Into Extra Time FEB 2016 Living through the final stages of cancer and jottings along the way Michael Paul Gallagher 978-0-232-53252-4, Paperback (216x135 mm), £9.99, 144pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience
• Unique personal and theological insight from popular Catholic author who died from cancer in November 2015
• Includes extracts from his chemo diary, and articles on Unbelief, and Living Faith
• Former Rector of Bellarmino College, Rome, and lecturer at University College, Dublin
In January 2015, priest and theologian, Michael Paul Gallagher, was diagnosed with cancer - he had a tumor, ‘a nasty one’ according to his doctor. After months of chemotherapy Gallagher succumbed to the disease, passing away in November 2015.
Into Extra Time is Gallagher’s final book, written in the knowledge that his death was imminent. It started as a diary for himself, trying to explore his experience of illness. But it became clear that the story of a believer going through stages of cancer could offer some spiritual light for others in such times of struggle.
The book is split into sections. The first dealing with themes that people of faith suffering terminal illness may come face to face with, from darkness and revelation to springboards including imagination, transformation and transcendence. The second section serves as Gallagher’s own emotive cancer diary, evoking what he termed the ‘waves of fog and shafts of light’ central in his experience.
Michael Paul Gallagher was a priest, lecturer and popular author on faith and culture. His books for DLT include Faith Maps and Clashing Symbols. He died in November 2015 from cancer. Location: n/a. Online/Social Media: n/a. Marketing/PR
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All In The End Is Harvest The Enduring Melody An Anthology for Those Who Grieve Agnes Whitaker, Colin Murray Parkes Michael Mayne and Sue MacGregor 978-0232-52687-5 978-0232-51624-1 Paperback Paperback £11.99 £10.99 280pp 160pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and HRC: Christianity religious experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] The Second Calling FEB 2016 A novel inspired by the life and work of Jean Vanier Hans S. Reinders 978-0-232-53217-3, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 504pp FW: Religious and spiritual fiction • Beautiful novel set in rural Spain, introduces the story and ethos of Jean Vanier’s L’Arche communities • Jean Vanier received the 2015 Templeton Prize • Novel written in response to Jean’s request that author explain the significance of L’Arche to the world
This beautifully-written novel is based on the life and work of Jean Vanier as the founder and leader of the communities of L’Arche. The fictional story it tells seeks to show the distinctiveness of L’Arche as a spiritual community grounded in the recognition of the shared vulnerability of human beings.
The novel tells the interwoven stories of the residents of the House of Bethany, a small community in a little village near Seville. They live together as people with and without disabilities in order to celebrate the life that God has given them.
The story begins with the arrival of Jonathan, a young American who has left home to escape the life his father had designed for him. Through Jonathan we meet other members of the community, all ‘battered souls’ in different ways: Lucie, a ‘flittering bird’, without speech and with only very little understanding; Fernando, a young man whose abandonment by his father left him speechless; Joaquin Morales, a blind boy who was found living alone in the streets of Seville; Sofia, wheelchair-bound yet living her life in agony to make her mother proud; and the community’s founder Ramón, whose understanding of what the House of Bethany really means only becomes apparent when he is forced to re-evaluate his own life.
Hans S. Reinders is Professor of Ethics and Disability at the Free University of Amsterdam and is Chair of the European Society for the Study of Theology and Disability. Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Online/Social Media: n/a.
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Related Backlist Titles Signs of the Times The Road to Daybreak Seven Paths of Hope for a Troubled A Spiritual Journey World Henri J. M. Nouwen Jean Vanier 978-0232-53026-1 978-0232-53015-5 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £8.99 240pp 160pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience religious experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] The Honest Mums’ Club APRIL 2016 Parenting, Depression, Cake As featured on Hannah Oakland 978-0-232-53222-7, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 144pp ITV’s Lorraine VFV: Family and relationships • Diary of a young mother juggling the demands of parenthood and depression
• Funny, moving, powerful and disarmingly honest
• Strong Christian faith element
‘There is so much to be thankful for. I know. I do. One look at my beautiful family, our little home or our friends can tell me that. But it’s so hard to see it in the dark.’ Cover TBC In 2006 Hannah Oakland was a drama student living in Central London - with complimentary theatre tickets, a head full of world-conquering dreams and a kitchen that definitely didn’t meet Health and Safety standards. Ten years later, the only constant is the state of her kitchen. Today, Hannah is a wife, a mother-of-two, and reliant on anti-depressants to make it through the week.
