The Gospel Beyond the Grave: Toward a Black theology of hope by Lewis Brogdon (Cascade Books, £17 (£15.30); 979-8-3852-3276-5).
“Will Black lives matter beyond the grave — at history’s end and on the day of judgment? In The Gospel Beyond the Grave: Toward a Black Theology of Hope, Lewis Brogdon brings the history and experiences of Black people to bear on eschatology. Not only questioning why Black people have been ignored from the consideration of last things, he argues that a theologically sound eschatology must include a divine reckoning for slavery and racism. Brogdon also gives a fresh contextual lens to Christ’s reconciliatory work that provides hope for our salvation from the sins of racism and a future together in a new heaven and new earth.”
The Spirit of Polyphony: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s musical pneumatology by Joanna Tarassenko (T & T Clark, £28.99 (£26.09); 978-0-567-71394-0). New in paperback
“This book re-examines how Bonhoeffer employs musical patterns of thought and language to a theological end. It outlines how the significance of Bonhoeffer’s musico-theology has not been sufficiently recognised, and sets the stage for a rigorous re-examination. It becomes clear that through the lens of his musical metaphor of polyphony, Bonhoeffer demonstrates how his account of Christian formation contains a latent pneumatology.”
Divine Windows: Seeing God through the lens of science by David Gregory (BRF, £12.99 (£11.69); 978-1-80039-331-8).
“Dive into Divine Windows — where science and faith meet. Looking through a fresh lens of wonder, play and order, scientist and minister David Gregory invites you to see something of God’s creative hand on the world around us revealed by the creativity of science. Through reflective commentary and an inspiring series of nature and science imagery like those seen in popular documentaries, the shaping of creation by a higher purpose is revealed in the vision of the universe unveiled by science.”
Selected by Frank Nugent, of the Church House Bookshop, which operates the Church Times Bookshop.