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Years that gave form to our faith Sound scholarship, but the overview is incomplete, declares Raymond Chapman Subscriber only	Traitor or martyr? God's Secret Agent Subscriber only	Short notices THE Early English Baptists 1603-1649; Wittgensteinian Fideism? Subscriber only

Reading groups: Pocket-handkerchiefs, dwarves, and dragons Jennifer Swift enjoys The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien Subscriber only	Next reading group The Mysteries of Glass by Sue Gee Subscriber only	What I’m reading James McCaskill, Priest-in-Charge of St Mary Magdalene’s, Lundwood, featured in Priest Idol on C4 Subscriber only

Sacred stories told in glittering gold These glorious metal altar frontals ought to be far better known, Simon Watney says Subscriber only	Church Times top ten religious books Church Times top ten religious books Subscriber only	Caution: power doesn’t always lead to glory A study of theology and earthly muscle is a tour de force,declares Alec Graham Subscriber only

Good thinking, good life Lucy Beckett admires an incisive study of Edith Stein, a convert killed in Auschwitz Subscriber only	‘By this imposition of hands’ Colin Podmore looks at Wesley’s view of order and ordination Subscriber only	Quirky devotion and direction Michael Hare Duke relishes a gadfly on the church scene Subscriber only

Saved by the Salve Regina Lavinia Byrne reflects on the tale of a young thug transformed Subscriber only

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