The Honest Mums’ Club is the story of her journey towards acceptance. An honest song for those whose dreams didn’t pan out the way they planned. A whisper in the night for the sleep-deprived parents. A rumour of hope for the mentally unstable. Indeed, there is no happy ending. No neat, tidy recovery. Not yet. It’s a two-steps-forward, one-step-back affair. But those two-steps are towards beauty, second chances and hope. It’s a tale of learning to live a life more ordinary. Learning to be gentle - with oneself and with family. The the story of Hannah’s slow and grudging acceptance that there are no rules with depression or parenthood, no regulation and no guarantees. But that somehow, in the midst of it all, life goes on. Hannah Oakland is a married mum-of-two young children and writer of the Walking With the Moon blog. Location: Reading, Berkshire. Online/Social Media: www.walkingwiththemoon.com.
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Parenting a Violent Child You’re Not Crazy - It’s Your Mother Steps to taking back control and Understanding and healing for creating a happier daughters of narcissistic mothers
Islay Downey & Kim Furnish Danu Morrigan
978-0232-53147-3 978-0232-52929-6 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £9.99 192pp 192pp VFXC: Child care and upbringing VFVX: Intergenerational relationships
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Dear Pope Francis APRIL 2016 The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World Pope Francis RIGHTS NOTE: UK (ex Northern Ireland) and EU (ex Ireland) 978-0-232-53264-7, Hardback (250x250 mm), £12.99, 72pp. YNR: Religion and beliefs: general interest (Children’s/Teenage)
• An unprecedented book in which Pope Francis answers, in his own hand, the letters of children from around the globe • Showcases the inspiring, wise, warm and joyful faith of Pope Francis as never before • Charmingly illustrated with colourful drawings created by the children themselves • Gorgeous hardback gift book, with endpapers and full-colour throughout
If you could ask Pope Francis one question, what would it be?
Children have questions and struggles just like adults, but rarely are they given the chance to voice their concerns and ask the big questions resting deep in their hearts. In Dear Pope Francis, Pope Francis gives them that chance and celebrates their spiritual depth by directly answering questions from children around the world.
Gathered from more than 250 submissions, 30 letters from children to Pope Francis are answered in a picture book that feels akin to sitting in on a series of intimate conversations. The letters, hand-written and illustrated, are reproduced on left-hand pages, along with English translations and photos of each child; the pope’s answers appear opposite. The questions can be theologically intense (“If God loves us so much... why didn’t he defeat the devil?”), deeply personal (Ivan, a 13-year-old from China, asks whether his non-Catholic grandfather will go to heaven), or casual and blunt (“You are not very young anymore,” begins one from Dutch twins Hannes and Lidewij). The answers are rarely simple, but the pope writes respectfully and honestly, often invoking larger spiritual and social concepts while the injustices of the present are often represented, as well: “In today’s world there is so much suffering. And, unfortunately, you know that firsthand,” Francis writes to a Syrian boy, Mohammed.
A beautiful hardback book full of life and joy and colour - the perfect gift for Christenings and Confirmations and for children or adults of all ages! Pope Francis is the 266th and current Pope, the worldwide leader of the Catholic Church. Location: Rome, Italy. Online/Social Media: Twitter - @Pontifex (8.98 million).
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• Reviews/colour features in Christian media (Catholic Herald, Tablet, Catholic Times and Universe, Church Times) • Advertising online and in Christian media Related Backlist Titles The Church of Mercy The Gospel of New Life His first major book: a message of hope Following Christ, together, on the path for all people to holiness Pope Francis Pope Francis
978-0-232-53124-4 978-0-232-53203-6 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £7.99 192pp 160pp HRCV: Christian life and practice HRCV: Christian life and practice
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Liberating the Gospel APRIL 2016 Translating the message of Jesus Christ in a globalised world David Smith 978-0-232-53233-3, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 240pp HRCX7: Christian mission & evangelism
• A major new book on Christian mission, which has become restricted by Western culture-bound interpretations of the Gospel, inhibiting the emergence of local, contextual theologies • Senior research fellow, International Christian College, Glasgow, and author of Mission After Christendom (DLT) and The Kindness of God (IVP) • Foreword by Richard Bauckham
‘My hope is to overcome the apartheid between the academy and the congregation, suggesting ways in which cutting-edge biblical scholarship can be a positive and liberating force for Christianity in the twenty first century.’
