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New titles just published

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26 August 2016

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The Splash of Words: Believing in poetry by Mark Oakley (Canterbury Press, £12.99 (£11.70); 978-1-84825-468-8).

 

A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway (Yale, £14.99 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £12.99); 978-0-300-20883-2).

 

The Gospel of John, the Gospel of Relationship by Jean Vanier (DLT, £9.99 (£9); 978-0-232-53255-5).

 

Reason and Wonder: Why science and faith need each other, edited by Eric Priest (SPCK, £12.99 (£11.70); 978-0-281-07524-9).

 

The Vocation of Anglicanism by Paul Avis (Bloomsbury, £60 (£54); 978-0-567-66462-4).

 

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

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