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Book Review – Holy Ground
This is the kind of book that Wild Goose Publications do well. Here there are liturgical snippets for a wide range of occasions. Not everything in a book like this will be suitable for all churches at all times but that is not the point. All kinds of global concerns are represented here which are…
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Book Review – Disclosures: Conversations Gay and Spiritual
The issue of homosexuality continues to polarise the churches, but what are gay people themselves actually saying? Michael Ford meets gay and lesbian Christians from the US, US and Africa and documents their own voices and their own views on current events. This is an engaging and readable book which explores the dynamics of being…
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Book Review – Lectionary Reflections Year B
Like a number of improving books (Bridget Jones and Tales of the City come to mind), this book began as a newspaper column. Jane Williams’ thoughtful reflections on the lectionary readings first appeared in the Church Times in the ‘Sunday Readings’ slot which is surely designed to prompt desperate preachers who have not made their…
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Book Review – A Fitting End
All Souls’ Day at the start of November may make a lot of people think about funerals that they have known in their own families. It seems not to be uncommon for people to experience funerals which do not fully satisfy those who attend them. This book is an attempt to make something better out…
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Book Review – Means of Grace, Hope of Glory
What do Anglicans think? At a time when it is becoming increasingly uncertain who Anglicans actually are, Raymond Chapman’s compendium is a helpful contribution. He takes a dozen big themes (Holy Orders, Authority, Holy Communion, Preaching etc) and then offers snippets of Anglican thought through the ages on each topic. Over a hundred voices can…
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Book Review – Creating Uncommon Worship
This book by liturgist Richard Giles does for the texts of the church what his previous book (Re-pitching the Tent) did for Liturgical Space. His conviction is that the primary minister at the Eucharist is the gathered assembly and not one individual. It is written with conviction and humour. Quote: “When I was first ordained,…
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Book Review – Churches of Northern Europe
Churches of Northern Europe in Profile: A Thousand Years of Anglo-Nordic Perspective – Lars Osterlin Written from the perspective of a priest of the Church of Sweden, (the late Lars Osterlin) this book provides essential background information to the Porvoo process. The Anglican churches of the UK have come together with most of the Baltic…
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Hurrah!
Well, I was wrong about the girl with the bigot ring. She lost. However, a gay man has won his case for unlawful discrimination after he was refused a youth official’s job by a Church of England bishop.The employment tribunal said John Reaney, 42, was discriminated against “on grounds of sexual orientation” by the Hereford…
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Book Review – Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689-2000
Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689-2000 This is the definitive reference book of clergy who have served the Scottish Episcopal Church between 1689 and 2000. Includes information on each charge and each individual. Unique. Click here to order
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Book Review – God in All Things
The new book by Gerard Hughes is out now. Gerard Hughes’s popularity lies in the fact that he always writes directly for the individual struggling with issues of faith and life and gets right to the heart of spiritual needs and concerns. His best-seller God of Surprises published nearly 20 years ago has sold nearly…