Liberating the Gospel is prefaced by Tom Wright’s claim that Christians have for too long ‘read scripture with nineteenth-century eyes and sixteenth century questions’, and that it is urgently necessary they learn to read ‘with first century eyes and twenty first century questions’. The central section of the book concentrates on reading the narratives of the Galilean ministry of Jesus within their first century context, then exploring Paul’s mission in the setting of the urban and imperial world of Rome, before offering reflection on the Apocalypse in the changed world following the destruction of Jerusalem. Smith then concludes his treatise facing the ‘twenty first century questions’, seeking to build a hermeneutical bridge to our globalised world. As a whole this major new book on Christian mission aims to contribute toward an understanding of how the dynamic message of Christ might be liberated to be heard as genuinely good news today, in the process potentially transforming Christianity, provided there is willingness to face opposition from a world resistant to the exposure of its injustices.
David Smith is a Baptist minister, senior research fellow at the International Christian Centre, Glasgow, and Co-director of Whitefield Research Institute, Oxford. Location: Glasgow, Scotland. Online/Social Media: n/a. Marketing/PR
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Mission After Christendom Follow Walking in the dust of the Rabbi David Smith Joseph Gisbey 978-0232-52483-3 Paperback/POD 978-0232-53165-7 £22.00 Paperback 160pp £9.99 HRCX7: Christian mission & 176pp evangelism HRCV: Christian life and practice
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Nomad MAY 2016 ‘The thing about Brandan is he’s really A spirituality for travelling light intelligent and he has a huge heart but he’s also Brandan Robertson fearless, and it’s that alchemy that makes him 978-0-232-53258-6, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 192pp such a compelling voice for the new thing that HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience Jesus is up to in the world.’ Rob Bell • A major new book of progressive evangelical spirituality by one of North America’s most respected young new leaders • ‘Brandan Robertson’s Nomad is one man’s compelling account of moving beyond the boundaries of rigid religion, into an expansive true spirituality... a trustworthy companion for anyone who is seeking to discover a new way of being in the world.’ Richard Rohr, O.F.M • ‘Brandan Robertson is one of the brightest and most hope-inspiring young Christian leaders you’ll meet ... in addition, he is a graceful and insightful writer as Nomad makes clear.’ Brian D. McLaren
‘The deeper I grow in my own faith as a Christian, the greater my desire to explore. My faith whets my appetite for discovering what God is doing in and through the world each and every day. This book is a chronicle of some of the most important lessons I have learned thus far. I write to encourage my fellow nomads who, like me, so often feel alone in their wanderings yet are a part of a much larger caravan of fellow wanderers seeking to discover for ourselves the meaning and mysteries of life.’
Part-autobiography, part-Christian spirituality, Nomad offers penetrating insight into the minds of the new generations of progressive evangelical followers of Jesus in the global Church. Themes include: community, war, redemption, wonder, grace, sexuality and the Eucharist. Nomad was originally commissioned and written for Destiny Image but the publisher cancelled the contract because Brandan refused to say that he did ‘not condone, encourage or accept the homosexual lifestyle’. DLT is proud to offer Brandan’s book for all readers wishing to hear and understand his powerfully written, graceful, whole-life spirituality.
Brandan Robertson is a evangelical thought-leader and commentator working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal. He has written for TIME, The Washington Post, Religion News Service, and Dallas Morning News and regularly for Patheos, Sojourners, and The Huffington Post. He has been interviewed by outlets such as TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Associated Press. A much sought-after speaker and consultant to churches, denominations, conferences and universities in North America, he will tour the UK and Ireland in June 2016. Online/Social Media: Twitter: @BrandanJR (11.4k followers); BrandanRobertson.com.
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• Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Catholic Herald) • UK and Ireland speaking tour in summer 2016: London, Cardiff, Brighton, Oxford, Cork, Dublin and Belfast • Author TV/radio interviews (Premier, UCB, BBC Radio 2 GMS) Related Backlist Titles Out of Sorts Questions are the Answer Making Peace with an Evolving Faith nakedpastor and the search for Sarah Bessey understanding David Hayward 978-0-232-53239-5 Paperback 978-0-232-53188-6 £9.99 Paperback 272pp £9.99 HRCV: Christian life and practice 160pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] This Is My Body MAY 2016 Hearing the theology of transgender Christians Ed. Christina Beardsley and Michelle O’Brien 978-0-232-53206-7, Paperback (216x135 mm), £14.99, 240pp HRCV4: Christian aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
• Transgender is the next big issue to face the Church
• This is the first book to present the perspectives and theologies of transgender Christians themselves
• Written with the Western-world Church in mind, the contributors cover a range of denominations
• Published in association with Sibyls
Much has been said and written about Trans people by theologians and church leaders, but little has been heard from Trans Christians themselves. This book collects the theological reflections of the Sibyls, a major spirituality group for transgender people and their allies. It offers a comprehensive review of existing theological, cultural and scientific literature, together with people’s experience of gender dissonance that involves negotiating the boundaries between one’s identity and religious faith.
