Christian Life

Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh is known to thousands as one of the most exciting writers on prayer. Creative Prayer is both a penetrating analysis...

If society and churches are in crisis, it may be because we are losing our ability to keep our promises. Scott Hahn restores the connection between...

This thought-provoking collection of reflections celebrates the glory of God as revealed in the natural universe, in our creative work within that ...

Michael Ford meets gay and lesbian Christians from the UK, US and Africa to explore the essence of being gay and spiritual in the 21st century. Acr...

Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy has charmed children and adults alike. The trilogy has been adapted for a hugely successful National Th...

Lent is traditionally a time when Christians take on a particular discipline of reading and prayer. But those who have responsibility for leadershi...

This groundbreaking book exposes as a myth the assumption that the global Anglican Church is split between liberals in the ‘north’ and traditionali...

Presences Felt examines the realities of power and resistance in history, politics, biography and culture. Focusing particularly on revolutionary t...

Reflection and commentary on the author's work as a community theologian in London's East End between 2000 and 2004. The story of one of the UK’s m...

Hercules, Jesus, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Gandalf, Frodo, Harry Potter, Buffy Summers, Spiderman, Batman, Captain Kirk, Dr Who, Darth Vader, Sau...

What do the Bible and other Great Books of literature have in common, and what makes the Bible different? Nicholas Boyle seeks to answer this quest...

Francis Bridger explores his journey in the fourteen months after his wife’s very sudden death. A thought-provoking theological reassessment of the...

Reveals the relevance of six poets to the current quest for an authentic spirituality and will excite the reader to rediscover and enjoy their work...

As a society we are not very good at listening – and yet we all need to be heard. This fact has been at the heart of Bill Kirkpatrick’s ministry fo...

A best-selling Christian writer and leading charismatic theologian presents a strikingly fresh model of prayer based on the Old Testament model of ...

These sermons were preached for people who find God's Goodness problematic. They speak to those who have tasted and seen the presence of God, yet w...

The model of the nuclear family unit, once the idealised norm, is now only one of many different forms of family, and changing patterns of relation...

A lively resource book of original sketches and studies suitable for group work. The exercises presented introduce problematic or challenging aspec...

These reflections on Jesus’ final words from the cross open our ears to the language of the Bible while opening our hearts to a truer vision of God...

In folk history and religion, from the Shakers to Zen, simplicity has generally been considered a good thing. Our own motivation may be to leave a ...

The Bible, the Church and Homosexuality is intended to reach those who believe that the issues in human sexuality involve a straight choice between...

Why did Jesus die? What does it mean to say that ‘he suffered for our sins’? Many believers have seriously misconstrued the central beliefs and nar...

This lively and interactive workbook will help practitioners to reflect upon and improve their use of the Bible in Christian ministry. In a compreh...

The heart of the gospel message is one of inclusive acceptance of all human beings as made in God’s image, and yet the experience of people of colo...

This fascinating collection sees the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, discussing some of the major moral issues that confront the world...

A survey of 'spiritualities of the Spirit' embracing both the Pentecostal tradition and the charismatic movement in the major western churches. The...

However clever and powerful the words, however full of scriptural exposition the preacher, however huge the congregation - good preachers can only ...

Simplistic and intellectually dishonest introductions to Christianity are no longer credible. Here, one of the leading figures in the church distil...

What does it mean to say that God is Love? For many, the concept of unconditional love is troublesome, especially in the face of suffering, doubt, ...

Arising out of a game of 'hide and seek' played with two young children, Cardinal Basil Hume made each hiding place a setting for a discovery of so...

The desire to praise and celebrate is universal. Although the movement of praise runs through all the great issues of life, knowledge, and theology...

One of the greatest flowerings of Christian mysticism took place in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages. God Within identifies the North Europea...

There is a story growing inside you – a story as big as the universe, and as mind-blowing and as beautiful. And you are growing inside that story. ...

What has happened to Europe? How has it become, in Bob Geldof’s words, 'a Milton Keynes continent of Pooterish ambition' in which blind smugness al...

Despite the decline of institutional religion, a remarkable new phenomenon is emerging. Survey figures show that interest in spirituality, often ex...

From Eve’s apple to female saints nourished by the Eucharist alone, to the recent phenomenon of evangelical ‘Slim For Him’ programmes that encourag...

Few areas of life remain unaffected by the death of a partner. While we can share some aspects of our pain with others, and thus receive the help a...

There is a growing interest in the gnostic and other non-canonical Christian writings from the first centuries of the Church, and increased curiosi...

In this lyrical and revelatory book, Wendy Wright shows how we are each profoundly formed (in the religious sense of the word) in the rough and tum...

The preaching of the cross of Jesus stands at the very heart of Christian practice: a Christianity without Christ and the cross makes no historical...

‘What inspires this reflection is a sense of bafflement. Why has the age-old teaching of the Catholic Church that serious sinners who die unrepenta...

This new edition of Wounded Prophet, commemorating the tenth anniversary of the death of Henri J M Nouwen, remains essential reading for all those ...

A new rendering of classic Christian beliefs for the 21st Century. John Drane’s acclaimed The McDonaldization of the Church identified the catastro...

This book offers suggestions for real things that we can do to help bring the vision of a world without poverty a step closer. Imagine living on th...

Frances Young explores the ways in which the earliest theologians and preachers read the Bible, and seeks to recover a sense of the importance of t...

Alternative religions, spiritualities and therapies have flooded the market place. In a multi-cultural, tolerant and permissive environment, it is ...

Celebrating Community traces the history of Lee Abbey, a community founded in Devon in 1946. Now a nationwide movement, the community’s mission and...

The extraordinary vision and panache of Scott Hahn’s books have made Catholic theology thrilling and accessible for millions of readers inside and ...