in the history of the Church. Michael Knowles argues that the Church needs to rediscover the Council and its message for the sake of its own credibility today.
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The Beginning of Tomorrow: Call to the North – Churches Working Together in Mission
Paperback £16.99
A unique account of a little-known yet momentous effort to join forces in proclaiming the gospel in a society shaped by increasing decline in church attendance and major social challenges.
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Leading a Church to Maturity in Love: A Theological and Practical Guide to Church Leadership
Paperback £14.99
Church leaders frequently encounter tensions and conflict, especially when facing change. Building on extensive experience of leading churches at times of change, David Robert Tomlinson shows how through critical theological reflection and modelling good practice church leaders can facilitate church life that is grounded and transformed by the love of God.
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The Old Rectory: The Story of the English Parsonage
Hardback £45.00
A “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.
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Mission From Below: Growing a Kingdom Community
Paperback £16.99
A radical and controversial challenge to the top-down leadership models that are so widespread in the church, instead making the case for a new model of people-driven servant leadership, guided by the Holy Spirit towards kingdom growth rather than church growth.
