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Theologian of Resistance: The life and thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Christiane Tietz (Fortress Press, £16.99 (£15.30); 978-1-506-40844-6).

Carols from Kings: The stories of our favourite carols from King’s College by Alexandra Coghlan (BBC Books, £9.99 (£9); 978-1-78594-094-1).

Glimpses of Glory (The Mowbray Lent Book 2017) by David Bryant (Bloomsbury, £9.99 (£9); 978-1-4729-3428-4).

The Things He Did: The story of Holy Week by Stephen Cottrell (SPCK, £7.99 (£7.20); 978-0-281-07623-9).

God and Churchill by Jonathan Sandys and Wallace Henley (SPCK, £9.99 (£9); 978-0-281-07539-3). New in paperback

Selected by Frank Nugent, of the Church House Bookshop, which operates the Church Times Bookshop.

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