Unity: Anglicanism’s impossible dream? By Charlie Bell (SCM Press, £19.99 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £15.99); 978-0-334-06560-9).

“This book is a timely theological exploration of the concept of unity in the context of divisions, frictions, frustrations and arguments both within the Church of England, and the wider Anglican Communion.” 

The New Cambridge Companion to Jesus, edited by Markus Bockmuehl (Cambridge University Press, £26.99 (£24.29); 978-1-009-23299-9).

“Integrating textual, historical, theological, and cultural perspectives, the essays, specially commissioned for this volume, offer a fresh and diverse overview of Jesus’s significance in contemporary global contexts. Key features include insights into Jesus’s life and teachings, his role in different religious traditions, and his influence on art, music, and global cultures.”


Bonhoeffer and Christology: Revisiting Chalcedon, edited by Matthias Grebe, Nadine Hamilton and Christian Schlenker (T & T Clark, £28.99 (£26.09); 978-0-567-70846-5). New in paperback

“The key question this volume addresses is ‘how does Bonhoeffer’s thought help to re(dis)cover the doctrine of Christ’s two natures and one person and understand and renew it in its significance for a modern post-metaphysical and secular world?’”

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