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30 January 2026

This week’s selection: a collection of pieces from Sojourners Magazine; a history of early and medieval Christianity; and an exploration of C. S. Lewis’s Christian faith

Light for the Way: Seeking simplicity, connection, and repair in a broken world by Sojourners Magazine (Broadleaf Books, £18.99 (£17.09); 979-8-8898-3541-7).

“Light for the Way is a powerful, yet meditative collection of pieces from the last fifty years of Sojourners magazine, exploring how contemplative practices, rest, simplicity, environmental engagement, and communal care are essential for sustaining our resistance and repairing our world. And Sojourners continues that work today. With essays from beloved spiritual writers, including Julia Alvarez, Margaret Atwood, Walter Brueggemann, Kaitlin Curtice, Rosemarie Freeney Harding, and Richard Rohr, Light for the Way is a soulful companion.”


Ways of Sensing: Retrieving the spiritual senses tradition by Paul Dominiak (DLT, £12.99 (£11.69); 978-1-915412-87-4).

“In this book, Paul Dominiak unpacks the scriptural roots, historical development and persisting power of this tradition. Each chapter considers in turn the spiritual senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound, illustrating the transformative potential of each for Christian communities in relation to contemporary concerns around trauma, class, immigration, race and gender.”


An Afternoon with C.S. Lewis: Modern perspectives on Lewis’s life, work, and legacy, edited by Stanley E. Porter (Pickwick Publications, £25 (£22.50); 979-8-3852-5882-6).

“C. S. Lewis’s Christian faith was not easily gained and is not facilely understood. His was a complex faith born out of deep thinking about fundamental questions. His faith was also tested by significant human and spiritual challenges to which he responded, often outwardly and publicly in his writings. This volume addresses many of the issues surrounding Lewis through incisive essays on his theology, his fiction, and his scholarship.”


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