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03 March 2017

Reformation Divided: Catholics, Protestants and the conversion of England by Eamon Duffy (Bloomsbury, £30 (£27); /978-1-4729-3436-9).

"Published to mark the 500th anniversary of the events of 1517, Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the cataclysmic transformations of European Christianity in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries."

 

God’s Belongers: How people engage with God today and how the Church can help by David Walker (BRF, £7.99 (£7.20); 978-0-85746-467-5).

"This book transforms thinking about church membership by replacing the division between 'members' and 'non-members' with a four-fold model of belonging. Based in extensive practical research, David Walker shows how 'belonging' can encompass a far wider group of people than those who attend weekly services."

 

Celebrating the Saints: Daily spiritual readings to accompany the calendars of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church in Wales by Robert Atwell (Canterbury Press, £30 (£37); 978-1-84825-882-2). New Revised Edition.

"This enlarged and expanded edition of Celebrating the Saints offers a rich collection of daily spiritual readings for the Feasts and Festival of the Church year - according to the calendars of the Church of England, the Church of Ireland, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church in Wales."

 

Let us Worship the Lord: A plentiful resource for worship leaders by John Cox (Kevin Mayhew, £19.99 (£18); 978-1-84867-890-3).

 

The Chilbury Ladies’ Choir by Jennifer Ryan (Borough Press, £12.99 (£11.70); 978-0-00-816370-9).

"A warm, funny and big-hearted novel of wartime gumption and village spirit which will make your heart sing out."

 

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