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AUTUMN/WINTER SALE 2008
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Basic Buddhism
Henry Clarke Warren
This selection of fundamental Buddhist texts, translated and edited by Henry Clarke Warren, will give the reader a basic understanding of the doctrine of more than 250,000,000 believers.
214 pages 9780872432178 £9.99 sale price £2.50
Canute's Tower
Paul Edwards SJ
An absorbing history of St.Beuno's - from its orginal foundation in 1848 as a Jesuit training house, it has played a unique and leading role in the development of Catholicism in England. Today it is at the forefront of the retreat movement, a world renowned centre for Ignatian spirituality.
160 pages illustrated 9780852441510 £9.99 sale price £2.00
Caroline Chisholm
Joanna Bogle
Born in 1808 she became one of the most famous women of her generation - a social reformer who was neither wealthy nor well-connected. Through a combination of hard work, determination and skill she forced the British Government to re-examine its policies towards the former penal colony of Australia.
160 pages 9780852442050 £9.99 sale price £2.50
Celebration!
Margaret Withers and Tony Pinchin
Gives practical resources for parishes to explore eucharistic family worship, with material to stretch everyone and allow space to all, exploring music, drama, visual aids, movement and dance, linking with the development of spirituality and worship.
96 pages 9780852443484 £7.99 sale price £2.00
Challenges to a Challenging Faith
Editor: David Cole
At a time when science and technology seem to be posing ever harder questions for religion, here is a collection of original essays in which outstanding intellectuals address many individual doubts that assail modern believers.
112 pages 9780852443170 £7.99 sale price £2.00
Charles Williams: A Celebration
Brian Horne
Charles Williams, author of spiritual thrillers, theological essays and literary studies - this is the perfect introduction to his rewarding works, as well as being a useful primer for those familiar with his writings who wish to deepen their understanding of key themes.
288 pages 9780852443316 £12.99 sale price £3.50
A Church for the 21st Century
Robert Hannaford (Editor)
The Church of England today and tomorrow - an agenda for the future. A detailed and comprehensive survey of key strategic areas. 'Dr Hannaford and his colleagues have given us a rich and stimulating work that repays careful study and reflection.' The Church of England Newspaper
354 pages 9780852443002 £20.00 sale price £2.00
The Church...A Communion
James Tolhurst
A fascinating study of the many related dimensions of human love and communion in John Newman's thought; in the family, in human friendship, in priestly pastoral care and the Church and its relationship with Christ.
240 pages 9780852441183 £12.99 sale price £2.00
The Church: Learning and Teaching
Ladislas Orsy SJ
The magisterium of the pope and bishops, the assenting or dissenting response to the faithful, the role of intellectual freedom in Catholic life - these rank among today's pressing theological and pastoral concerns. The author offers a fruitful examination of these debated issues.
174 pages 9780852441404 £12.99hb sale price £2.50
Churches, Cathedrals and Chapels
John Wittich
A guide to London's most important or interesting church buildings that brings the past alive by describing incidents that have taken place within their walls. Intended for all denominations and arranged in seven walks to be followed on foot or in the mind.
140 pages 9780852441411 sale price £1.50
Communing with the Saints
Russell Hart
Many persons are leaving the institutional church today in search of something tangible, comforting, therapeutic and life-affirming entirely unaware that the Gospel offers all this and more. Christians from the days of the Apostles until now have known this assurance. The trouble is that it doesn't come easy, for it must be sought and acquired through discipline, prayer, meditation and contemplation. This book uses 18 full colour icons of saints as introductions to spiritual exercises.
168 pages 9780872432031 £12.99 sale price £2.50
The Consecrated Life
Marcello Azevedo SJ
The decline of the Western world of religious vocations raises many questions and challenges for the church. This is an inspirational account of biblical and contemporary theological insights into both the nature of religious vocations and its path to renewal.
144 pages 9780852443378 £12.99 sale price £2.50
The Country Parson
Leslie Francis (Editor)
A rich assembly of images celebrating the glories and tragedies of the country parsons' heritage - passges from Jane Austen, Alan Bennett, Barbara Flyn, Evelyn Waugh and P G Wodehouse.
240 pages 9780852441503 £6.99 sale price £2.00
The Crusader of the 20th Century: Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
Robero de Mattei
Considered by many as one of the greatest Catholic figures of our time. He traversed the century defending papacy and the Church. Robert de Mattei describes the thought and action of a man who was a member of the Constitutional Assembly of Brazil, a professor at Pontifical Catholic University of Sâo Paolo, a journalist and writer, the author of nineteen books and thousands of articles. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira fought nazi and communist totalitarianism, denounced the revolution in the tendencies embodied in various forms of Americanism and opposed the mysterious process of autodemolition of the Catholic Church.
300 pages 9780852444733 £17.99hb sale price £5.50
The Devil is a Jackass
William Ullathorne OSB
Reading more like an adventure story than an ecclesiastic autobiography - from cabin boy to Bishop of Birmingham. He volunteered for the Australian mission becoming Vicar-General at 26, playing a major role in bringing transportation to an end, he returned to England to participate in negotiations with Rome for the restoration of the English Hierarchy.
