New books at Sarum College Bookshop

A History of Christianity: the first three thousand years. Diarmaid MacCulloch 2009
“The provocative subtitle alerts you to the fact that this is going to be much more than a textbook. Diarmaid MacCulloch begins with what turns out to be one of many tours de force in summarising the intellectual and social background of Christianity in the classical as well as the Jewish world, so that we can see something of the issues to which the Christian faith offered a startlingly new response”…

“…This book is a landmark in its field, astonishing in its range, compulsively readable, full of insight even for the most jaded professional and of illumination for the interested general reader. It will have few, if any, rivals in the English language. The story is told with unobtrusive stylishness” Rowan Williams writing in the Guardian Saturday 19th September 2009

Steve Chalke, Apprentice: Walking the Way of Christ
Zondervan £9.99
In a book filled with honesty, heart and creativity, Chalke explores what it means to be a 21st century apprentice of the master rabbi, Jesus. Apprentice encourages us to ask our most probing questions, to embrace our greatest doubts and live courageously.

Ursula King, The Search for Spirituality: Our Global Quest for Meaning and Fulfilment
SCM Canterbury Press £12.99
An invaluable book suggesting answers to the questions the growing number of people searching for a spiritual way of life ask. Ursula King combines scholarship with simplicity, an all too rare achievement.

Angela Tilby, The Seven Deadly Sins
SPCK £12.99
Many people sense that the Church’s teaching on sin does not really reflect human experience. Some who have wrestled honestly with their own brokenness have concluded that the problem of sin goes deeper than a disorder of the will. How can its penetrating roots be better understood and its consequences healed?

Steven Croft, Jesus’ People: What the Church Should Do Next
Church House Publishing £7.99
"A passionately sane piece of prophecy. Ignore it at your peril," says
Martyn Atkins, General Secretary of the British Methodist Church

Benno van den Toren, A pocket guide to Christian belief
Lion Hudson £6.99
In this Pocket Guide, Dr Benno van den Toren explores the main features of the Christian faith in a warm and approachable way, helping the reader to understand what Christians believe and giving special attention to questions that are raised about Christian beliefs in our multicultural and postmodern setting. addressing topics such as global Christianity the identity of God, Christ and salvation, the Holy Spirit and the Church, and the meaning and end of history, and comparing Christianity’s teachings with those of other religions along the way…

Andrew Lih, The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World’s Greatest Enclycopedia
Aurum Press, £14.99
Wikipedia has been hailed as the most revolutionary aid to the spread of human knowledge since Gutenberg’s printing press…It has become so popular we casually stumble across its content everyday…
Read the story behind this remarkable website

Adrian Plass, Looking Good, Being Bad: The Subtle Art of Churchmanship
Authentic Media £9.99
Beloved author Adrian Plass’s fun-poking probe into the foibles of the church…Plass’s is humour of the finest sort- healing with laughter’s tonic even as it cuts to the heart of our motivations with its knife-edge truth.

Elisa Beynon, The Vicar’s Wife’s Cook Book
Fourth Estate £18.99
Elisa Beynon has been hailed as the next ‘Nigella’. On the cover of the Church Times recently, she has written a very appealing cookery book with easy to follow recipes after winning the ‘Waitrose food illustrated’ competition. A great present!