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Book Collection List |
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Item No |
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Author |
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Category |
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Essential Jesus |
Whitney T Kuniholm |
Jul-18 |
Bible Study |
100 Bible readings relating to Jesus, with commentary. |
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Essential 100 |
Whitney T Kuniholm |
Jul-18 |
Bible Study |
Through the Bible in 100 readings with commentary. |
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Making Good Sense of the Bible Together |
Bible Society |
Jul-18 |
The Bible |
A short guide on how to interpret and understand the Bible |
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How to be a Bad Christian |
Dave Tomlinson |
Jul-18 |
Christianity |
A guide to Christianity for those who struggle with traditional religion. |
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Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road? |
Brian D. Mclaren |
Jul-18 |
Comparative religion |
Looking at other faiths and how Christianity can interact positively with them. |
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The Great Partnership |
Jonathan Sacks |
Jul-18 |
Religion and Science |
An excellent look at why science and religion aren’t in conflict but both add to our understanding of the world. |
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The Shack |
Wm. Paul Young |
Jul-18 |
Novel |
A novel about a man’s encounter with God (in a shack) following his daughter’s abduction and murder. |
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The Dawkins Delusion |
Alistair and Joanna McGrath |
Jul-18 |
Religion and Science |
Explaining why aetheist Richard Dawkins’ ‘The God Delusion’ really isn’t persuasive at all. |
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The Bible for Grown-ups |
Simon Loveday |
Jul-18 |
The Bible |
A really useful guide to the background of the Bible. |
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10 |
Unapologetic |
Francis Spufford |
Jul-18 |
Christianity |
One person’s view on why Christianity makes sense. WARNING – contains swearing (don’t let it put you off) |
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The Meaning of Jesus |
Marcus Borg and N. T. Wright |
Jul-18 |
Christianity |
2 Christian theologians with contrasting views on Jesus take it in turns to explore aspects of who Jesus was. |
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A Generous Orthodoxy |
Brian D. Mclaren |
Jul-18 |
Christianity |
Looking at what the various Christian traditions can bring to an understanding of how Christians should live. |
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How to Pray |
John Pritchard |
Aug-18 |
Prayer |
A guide to different approaches to praying |
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14 |
Being Christian |
Rowan Williams |
Aug-18 |
Christianity |
A brief guide to 4 elements of the Christian faith: Baptism; Bible, Eucharist (Communion) and Prayer |
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The Lord’s Prayer |
R.T. Kendall |
Aug-18 |
Prayer |
A guide to a better understanding of the Lord’s Prayer |
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The Heart of Christianity |
Marcus J. Borg |
Aug-18 |
Christianity |
How to rediscover a life of faith in a modern world by one of my favourite authors. |
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Surprised by Joy |
C. S. Lewis |
Sep-18 |
Autobiography |
The story of how atheist Lewis came to faith. He was to become one of our finest Christian writers. |
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Dethroning Mammon |
Justin Welby |
Sep-18 |
Christianity in Society |
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s Lent 2017 book looking at Christian attitudes towards money (Mammon). |
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19 |
A Nearly Infallible History of Christianity |
Nick Page |
Sep-18 |
Christian History /Humour |
An amusing but very thought provoking history of Christianity |
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20 |
Convictions |
Marcus J. Borg |
Sep-18 |
Christianity |
Borg explains his progressive Christian beliefs, and how what we know about Jesus ‘trumps’ the Bible. |
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Factfulness |
Hans Rosling |
Oct-18 |
The world |
A fascinating look at how bad we are at understanding what the world is like – it’s better than we think. |
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The One Hour Bible |
Ed. Philip Law |
Nov-18 |
The Bible |
If you haven’t got time to read the whole Bible – this distils some of the most important bits into a 1-hour read |
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The Badly Behaved Bible |
Nick Page |
Oct-19 |
The Bible |
A great book exploring how we should read and understand the Bible. Highly recommended. |
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To Live Again |
Sheila Jacobs |
Dec-19 |
Advent Study |
An Advent Study guide based on the film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ |
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