Rev Dr Christina Beardsley is an Anglican priest and hospital chaplain. Michelle O’Brien has collaborated with Christina on theology and aspects of sexuality for several years. Together they have published several papers. Location: Christina Beardsley - London; Michelle O’Brien - New Zealand. Online/Social Media: sibyls.gndr.org.uk.
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More Perfect Union? Permanent, Faithful, Stable Understanding Same-sex marriage Christian Same-sex marriage
Alan Wilson Jeffrey John
978-0232-53125-1 978-0232-52957-9 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £6.99 160pp 160pp JFM: Ethical issues and debates HRCV4: Christian aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Amazing Love JUNE 2016 ‘This book offers a calm, theologically and Theology for Discipleship, Sexuality and Mission biblically rooted perspective on same-sex love Edited by Andrew Davison and relationships. It illuminates without heat, 978-0-232-53265-4, Paperback (178x110 mm), £8.99, 144pp and it will enrich the Church’s conversation HRCV4: Christian aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships around these matters. I’m grateful to those who have written it, and I commend it warmly for • A definitive theology of same-sex relationships s t u d y.’ • Presents the combined wisdom of a heavyweight list of C of E theologians, Rt Revd Paul Bayes, Bishop of Liverpool including Jane Shaw, Duncan Dormor, Alan Wilson and Rosie Harper • Will launch at General Synod in July 2016
Amazing Love brings together the wisdom and insight of leading Christian theologi- ans to offer a clear and positive case for the affirmation of gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships within the Church, as a part of its mission and as an integral part of Christian discipleship for the whole of our lives.
In short, accessible chapters, Andrew Davison (Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences at the University of Cambridge) explores issues of sexuality in relation to Being Followers of Jesus, Being Human, Being Biblical, Being Part of the Story, Being in Love, and Being Missional.
Amazing Love has been written by Andrew in collaboration with: Duncan Dormor (Dean of Chapel, St John’s College, Cambridge), Ruth Harley (Children’s and Fam- ilies’ Minister at All Saints Church, High Wycombe), Rosie Harper (Vicar of Great Missenden and Chaplain to the Bishop of Buckingham), Elizabeth Phillips (Tutor in Theology and Ethics, Westcott House, Cambridge), Jeff Phillips (Tutor in Philoso- phy and Theology, Westcott House, Cambridge), Simon Sarmiento (Co-founder of Thinking Anglicans), Jane Shaw (Dean for Religious Life and Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University, California and Canon Emerita, Salisbury Cathedral), and Alan Wilson (Bishop of Buckingham).
The Foreword has been written by Canon Mark Russell, Chief Executive, of Church Army UK and Ireland. Andrew Davison is Starbridge Lecturer in Theology and Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge. He is a regular contributor to Church Times and the Times Literary Supplement. He lectures across Europe and the USA and has organised several summer schools, conferences and study days on a wide range of topics, including Christian doctrine, theology and art, apologetics and ecclesiology. Location: Cambridge. Online/Social Media: n/a. Marketing/PR
• Will launch at General Synod in July 2016 • Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Catholic Herald) • Features in national media (TLS, Times, Telegraph) • Contributor radio interviews (BBC Radio 4 Sunday) Related Backlist Titles This Is My Body More Perfect Union? Hearing the theology of transgender Understanding same-sex marriage Christians Alan Wilson Christina Beardsley and Michelle O’Brien 978-0-232-53125-1 978-0-232-53206-7 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £14.99 160pp 240pp JFM: Ethical issues and debates HRCV4: Christian aspects of HRCV: Christian life and practice sexuality, gender and relationships ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] The Gospel of John, the Gospel of Relationship JULY 2016 Jean Vanier 978-0-232-53255-5, Paperback (216x135 mm), £9.99, 144pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience
• Demonstrates the continued prescience and relevance of The Gospel of John
• Jean Vanier is one of the most respected Catholic theologians alive today
• He is also the current Templeton Prize holder (for 2015/6)
Love of God and love of others are the two great commandments: Jean Vanier shows that these are the same thing. In this timely chapter-by-chapter exploration of the Gospel of John, Vanier explains how Jesus taught this lesson at every step of his ministry. He includes stories from his work with L’Arche that express in earthly terms the great privilege we have of developing our relationships with one another and with God.
