Living the Christian Creed: Theology as encounter by Metropolitan Anthony Bloom (DLT, £24.99 (£22.49); 978-1-915412-73-7).

“For the first time, these rich and insightful lectures by Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh on the most important elements of the Creed of the Orthodox Church are available to read in this beautifully-produced volume. ‘The Creed,’ said Metropolitan Anthony, ‘which we recite in the liturgy and which we proclaim as our faith, is not only an introduction into the faith. As everything in Christianity, it possesses in an accessible, simple form an endless, unfathomable depth of content and understanding.’” 

The Bible: A global history by Bruce Gordon (Yale, £30 (£27); 978-1-529-38344-7).

“Bruce Gordon traces the Bible’s astounding journey from its emergence as a codex in the second century, to the Reformation, to the spectacular growth of Christianity in the Global South today. . .
Breathtakingly global in scope, The Bible is a sweeping history of this sacred book told through the stories of its diverse human encounters in search of the divine, revealing not a static text but a living, dynamic cultural force.”

The Road to Wisdom: On truth, science, faith and trust by Francis S. Collins (Hodder & Stoughton, £25 (£22.50); 978-1-399-82231-2).

“As the Covid-19 pandemic revealed, western society has become not just hyper-partisan, but also deeply cynical; distrustful of traditional sources of knowledge and wisdom such as science and faith. Scepticism about vaccines led to the needless deaths of at least 230,000 Americans, and ‘Do your own research’ is now a rallying cry in many online rabbit holes. Yes, experts can make mistakes, and institutions can lose their moral compass, but there are reliable ways and means to weigh information and navigate truth, and The Road to Wisdom is here to help us rediscover them.”

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