Theology & Religion

Stimulating and engaging theological and religious books to suit all interests and religious backgrounds.

• All Christians Are Monks: The Monastery, the Parish and the Renewal of the Church

  by George Guiver

  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.

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• Archdeacon Grantly Walks Again: Trollope’s Clergy Then and Now

  by Michael Higgins and Graham James (foreword)

  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.

  

• The Missionary of Knowledge: Hastings Rashdall’s Life and Thoughts

  by Christopher Cunliffe

  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.

  

• What Christ? Whose Christ?: New Options for Old Theories

  by Alan Race and Jonathan Clatworthy (editors), John Saxbee (foreword), et al.

  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.

  

• Go . . . Make Disciples

  by John Marsh

  Paperback £14.99
  

  A book for all who want to respond to Jesus’ challenge to “Go and make disciples”.

  

• Educating in Faith: A History of the English Catholic Public School

  by Mark Cleary

  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.

  

• Good God: Suffering, faith, reason and science

  by Michael Brooks

  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.

  

• India and the End of Empire: Selected Writings of Daniel O’Connor

  by Daniel O’Connor, Ann Loades, and David Jasper (editors)

  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.

  

• Edward Vernon-Harcourt: The Last Aristocratic Archbishop of York

  by Tony Vernon-Harcourt

  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.

  

• With Bridget in the Holy Land

  by Luca Cesarini

  Paperback £16.99
  

  Discover the dramatic and eventful pilgrimage of a medieval women – St Bridge of Sweden – from Rome to Jerusalem in 1371-73.

  

• Hidden in Plain Sight: Unearthing and Earthing the Psalms

  by John Holdsworth

  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.

  

• Mamerto Gueritz: A Country Catholic 1823–1912

  by David Gunn-Johnson

  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.

  

• Wisdom Calls: Transformative Ways for Insightful Living

  by Helen Warwick

  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.

  

• Meeting the Global Crisis: Kingdom community, diaconal church and a diaconal world

  by David Clark

  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.

  

• The Roman Catholic Bishops of Lancaster: Celebrating the Centenary 1924–2024

  by Paul Severn

  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.

  

• Bigger and Wilder: Life, loss and learning to be a pilgrim

  by Jill Baker ★★★★★

  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.

  

• Breathers of an Ampler Day: Victorian Views of Heaven

  by Ian Bradley ★★★★★

  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.

  

• Anglo-Catholic Church Planting: Can it work?

  by John Wallace

  Paperback £16.99
  

  A comparison of contemporary church planting in the Anglo-Catholic tradition with how Victorian Anglo-Catholics started new churches.

  

• Gospel of the Trinity: Exploring the Gospel of John

  by Patrick Whitworth

  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.

  

• Love Answering Love: Praying through the Bible

  by Neil Richardson

  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.

  

• All Things Come into Being Through Him: A Christology of Creation

  by David O. Brown

  Paperback £30.00
  

  David O. Brown demonstrates how it is possible to embrace deism, without that leading to those problems deism presents to the Christian, namely, the denial of providence, and rejection of the incarnation.

  

• A Way of Putting It: Sermons of Peter Atkinson

  by Peter Atkinson and Michael Brierley (editor)

  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.

  

• Defining God: Athanasius, Nicaea and the Trinitarian Controversy of the Fourth Century

  by Patrick Whitworth

  Paperback £16.99
  

  A vivid account of the fourth-century dispute surrounding the divine status of Christ and the Holy Spirit. This is the story of that controversy: its protagonists, the involvement of imperial power, its theological twists and turns, and the many creeds and councils of this period.

  

• Politics & Mission: Rediscovering the Political Power of What Christians Do

  by Martin Gainsborough and David Hoyle (foreword)

  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.