Jean Vanier is a Canadian Catholic philosopher turned theologian and humanitarian. He is the founder of L’Arche, an international federation dedicated to the creation and growth of homes, programs and support networks with people who have disabilities. He has written several books for DLT including, most recently, Signs of The Times(2013). Location: Trosly-Breuil , France. Online/Social Media: n/a.
Marketing/PR NJB: John DLT Books of the Bible • Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, intoduced by Jean Vanier The Tablet, Catholic Herald) • Direct mail PR campaign to theology colleges, journals 978-0-232-52831-2 • Social media support campaign, including blog extracts Paperback • Possible launch/talk with Jean Vanier at London venue £6.99 128pp Related Backlist Titles HRCF2: New Testaments
Signs of the Times Drawn into the Mystery of Jesus Seven Paths of Hope for a Troubled Through the Gospel of John World Jean Vanier Jean Vanier 978-0-232-52572-4 978-0-232-53015-5 Paperback Paperback £12.99 £8.99 360pp 160pp HRCG9: Biblical readings, selections HRCS: Christian spirituality and and meditations religious experience ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] The Journey JULY 2016 * Preface by Richard Chartres Spirituality, Pilgrimage, Chant (Bishop of London) Dr J. Richard Smith 978-0-232-53232-6, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 144pp * Foreword by Baroness Cox HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience. RIGHTS: World. • Huge news coverage expected in the spring when Richard performs the first womb transplants • Richard has written many medical books for a popular audience, some of which have sold over 200,000 copies • Foreword by Baroness Cox • All royalties will go to Womb Transplant UK charity
Dr J Richard Smith is one of the world’s leading gynaecological surgeons with a major Harley Street women’s health clinic, and a specialist in cancer survivorship and fertility sparing surgery for women with cancer. In 2016 he will perform the very first womb transplants in the UK. A few years ago a major health scare forced Richard to question his belief in his own personal invincibility and face the reality of mortality. An inner search led him to read the spiritual classic The Way of a Pilgrim and, with the help of a Christian friend, to start practising contemplative prayer and pilgrimage.
Convinced that there are huge health benefits to be gained from the spiritual discipline of long distance walking combined with prayerful chanting, Richard has written his first book of spiritual health. The use of chant or mantra synchronised with breathing and heartbeat can help us generate a state of peace, invigoration and wellbeing conducive to greater health and can even aid recovery from severe disease such as cancer.
The Journey tells Richard’s own story, introduces readers to practices such as repetitive prayer, trance and chant, combined with health pursuits such as walking and swimming, and is illustrated with two of his own personal pilgrimages – to Patmos and Jerusalem. Dr J. Richard Smith is a gynaecological surgeon at Imperial College London and an expert in cancer survivorship and pioneering womb transplant surgery. Location: London. Online/Social Media: n/a. Marketing/PR
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Landmarks Simple Prayer An Ignatian Journey John Dalrymple Margaret Silf 978-0232-52779-7 978-0232-52254-9 Paperback Paperback £8.95 £12.99 144pp 256pp HRCL1: Christian prayerbooks HRCR: Christian worship, rites and ceremonies ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Living with the Mind of Christ JULY 2016 Mindfulness in Christian Spirituality Foreword by Fr Laurence Freeman OSB, Stefan Gillow Reynolds director of the World Community for 978-0-232-53250-0, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 224pp Christian Meditation. HRCS1: Christian mysticism. RIGHTS: World. • A fascinating study of the relationship between Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and teachings on contemplative prayer from the Christian mystic tradition • Author Stefan Gillow Reynolds is an Oblate of the World Community for Christian Meditation and one of the most qualified academics in the field of mindfulness and Christian Spirituality
Living with the Mind of Christ is a book based around the practice of ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction’ (MBSR) combined with the teachings on contemplative prayer from the Christian mystic tradition. MBSR has its origins in Buddhist meditation practices and is to do with learning to ‘be’, letting go of self-analysis through fixing attention on one thing before developing awareness of the quality of the attention itself.
The Christian mystical tradition is the part of Christianity which speaks of personal experience of God normally in the context of silence and stillness. Most Christian mystics talk of both finding and losing themselves in God.
