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Top Ten Christian books

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02 June 2017

1. God With Us by Rowan Williams (SPCK, £8.99) (4)

2. Being Disciples by Rowan Williams (SPCK, £8.99) (5)

3. The Splash of Words by Mark Oakley (Canterbury Press, £12.99) (3)

4. Fierce Imaginings by Rachel Mann (DLT, £12.99) (-)

5. Black Sheep and Prodigals by Dave Tomlinson (Hodder & Stoughton, £14.99) (-)

6. The Great Mystery by Alister McGrath (Hodder & Stoughton, £20) (-)

7. Thinking of You by Joanna Collicutt (BRF, £9.99) (-)

8.  Sidney Chambers and the Dangers of Temptation by James Runcie (Bloomsbury, £7.99) (-)

9.  A Good Year  edited by Mark Oakley (SPCK, £9.99) (7)

10. From Reform to Renewal by Finlay Macdonald (St Andrew Press, £12.99) (-)


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(previous month’s position in brackets)

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