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Offering thought-provoking approaches to the contraversial issue of homosexuality and faith, the author presents an account of Christianity that is rooted in the Catholic tradition.

Bridging the gap between romanticised and simplistic apporaches to Celtic spirituality and the discoveries of modern hostorians this book will appeal to general readers and students alike.

Provides analyses of religion and violence, reconciliation and forgiveness and gay/straight issues by one of the most original voices in Catholic theology.

In this volume of the TRADITIONS OF CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY series, the author examines the roots of the Franciscan order and then explores persistent themes such as incarnation, suffering, poverty, peace and creation. Through his insights we see the relevance of their spirituality for our lives today.

A book helping those unused to study to develop the tools for studying theology.

One of the most important books on the Old Testament of recent years. The general reader will find it enlightening and inforativeto the highest degree.

This book, the second of a major two-volume work, exposes the processes by which silence can transfigure our lives-what Maggie Ross calls `the work of silence'; it describes how lives steeped in silence can transfigure other lives unawares.

Walk to Jerusalem describes the outer journey, mostly on foot, and the inner journey of his mind and heart as he ponders the question, 'What can we little people do?'. His answer is, 'Infinitely more than we think'. Gerard Hughes' reflections on the nature of justice and the implications of belief in Christ's peace are thought-provoking. This is a challenging book which examines the nature of our spirituality today and takes us to the heart of Christian faith.

Former Green party leader, Natalie Bennett argues that immigration enriches communities everywhere (especially in the UK post-Brexit) and leads to societies where tolerance, mutual collaboration and prosperity (both intellectual, cultural and economic) results.

Leaving Faith Behind gives voice to women and men who were born into Muslim families and communities, but who have made the decision to leave Islam or to dissent against some of the most significant aspects of Islamic doctrine. Aliyah, who realised as a young woman that she did not have to live by rigid rules and concepts that suffocated her true self. Hassan, who became a practising Muslim in his teens, but for whom doubts led him to leave the faith in his fifties. Jimmy, banished from his home and family when he was discovered to be gay. Marwa, who keeps secret from her community the fact that she can no longer practise a religion that she believes degrades and denies basic rights to women. Aisha, for whom the journey from belief to disbelief was a gradual process involving personal challenge and confrontations with friends and family.As increasing numbers of people in Western society choose to turn away from organised religion, this book allows the stories of some of them to be heard: the reasons for their decisions to leave, the challenges of leaving, and the effects on their lives and relationships. It also captures portraits of life and culture within Muslim communities in our fast-changing world, and how they are reacting and responding to migration, secularisation, more inclusive attitudes to gender and sexuality, and other trends of modern society.

Marking the 25th anniversary of Ian Bradley's classic The Celtic Way - the scholarly and accessible popular introduction to Celtic Christianity - Following the Celtic Way is a completely new book that updates and replaces the original.

The creator of The Happiness Course explores what it means to be happy, why being happy is so important to us, and what it may require from us to attain happiness.

Drawing on the experiences and lessons of over forty years working in reconciliation, in Northern Ireland, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East, Peter B. Price explores what it means to respond to the biblical call to 'seek peace ... and pursue it' (Psalm 34:14).

Based on the caterpillar-chrysalis-butterfly metaphor of Hidden Wings, this book offers spiritual insights and wisdom from the likes of Teilhard de Chardin to help us explore what it means to be an agent of spiritual change in our own life and that of the world around us.

A wide range of UK and US LGBT+ Christians share their stories, perspectives, and experiences as they have worked hard to reconcile their faith and sexuality.

In this classic book of orthodox spirituality, Metropolitan Anthony calls for a worshipful attitude towards God, people and life. He sums up the Christian lifein terms of worship, joy, and the challenge to grow into full stature. He also explores doubt, holiness, prayer, and man's relationship to God. He stresses that man becomes truly human only when he is united with God, infinitely, deeply, inseparably.

John Henry Newman was one of the most fasinating and important figures of the nineteenth century. Charming, sensitive and difficult, he showed his intellectual greatness especially in his response to religious doubt. His life was one of passionate frienships and enmities. This book was acclaimed as the most scholarly and accessible introduction to Newman's life and thought when first published in 1990.

The late Cardinal Basil Hume described this book as a collection of 'starting points for prayer and meditation'. It includes a moving meditation on the Our Father that Cardinal Hume shared with his friend John Crowley a few days before his death. John Crowley writes in the foreword, 'This poignant context gives an especially luminous quality to this particular meditation, but everything in this book is likely to provide a trigger for prayer.'.

This book examines the extraordinary flowering of the English spirituality in the fourteenth and early fifiteen centuries, and shows its continuing power to nourish contempory life and prayer.Though each the writers discussed in this book each has a unique voice they share a common experience of living in an age of fear, violence and disintegration, and their work has a strange resonance for us.

This book explores the idea of Anglican idenity through a study of major figures from Richard Hooker to Michael Ramsey, foucusing on their contribution to contemporary thinking about Christian spirituality, worship, mission. Theology and ministry.

Jeff Astley helps readers reflect on critical issues in personal and social morality using the resources of Christian tradition and their own insights and reasoning. Moral issies dicussed include abortion and euthanasia, war and punishment, work and health, sex and society.

The author presents an introduction to the Catholic way of life including content on holiness and discipleship, love and marriage, and peace and justice.

Mission after Christendom discovers 'new frontiers' for witness in a globalised world. It eloquently describes and analysis the crisis in mission and proposes a new way forward in the light of a series of brilliant and surprising studies of relevant biblical narratives.

Liam Kelly takes each of the seven sacraments in turn - Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Matrimony, Holy Orders and the Sacrament of the Sick - and explores their fascinating history, how each one came about and how they have developed within the life of the Church. In each chapter he poses a series of questions to help us' revisit' our own experiences, and explore the richness which lies within the celebration of each sacrament.

A worship resource for parish groups who wish to place compassion for poor communities at the heart of their workship, life and mission.

Exploring the relationship between prayer and worship, and looking at well-known prayers.