There is a lot of debate as to the compatibility of ‘Mindfulness’ and Christian belief. Stefan Gillow Reynolds argues that the mystical side of Christianity supports the practice of mindfulness. It aims to show how MBSR is equivalent to the essential stages on the journey of Christian self-knowledge and does not contradict advice on prayer from Christian mystics from across the centuries. By recognising the long cultural roots of contemplative practice in the west MBSR is affirmed by the mystical voices of Christianity. Dr Stefan Gillow Reynolds is always concerned with putting mysticism into practice. He is a regular retreat giver for The World Community for Christian Meditation and gives independent seminars and talks on Christian mysticism. He has a PhD from London University in Christian Spirituality and MAs in ‘History of Christianity’ and ‘Inter-Religious Dialogue’. Since 1997 he has been an Oblate of the World Community for Christian Meditation and recently co-ordinator for Oblates in Ireland. Location: London. Marketing/PR
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Silence: A User’s Guide Thich Nhat Hanh Volume 1: Process Essential Writings Ed. Robert Ellsberg Maggie Ross 978-0232-52735-3 978-0232-53148-0 Paperback Paperback £12.95 £14.99 176pp 256pp HRC: Christian spirituality and HRCM: Christian theology religious experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Thérèse Vanier JULY 2016 Pioneer of L’Arche, palliative care and spirituality unity Ann Shearer 978-0-232-53251-7, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 176pp HRCS: Christian spirituality & religious experience. RIGHTS: World. • Introduced by Jean Vanier • Thérèse Vanier was heavily involved in L’Arche, the development of palliative care in the UK and beyond and worked closely with Cecily Saunders • Includes contributions from over 40 individuals who knew and worked with Thérèse • 8 pages of colour photographs
Thérèse Vanier was a distinguished doctor, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicans. As a haematologist, she was the first woman consultant at St Thomas’s hospital in London. She subsequently worked alongside Cecily Saunders, the founder of modern palliative care, at the world-renowned St Christopher’s Hospice; colleagues agree that it was Thérèse who did more than anyone else to bring the principles and practice of palliative medicine to a wider francophone world. At the beginning of the 1970s, she was the founder of the first L’Arche community in the UK; she continued to bring her unique blend of personal commitment and professional rigour to the development of these L’Arche communities, as well as to L’Arche’s wider international family. As a Roman Catholic, Thérèse was also deeply involved in the work for greater ecumenism among Christian churches and understanding between different faiths.
This biography, published with the full support of the Vanier family and with contributions drawn from far and wide, serves as a critical assessment of Thérèse’s legacy, a tribute to her life and as an inspiration to others to follow her example. Ann Shearer is a Jungian analyst in London and was a friend of Thérèse for many years. She has known L’Arche since the 1970s, and also knows quite a few of the people who are contributing to this project. She has written 10 books and many articles and chapters and is an experienced editor. In 2013, she translated Jean Vanier’s Signs of the Times for DLT. Location: London. Online/Social Media: n/a.
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Signs of the Times Mercy Wtihin Mercy Seven Paths of Hope for a Troubled Georges and Pauline Vanier and the World Search for God Jean Vanier, trans. Ann Shearer Mary Frances Coady
978-0232-53015-5 978-0232-53189-3 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £9.99 160pp 160pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience religious experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] The Bible Makes Sense JULY 2016 Walter Brueggemann 978-0-232-53254-8, Paperback (216x135 mm), £9.99, 144pp HRCM: Christian theology
‘Walter Brueggemann is a prophet in his own right, and thus quite well equipped to make sense out of the Bible’ - Richard Rohr
• Explains how to enter into ongoing dialogue about the relevance of the Bible today, how to listen and how to respond to critics and doubters
• Brueggemann is a renowned and established author in the US and UK
• Offers suggestions for reflection, discussion and meditation on Bible passages and outlines for group study
A unique how-to book about the Bible proposing that Christians should approach the Bible not as a collection of ancient documents, but as our partner in an ongoing dialogue about our life here and now.
Walter Brueggemann is William Marcellus McPheeters Emeritus of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary. An ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, he is the author of dozens of books and hundreds of articles. The Bible Makes Sense is his first book for DLT. Location: Cincinatti - Ohio, USA. Online/Social Media: n/a.
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• Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, The Tablet) • Direct mail PR campaign to theology colleges, journals • Social media support campaign, including blog extracts • Simultaneous eBook release Related Backlist Titles
The Upside-down Bible Out of Sorts What Jesus really said about money, sex Making Peace with an Evolving Faith and violence Sarah Bessey Symon Hill 978-0-232-53239-5 978-0-232-53207-4 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £9.99 240pp 192pp HRCV; Christian Life & Practice HRCG7: Bible studies for individual or small group study
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Why Interfaith? JULY 2016 Stories, Reflections and Challenges from recent engagements in Northern Europe Ed. Andrew Wingate, Pernilla Myrelid and Leslie Nathaniel 978-0-232-53234-0, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 272pp HRCM: Christian theology. RIGHTS: World (ex Swedish language). • Stories of successful interfaith work by churches in Norway, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the UK • Reflects the rise of religion-related violence in Nothern Europe • Contributions from all featured Scandinavian countries and UK
‘The evil forces try to say to us that everything is hopeless. Why do you waste our time on this? But we believe in the power of the word of Life and we are convinced interfaith relations are part of God’s ongoing healing of this world.’
