Remembering the Body: Preaching that affirms sexuality by Sarah Travis (Cascade Books, £17 (£15.30); 978-1-6667-7669-0).

“Debates about human sexuality have divided the church across denominations. The Body of Christ has been wounded by profound theological disagreement. Preaching can be a healing balm for those who have been bruised and harmed by these debates. This book asks the church to remember its own nature as a Body that has a baptismal identity rooted in the triune God.”

English Public Theology: A Reformation response to the crisis of natural rights by Joan Lockwood

“O’Donovan (T & T Clark, £28.99 (£26.09); 978-0-567-71256-1). New in paperback
This study commends the public theology of the English Reformation as a fruitful though neglected resource for a critical analysis of the contradictions of freedom that riddle late-modern liberal democracies and a constructive response to them. Drawn from the key legal, liturgical, homiletic and confessional elements of the English Reformation, this foundational Anglican tradition provides a theological vantage point for understanding current moral and political impasses in the western legacy of natural rights.”

Prayers and Blessings for an Inclusive Church: Expanded edition by Steven Shakespeare (Canterbury Press, £20 (£16); 978-1-78622-635-8).

“This unique and important liturgical resource reflects the broadening expressions of diversity and inclusivity across the churches worldwide. It is the most comprehensive of its kind and draws on feminist, LGBTQ, postmodern, disability, trauma, black and eco theologies to create prayers with poetic immediacy and richness.”


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