978 085244151 7 386 pages £15.99 sale price £5.00
Dr Franz Hildebrandt
Mr Valiant-for-Truth
Amos Cresswell and Mawwell Tow
Franz Hildebrandt, a remarkable preacher and an able scholar, was a leading figure in the German Confessing Church's struggle against the Nazis, and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's closest friend in the 1930s. He was ordained the day before the anti-semitic laws took effect, but as the youngest signatory of the Baumen declaration against Nazi doctrine he was a marked man. His flight from Germany was aided by the Bonhoeffer family, but after 1937 he was never to see his friend again. Hildebrandt came to England where he gathered around him many German refugees in a Lutheran congregation in Cambridge. Subsequently a Methodist minister, he was for 14 years Professor of Theology at Drew University, his speciality being the study of Luther and Wesley.
256 pages illustrated 9780852443224 £12.99 sale price £3.50 
Dominican Gallery
Aidan Nichols OP
The 'golden age' of the Dominican theologians in pre-war Britain - an illuminating account of seven major Englsih Dominican writers, with a description of the Order's life and work inEngland from 1920 to the 1950's.
448 pages 9780852443934 £30.00hb sale price £6.50
The English Parson-Naturalist
A Companionship Between Science and Religion
Patrick Armstrong
At a time when the administrative duties of the rural clergy were less onerous than today country clergy often took up specific studies - many were naturalists. There were theological reasons for this, including seeing a delight in nature as an expression of Christian piety. This is an account of these parson-naturalists - William Turner, Gilbert White, John Stevens Henslow, A Woodruff-Peacock, W Keble Martin and John Ray - the plants, butterflies, beetles and bees, rocks and fossils they studied, their views on the world and the social milieu in which they worked. They made a significant contribution to the development of British scientific natural history and played an important role in the foundations of the conservation movement and the origins of the National Trust. Some travelled overseas, as missionaries or military chaplains, returning with new scientific discoveries.
208 pages illustrated 9780852445167 £12.99 sale price £3.50
Faith and Fortune
Madeleine Beard
A fascinating account of the lives of 19th century converts to Roman Catholicism among the British aristocracy, this book paints an impression of both the actual journeys and the hidden journeys to Rome describing the intangible and mysterious promptings which led many to become Roman Catholics, some without even having set foot in the Eternal City.
242 pages 9780852443927 £9.99 sale price £2.50
Fr.Martin D'Arcy
H J Sire
The biography of one of the most distinguished English Jesuits of recent times, celebrated not only as a philosopher but as a connoisseur with wide friendships in the world of arts and literature.
224 pages 9780852444399 £17.99hb sale price £5.50
Far Above Rubies
Richard Symonds
The lives of a number of saintly women from the 19th and 20th centuries who deserve acknowledgement, including: Christine Rossetti, Caroline Chisholm, Florence Nightingale, Evelyn Underhill, Elizabeth Fry and Catherine Booth.
304 pages 9780852442449 £12.99 sale price £2.50
The Flags Changed at Midnight
Michael Longford
'A record of ten years' service in Tanganyika, it is an extraordinarily accurate and detailed account of the life of a District Officer, reflecting the honesty and complete integrity of the author. It takes its place alongside other memoirs of members of the Colonial Service as an invaluable record and source of material for historians of the closing years of the British Empire. Sir John Margetson, KCMG
488 pages illustrated 9780852445518 £25.00hb sale price £5.50
Frances, Countess Lloyd George: More than a Mistress
Ruth Longford
A biography of Frances Stephenson, by her grand-daughter, with the first unlimited accesss to her papers. Frances' influence over Lloyd Geogre was bitterly resented by many in politics and by nearly all his family. She had a massive zest for life. She lived extravagantly, but her extravagance was dedicated to the creation of comfort and beauty in her home and garden.
226 pages 9780852443248 £15.99hb sale price £5.50
From Oxford to the People
Editor: Paul Vaiss
A collection of original essays in which the writers go beyond the well worn paths to explore the less familiar aspects of the Oxford Movement.
304 pages 9780852442692 £15.99 sale price £5.50 
The Future of Anglicanism
Robert Hannaford (Editor)
A series of nine essays which offer a strong constructicve and scholarly contribution to the discussion of the future shape of Anglicanism.
158 pages 9780852443491 £12.99 sale price £2.00
God is Not 'Green'
Adrian Hough
A work which travels up new avenues of thought and explores the ways in which traditional Christian teaching can provide an adequate response to the serious ecological issues facing the planet.
978 085244307 1 200 pages £12.99 sale price £2.50
The Green Bible
Stephen Scharper and Hilary Cunningham
Seeks out the word of God for our diminished planet, bringing home the urgent task we face - to mend our household which is Creation and to inspire hope that life will continue and flourish.
112 pages 9780852442302 £5.99 sale price £2.00
The Inner Goddess
Josephine Robinson
What is Theology about? What is 'Goddess Spirituality'? These questions launch an adventure trail through the issues raised by feminist theology - a book for all interested in women's issues and the Church.