Why Interfaith? is a timely book. 2015 has seen a spate of terrorist violence across the Middle East, Africa and in Europe claimed by Islamic State, or seemingly involving religious factors. Indeed, it is now apparent to all in the wake of the latest mass shooting in Paris that what happens in Northern Europe cannot be insulated from what happens in the wider world, and vice versa.
Meanwhile, new right-wing-populist parties have gained increasing support in many countries in Europe, some with seats in parliament. An important agenda for these parties is to save Christian societies from Islam and immigrants. At the same time there are a growing number of anti-Semitic and Islamophobic incidents and hate crimes reported. The dominating picture reported in the media on religion is that religion causes lots of problems and that especially Islam and Muslims are a threat to the open, democratic societies in Europe.
Religion is not a phenomenon living its own life. Religion is part of people’s lives.
This book wants to share the stories of how the churches in the Porvoo Communion in different ways are engaged in interfaith work. Andrew Wingate, Pernilla Myrelid and Leslie Nathaniel are interfaith specialists in the UK and in Sweden. Location: Andrew Wingate - Leicester. Online/Social Media: n/a.
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• Extracts/reviews in the Christian press (e.g. Catholic Times, Herald, Universe, Church Times, Tablet) • Direct mail PR campaign to church leaders/teaching seminaries • Social media support campaign
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Aspects of Islam Unity in Process Reflections on Ecumenism Ron Geaves Ed. Clive Barrett 978-0232-52955-5 Paperback/POD 978-0232-52943-2 £16.95 Paperback 264pp £18.99 HRH: Islam 240pp HRCJ: Ecumenism
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Exploring Doubt AUG 2016 ‘Exploring Doubt is a prayer for our time’ Landscapes of Loss and Longing - Kimberley C. Patton, Professor of the Alex Wright Comparative and Historical Study of Religion, 978-0-232-53060-5, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 192pp Harvard University HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience ‘At a time when the public debate on religious faith seems to be more about conviction and ideology than about doubt and ambiguity, this book offers a personal and often moving account of the value of uncertainty. Alex Wright observes the beauty of the physical landscape and combines observation and reflection with memories of human turmoil’ - Mona Siddiqui, OBE, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, University of Edinburgh
• Helps the reader find God in the shadows, in the hidden, sometimes overlooked, corners where one might least expect to find him and to accept doubt as part of an evolving faith
• Draws on a variety of biblical, philosophical and cultural texts including: The Book of Job, Pascal, Bonhoeffer, Virginia Woolf and Simone Weil
• Pertinent to current debates about the place of religion in public life
• Written in an eloquent literary style
Exploring Doubt discusses the rich and varied ways in which answers to ‘the big questions’ – questions about faith, belief, authenticity and the existence of ‘something else’ – have always been most effectively articulated through the language not of absolute conviction, but of the marvelously improbable and ultimately unknowable. Alex Wright is Executive Editor for Classical Studies and Religion at I.B.Tauris, where he is also general editor of the I.B.Tauris Short Histories series. He has written two other books for DLT – Meanings of Life (2005) and Why Bother With Theology? (2002). Location: Oxford. Online/Social Media: n/a. Marketing/PR
• Reviews/Features in Christian, national media (Church Times, The Tablet, Guardian - Comment Is Free, The Times - Credo) • Author radio interviews (Premier Radio, Transworld Radio) • Possible launch event • Social media support campaign, including author blogs • Simultaneous eBook release
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Meanings of Life Out of Sorts Making Peace with an Evolving Faith Alex Wright Sarah Bessey
978-0-232-52489-5 978-0-232-53239-5 Paperback Paperback £10.95 £9.99 160pp 240pp HRCM: Christian theology HRCV; Christian Life & Practice
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Taboo or To Do AUG 2016 Is Christianity complementary with Yoga, martial arts, Halloween, Tarot and other alternative practices? Ross Clifford & Philip Johnson 978-0-232-53253-1, Paperback (216x135 mm), £12.99, 240pp HRCV: Christian life and practice
• Evaluates which of the aforementioned practices can be legitimately adapted without compromising the way of Jesus
• Accessible style - ideal for church leaders, professors and students of religion alike
• Foreword by John Drane
• No comparable book on market at this time
The church today in its evangelical/missional desire to reach the “spiritual but not religious” and the “nones” is adapting spiritual practices that have their roots in East Asian religions or in disciplines that emerge from New Age/New Spirituality. This book sifts through some of these popular practices that some individual Christians and local churches are adapting but of which others are wary, and asks whether or not they should really be considered off-limits.
