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Top ten religious books

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05 May 2017

Church Times top ten religious books

(previous month’s position in brackets)

 

  1. Dethroning Mammon by Justin Welby (Bloomsbury, £9.99) (1)

  2. Hanging by a Thread by Samuel Wells (Canterbury Press, £8.99) (4)

  3. The Splash of Words by Mark Oakley (Canterbury Press, £12.99) (8)

  4. God With Us by Rowan Williams (SPCK, £8.99) (2)
  5. Being Disciples by Rowan Williams (SPCK, £8.99) (5)

  6. The Pattern of Our Calling by David Hoyle (SCM Press, £25) (-)

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

  8. Martin Luther by Peter Stanford (Hodder & Stoughton, £20) (-)

  9. The Spirituality of Jane Austen by Paula Hollingsworth (Lion, £9.99) (-)
  10. Becoming Friends of Timeby John Swinton (SCM Press, £19.99) (-)

 

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