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New for November 2019
With the clocks going back an hour and the weather getting a lot colder there's no matter time to treat yourself to a new book or two to see you through the Winter months. November sees the publication of a great selection of books. New books include the biography on cricketer and bishop David Sheppard and Rupert Shortt's rebuttal on Richard Dawkins's latest book.
November sees the publication of great selection of books that are sure to inspire and entertain. From a Christian perspective to Brexit, to world-leading experts tackling challenging issues of science and faith, there is a wide range of titles to get stuck into this Winter.
1. David Sheppard: Batting for the Poor
The authorized biography of the celebrated cricketer and bishop
By Andrew Bradstock
This biography draws on the papers left by David Sheppard in Liverpool Central Library, other archival material, and more than 150 interviews conducted by the author.
An excellent biography, well researched, well written. Bradstock explores the struggle between ambition and virtue in Sheppard’s life on the cricket field, in the church and in his family. This is fascinating not just for cricket-lovers but for everyone.
- Brian Griffiths (Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach), Chairman, Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics (CEME)
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2. Has Science Killed God? The Faraday Papers on Science and Religion
Edited by Denis Alexander
Here are 20 papers from the Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, which is a UK educational charity, and a member of the Cambridge Theological Federation which is an affiliate of Cambridge University. In addition to academic research, the Institute engages in the public understanding of science and religion by means of courses, conferences, lectures, seminars and the media.
3. Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together
By Graham Tomlin
In this brief but powerful book, Graham Tomlin draws on that history to remind us of the age-old political and spiritual task of harmonizing past and future, identity and openness, the local and the universal.
4. Ambition: What Jesus Said About Power, Success and Counting Stuff
By Emma Ineson
This lively and liberating book includes a brilliant take on Jesus’ teaching in ‘The Beatitudes for Ambitious Leaders’. Here Emma Ineson describes key spiritual dispositions that will enable us – whether in the church or living out our vocation elsewhere – to do just that.
5. Outgrowing Dawkins: God for Grown-ups
By Rupert Shortt
In his latest book Outgrowing God, Richard Dawkins tries to show that all religious belief is intellectually nonsensical and thus highly damaging in practice. But does he even understand what he rejects? In this incisive rebuttal, Rupert Shortt exposes the main flaws in Dawkins’s arguments.
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6. Under Construction: Working with the Architect
By Neil O'Boyle
Neil O’Boyle shows us what it means to open ourselves up, so that the light of Christ shines into the dark nooks and exposes the sagging rafters. In the living room, what are we watching? In the bathroom, do we take care of ourselves? In the privacy of our bedroom, what are we like? In the dining room, what are our guests doing? In the garden, will there be fruit? In the garden shed, what tools has Jesus given us?
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7. My Sour-Sweet Days: George Herbert and the Journey of the Soul
By Mark Oakley
Mark Oakley reveals George Herbert as a fine companion with whom to examine the journey of the soul. His poems are 'heart-work and heaven-work', embracing love and closeness, anger and despair, reconciliation and hope. There is too an appealing and audacious playfulness about Herbert: he seems to take God on, knowing God will win, confident God will not abandon him.
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8. The New Testament in its World: An Introduction to the History, Literature and Theology of the First Christians
By NT Wright and Michael F Bird
In The New Testament In Its World acclaimed biblical scholar N. T. Wright draws on a lifetime of distinguished scholarship to provide a thorough overview of the New Testament for students, church leaders, and everyday Christians.
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