Being a Disciple in a World Come of Age: A reflection on Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theology by Hassan Musa (SCM Press £50 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £40); 978-0-334-06726-9).

“Acknowledging ongoing Bonhoeffer reflections and interpretations, and receiving and introducing Bonhoeffer into the West African context in which his works and legacy have been largely neglected, Being A Disciple in a World Come of Age serves as an introduction and orientation to first-time readers of Bonhoeffer.  Written in conversation with the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer on discipleship and his legacy, this volume addresses the problem of Christian identity from a West African context.”

The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism became a global religion by Alec Ryrie (Yale, £35 (£31.50); 978-0-300-27904-7).

“Alec Ryrie explores the untold history of how Protestants tried to spread their religion abroad, from Lapland to Chile and Barbados to Taiwan. At the story’s heart are the non-Christian people whom Protestants met more often than any others during this period: those they had enslaved in the Americas, Africa, and eastern Asia. We see how Protestants dealt with, or evaded, the moral failure of the slave trade, and how their missionary efforts were disappointments at best, utter fiascos at worst.”

The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West came to hate queer love by Harry Tanner (Bloomsbury, £12.99 (£11.69); 978-1-399-42231-4). New in paperback

“In this extraordinary book, Harry Tanner sets out on a journey to discover the origins of homophobia in the West. He follows the traces of this sinister idea as it swept across the ancient Mediterranean. Wherever he discovers the roots of homophobia taking hold, Tanner finds a confluence of crises mirrored across the centuries. Inequality, fear and an obsession with self-control – this is how societies turn on their queer citizens, time and time again, since the dawn of history.”

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