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  • Policing, Politics, and Faith

    A Police and Crime Commissioner’s Diary from Lockdown to 2024

    by Alan Billings ...
    As the elected police and crime commissioner for South Yorkshire, Alan Billings was in a unique position to witness how the criminal justice system worked for victims of crime.When Covid struck and the country went into lockdown, he began to publish a weekly diary chronicling how the police struggled to understand fast-changing government instructions and enforce the law without losing public ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Celebrating Forty Years of Faith in the City

    by Terry Drummond, Joseph Forde, Alan Billings, Andrew Bradstock, Sophie Valentine Cowan, Ian K. Duffield, Susan Lucas, John Perumbalath, Angus Ritchie0, Jenny Sinclair1, David Walker2, Averil Pooten Watan3 ...
    The 1985 the Faith in the City report on urban priority areas was a landmark moment in the life of the Church of England.Written by some of those who were involved in the publication and implementation of the report itself and other have been engaged in urban ministry and community organizing since, the chapters in this book evaluate the importance of Faith in the City for the present day and seek ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Dove, the Fig-Leaf and the Sword

    Why Christianity changes its mind about war

    by Alan Billings ...
    Why does the pacifist movement of the first few centuries so quickly become an organization that supports emperors and finds reasons for fighting? ? What leads the Church to formulate just war principles only to abandon them when in pursuit of heretics and infidels? ? What impact did two world wars have on Christian thinking? ? Why have the churches in more recent years and a more secular age ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Making God Possible

    The task of ordained ministry present and future

    by Alan Billings ...
    What are clergy for?In this lively and provocative volume, Alan Billings argues that they serve the mission and ministry of the Church, which is to make God possible.In each new era, how to carry out this mission effectively will vary, as the Church seeks to respond to changes in society and culture, but it is likely to involve clergy in a refocusing of their ministry.Part 1 of Making God Possible ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Lost Church

    Why We Must Find It Again

    by Alan Billings ...
    In trying to understand the relationship of the British people to religion - specifically Christianity - we tend to say that people: believe - or do not; attend - or do not. The argument of Lost Church is that the majority of people do not really fit either of these categories. Rather, they 'belong' - in the sense that they feel some affinity to Christianity and the Church; they are not hostile to ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

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  • Faith and Politics After Christendom

    The Church as a Movement for Anarchy

    by Jonathan Bartley ...
    This groundbreaking book examines the anarchic aspects of Jesus' message, and suggests that the demise of the church as pillar of social order gives it a fresh opportunity to exercise its prophetic role - challenging injustice, shaking institutions and undermining some of the central values and norms on which post-Christian society is built. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • That Was The Church That Was

    How the Church of England Lost the English People

    by Andrew Brown, Professor Linda Woodhead ...
    The Church of England still seemed an essential part of Englishness, and even of the British state, when Mrs Thatcher was elected in 1979. The decades which followed saw a seismic shift in the foundations of the C of E, leading to the loss of more than half its members and much of its influence. In England today 'religion' has become a toxic brand, and Anglicanism something done by other people. ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

  • Christianity

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Linda Woodhead ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    At a time when Christianity is flourishing in the Southern hemisphere but declining in much of the West, this Very Short Introduction offers an important overview of the world's largest religion. Exploring the cultural and institutional dimensions of Christianity, and tracing its course over two millennia, Linda Woodhead provides a fresh, lively, and candid portrait of Christianity's past and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Anglicanism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Mark Chapman ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is Anglicanism? How is it different from other forms of Christianity, and how did it come to have so many different versions throughout the world? Although originally united by location and a common belief, Anglicanism has gradually lost its pre-eminence as the English state church due to increasing pluralisation and secularisation. While there are distinctive themes and emphases which emerge ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Christian Ethics

    A Very Short Introduction

    by D. Stephen Long ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This Very Short Introduction to Christian ethics introduces the topic by examining its sources and historical basis. D. Stephen Long presents a discussion of the relationship between Christian ethics, modern, and postmodern ethics, and explores practical issues including sex, money, and power. Long recognises the inherent difficulties in bringing together 'Christian' and 'ethics' but argues that ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • We Don't Do God

    The marginalization of public faith

    by George Carey, Andrew Carey ...
    Secular assumptions are being introduced piecemeal into our way of life. From the Millennium Dome (what exactly was it celebrating?) to the restrictions on the wearing of crosses and abolition of nativity plays, Christianity is being marginalised. Christian social initiatives at local levels are now so severely restricted that several Christian bodies issue guidelines on handling local council ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Silence

    A Christian History

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    A provocative meditation on the role of silence in Christian tradition by the New York Times bestselling author of ChristianityWe live in a world dominated by noise. Religion is, for many, a haven from the clamor of everyday life, allowing us to pause for silent contemplation. But as Diarmaid MacCulloch shows, there are many forms of religious silence, from contemplation and prayer to repression ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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