The Earth is our Home
Subtitled 'Mary Midgley's critique and reconstruction of evolution and its meanings', this book serves as an excellent introduction to the principal themes of her work.…… Read More »
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I remember Metropolitan Anthony speaking impressively at a Mystics and Scientists conference in the 1980s. Born in 1914, his family had to flee the revolution…… Read More »
The Original Gita
Most readers will be familiar with the Bhagavad Gita but will find a new depth of analysis and insight in this translation and commentary. The…… Read More »
Deeper than Words: Living the Apostles Creed
With a foreword by the Dalai Lama based on his dialogues between Buddhism and Christianity - including the author - this book is an exploration…… Read More »
The Mystical Way in Everyday Life
Karl Rahner was one of the great Jesuit theologians of the 20th century. This book is designed as an accessible reflection on the Christian year…… Read More »
To Trust and to Love
I have reviewed a number of books by Michael Mayne over the years and he is one of the most authentic modern Christian voices, a…… Read More »
5PIRIT R3V3L4TION5
An intriguing personal account by a school teacher recounting his extensive personal experience of signs, coincidences and precognitive dreams. The narrative covers an 11 year…… Read More »
Cuttle Fish, Clones and Cluster Bombs
Michael Northcott is a priest who is also Professor of Ethics at Edinburgh University. This book of his sermons is in the best tradition of…… Read More »
The Gospel in Brief
This year is the centenary of Tolstoy's death, so the appearance of this powerful book is timely. Some readers will know that Tolstoy was excommunicated…… Read More »
There Once Was a Serpent
This original book is an informal outline history of theology, with key stages wittily captured in a series of limericks. For instance, Pascal's famous wager…… Read More »