Letters from Nazareth: A contemplative journey home by Richard Carter (Canterbury Press, £18.99 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £15.99); 978-1-78622-491-0.

“Richard Carter offers a wealth of insight for experiencing how, as Christians, we carry Nazareth, the place of God’s incarnate presence, with us wherever we are and how it becomes a home where the Word is made flesh again in our lives and we find our place of deepest belonging.”

Real World Faith by Walter Brueggemann (Fortress Press, £16.99 (£15.29); 978-1-5064-9267-4).

“Real World Faith articulates a faith that is effectively linked to our real world, the world of our bodies and of the body politic.”


Coming to Faith through Dawkins: 12 essays on the pathway from New Atheism to Christianity, edited by Denis Alexander and Alister McGrath (Kregel Publications, £17.99 (£16.19); 978-0-8254-4822-5).

“Editors Denis Alexander and Alister McGrath gather other intelligent minds from around the world to share their startling commonality: Richard Dawkins and his fellow New Atheists were instrumental in their conversions to Christianity.”

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