Christian Life

A Fallible Church is a welcome reminder that moments of great crisis are often the most creative, however difficult they might be to live through. ...

‘If you know what it’s like to be unable to stop drinking, taking drugs, eating, working, shopping or obsessing over a relationship, the idea of ad...

In this collection of talks and interviews, previously unpublished in book form, Metropolitan Anthony discusses the nature of ‘Church’ and what we ...

Pope Benedict XVI is soon to beatify John Henry Newman, one of the leaders of the Oxford Movement in the Anglican church who was received into the ...

There are times in our lives when the spiritual journey seems clear and openings and insights light the way. More usually the path to God can feel ...

Bestselling author Scott Hahn explains the 'how and why' of the Catholic faith, drawing from Scripture, his own struggles and those of other conver...

'Morning glory, starlit sky, soaring music, scholar's truth, Flight of swallows, autumn leaves, memory's treasure, grace of youth. Open are the gif...

For Christians there is nothing more important than understanding the significance of the life and teaching of Jesus. It is when people gain an ins...

In The Selfless Way of Christ, Henri Nouwen explores selflessness, vocation, and how downward mobility is a key to the spiritual path. Downward mob...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

‘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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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. ...

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

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

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...

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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