184 pages 9780852443958 £7.99 sale price £2.00
Land of Carmel
Elizabeth Ruth Obbard
This book gives you insight into the Order of Carmel, concentrating especially on the early years when it began as a small group of hermits in the time of the crusades, and tracing its development through to the era of its greatest expositions and reformers in the sixteenth century.
194 pages 9780852445044 £7.99 sale price £2.50
Marginal Catholics
Ivan Clutterbuck
In recent years many new studies on the Oxford Movement have appeared, few, however have sought to examine the subsequent impact. A study to appeal to all those interested in modern ecclesiastical history.
284 pages 9780852442340 £12.99 sale price £2.00
Mary Ward
Henriette Peters
An accurate and enthralling picture of an important female figure in the development of religious life. Born in 1585, when non-attendance at the local Church of England carried severe penalties, she left England to join the Poor Clares in Flanders, later she founded the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
678 pages 9780852442685 £30.00hb sale price £6.50
Meeting Other Believers
Cardinal Arinze
Clear guidelines for interreligious dialogue which are refreshingly frank, wise and above all realistic. Ideas for discussion and reflection: a practical handbook foe every Christian.
978 085244433 7 80 pages £5.99 sale price £2.50
Mr.Wason...I Think
Roy Tricker
The story of Fr Sandys Wason's persecution for Ritualism is a well known one, but here the full and tragic details unfold in a sensitive and affecting narrative. The harrowing treatment he suffered will speak to Anglo-Catholic clergy and laity today, many of whom have experienced similar alienation in the contemporary Church of England.
978 085244291 3 170 pages £7.99 sale price £2.50
The Newman Compendium for Sundays
Editor: James Tolhurst
Passages selected from Newman's sermons and addresses for each Sunday and Feastday of the three-year cycle.
280 pages 9780852442920 £9.99 sale price £2.50
The Parting of Friends
David Newsome
From family papers the author vividly traces the story of Henry Manning and his three brothers-in-law, Samuel, Robert and Henry Wilberforce, the Evangelical Revival and the Oxford Movement.
978 085244176 3 480 pages £15.99hb sale price £5.50
A Passionate Humility
P. Galloway
The first biography of the elegance, classicism and literary talent that was Frederick Oakeley and the Oxford Movement.
978 085244506 8 330 pages £17.99hb sale price £5.50 
Pope John: Blessed John XXIII
Meriol Trevor
A vivid portait of Angelo Roncalli's life from its beginnings in rural Beramo, through the long itinerary of minor posts, frustrations and surprises to the last marvellous years.
344 pages 9780852444801 £12.99 sale price £3.00
Pope Pius XII: Architect for Peace
Margherita Marchione
'...[A] valuable contribution to the study of Pope Pius XII and his times. The author has shown here how distorted and untrue are the allegations that Pope Pius XII could have done more to avert the consequences of the Nazi design...' Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy
368 pages 9780852443651 £14.99 sale price £4.00
Practical Preacher
Paul Edwards SJ
'It is difficult to preach well and yet it is one of the most important and fruitful aspects of priestly ministry. Fr.Paul Edwards knows all this, and has written a book that is eminently practical, eminently readable and eminently useful.' Cormac Murphy O'Connor
160 pages 9780852442418 £7.99 sale price £2.00
Rekindling the Word
Carsten Peter Thiede
The author shows how the precise study of Greek on tiny scraps of papyrus reveals that the Gospel texts already existed in written form within fifteen years of Christ's death.
204 pages 9780852443354 £12.99 sale price £2.50
Saraband
E.L.Mascall
Well-loved for his books of ecclesiastical humour, here is his autobiography full of magnificent anecdotes assembled from his years of clerical and academic life.
978 085244222 7 394 pages £17.99hb sale price £5.50
Seeking the Absolute Love
Mayeul de Dreuille OSB
Presents a loving contact with the founders of the Monastic Orders, and shows how St.Benedict and others made a skilful selection from the treasures of the ancients. Our age poses for all Christian religious a similar problem, namely how to adapt oneself to a changing civilisation. This study of the roots common to all Christian monasticism will contribute to a mutual understanding between Churches and different cultures.
160 pages 9780852444689 £7.99 sale price £2.50
The Soul of the World
George Weigel
An exploration of the rich theological roots of the Roman Catholic Church's public witness from the pen of one of America's most distinguished and articulate intellectuals.
208 pages 9780852443767 £12.99 sale price £5.00
The Spiritual Quest of Francis Wagstaffe
Toby Forward and David Johnson
The hugely entertaining correspondence between the hoaxer Francis Wagstaffe, in his search for spiritual meaning, and leading figures in the Church and State.
978 085244298 2 208 pages £7.99 sale price £2.50
Toward's a People's Liturgy
Mark Elvins
Since the introduction of the vernacular into Catholic liturgy there has been much discussion of its effect on Mass attendance. This important study examines the roots of vernacular liturgy and examines the many successes and shortcomings.
120 pages 9780852442579 £7.99 sale price £2.00
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