MIKE HIGTON’s SCM Core Text Christian Doctrine, first published in 2008, has been considerably pruned in the second edition (by about a half, to 266 pages), but also informed by recent perspectives of global theology, so that “interruptions” introduce questioning voices and suggest fresh avenues of thought (SCM Press, £25 (£20); 978-0-334-06193-9). The author is an Anglican professor at Durham.