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Church Times top ten religious books

by
17 January 2020

(previous month’s position in brackets)

  1. The Way of St Benedict by Rowan Williams (Bloomsbury, £12.99) (-)

  2. My Sour-Sweet Days by Mark Oakley (SPCK, £9.99) (-)

  3. Alive in God by Timothy Radcliffe (Bloomsbury, £12.99) (1)

  4. David Sheppard: Batting for the poor by Andrew Bradstock (SPCK, £19.99) (-)

  5. In the Bleak Midwinter by Rachel Mann (Canterbury Press, £12.99) (3)

  6. The City is My Monastery by Richard Carter (Canterbury Press, £16.99) (8)

  7. Luminaries by Rowan Williams (SPCK, £12.99) (9)

  8. Reflections for Daily Prayer (CHP, £16.99) (4)

  9. Bob Hartman’s Rhyming Bible by Bob Hartman (SPCK, £14.99) (-)

  10. Between the Bells by Paul Hutchinson (Canterbury Press, £12.99) (-)


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