Books

Drawing on the riches of Persian culture and her own dramatic experience of loss of a homeland, Guli Francis-Dehqani offers memorable and perceptive reflections on Jesus' seven final sayings from the cross, opening up for Western readers fresh and...

A leading poet and theologian reflect on the ancient story of Ruth that resonates deeply in today's world with its themes of migration, the stranger, mixed cultures and religions, law and leadership, women in public life, kindness, generosity and...

This handbook is for ministers and lay leaders who are faced with leading an individual or a church community through a traumatic event and its aftermath. It helps churches to respond in a healthy way to the impact of tragedies, local and global,...

Lucy Winkett explores the lived reality of faith through a series of around fifty reflections on scripture narratives that span the Christian year. Reflecting a 'head, heart and feet' approach to understanding scripture, this collection will delight...

Jay Hulme is an award-winning transgender poet, performer, educator and speaker. In this new poetry collection, Jay details his journey through faith and baptism during an unprecedented world-wide pandemic. Jay’s poetry explores belief in the...

In this bold and provocative invitation, Martyn Percy imagines what the post-pandemic Church might look like and sets out what it needs to learn. It argues that the Church needs to stop obsessing about itself - its size, its strategies to shore up...

Was the stripping and exposure of Jesus a form of sexual abuse? If so, why does such a reading of Jesus' suffering matter?