Ross Cliffordis Principal of Morling Theological College, Sydney. He co-pioneered outreaches into Mind Body Spirit festivals. Philip Johnson is a visiting lecturer at Morling Theological College, Sydney. Location: New South Wales, Australia. Online/Social Media: n/a.
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• Reviews/Features/Author articles in Christian media (Church Times, The Tablet, Christianity, Ekklesia) • Possible Greenbelt appearance 2016 • Author radio interviews (Premier Radio, BBC Radio 4 Sunday) • Direct mail PR campaign to theology colleges, journals • Social media support campaign
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The Upside-down Bible Do Christians Know How To Be What Jesus really said about money, sex Spiritual? and violence The Rise of New Spirituality and the Symon Hill Mission of the Church John Drane 978-0-232-53207-4 978-0232-52632-5 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £12.95 192pp 192pp HRCG7: Bible studies for individual or HRCS; Christian Spirituality & small group study Religious Experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] 119 SEPT 2016 My Life as a Bisexual Christian Jaime Sommers 978-0-232-53257-9, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 160pp HRCV: Christian life and practice
• Bisexuality is likely to be one of the next big issues to face the Church, in a culture that can live with diversity, only so long as it fits neatly into a few distinct categories
• The first book to present the honest experiences of a Christian woman who identifies as bisexual
• 119 is the number of words used by the CofE to sum up bisexuality in its 2003 report into human sexuality
The powerful, emotive and challenging story of Jaime Sommers’ experiences as a woman who identifies as a bisexual Christian wife and mother of three within the evangelical church community in the UK, and how the Church failed to recognise or support this identity following a brief and isolated bisexual incident where she kissed another woman.
Jaime Sommers is a married mum-of-three. She has a doctorate in bisexual ethics from the University of Winchester and has presented workshops on bisexuality at various conferences. Location: n/a. Online/Social Media: n/a.
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• Reviews/Features/Author Articles in Christian, national media (Church Times, Third Way, Guardian) • Possibility of Author radio interviews (Premier Radio, Transworld Radio) • Social media support campaign, including blog extracts and/or author articles • Simultaneous eBook release
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One Yellow Door More Perfect Union? A memoir of love and loss, faith and Understanding Same-sex Marriage infidelity Alan Wilson Rebecca de Saintonge 978-0-232-53125-1 978-0-232-53205-0 Paperback Paperback £9.99 £8.99 160pp 160pp JFM; Ethical issues and debates BM: Memoirs
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Citizen’s Basic Income SEPT 2016 A Christian Social Policy Malcolm Torry 978-0-232-53260-9, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 176pp HRCX6: Christian social thought and activity • First full-length book to introduce the idea of Citizen’s Income as a Christian social policy • Citizen’s Income is an idea that is getting increasing coverage in the media and is already both a Green Party and SNP policy as well as being actively considered by the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties
Citizen’s Income – often called a Basic Income - is an unconditional, nonwithdrawable income paid automatically to every individual as a right of citizenship. It operates on a similar principle to the National Health Service - free at point of use for every legal resident.
The idea of an unconditional payment for every citizen has been around at least since Thomas Paine in the eighteenth century. In the modern day Malcolm Torry and the Citizen’s Income Trust have promoted debate and understanding of its feasibility as a national social policy.
Citizen’s Income is an act of grace. In this book Torry demonstrates the association between Citizen’s Income and Christianity with the ultimate aim of demonstrating Citizen’s Income as a Christian social policy, while calling for greater Church involvement in a wide-ranging debate on the subject.
Each chapter begins with a biblical text, outlines an aspect of the Christian faith, and then asks about the relationship between the aspect in question and the characteristics and effects of a Citizen’s Income.
Malcolm Torry is the Director of the Citizen’s Income Trust, and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics. He has long researched and written many articles on the reform of the benefits system, and particularly the desirability and feasibility of increased coverage of unconditional and nonwithdrawable benefits; the characteristics and management of religious and faith-based organisations. Location: London. Online/Social Media: Twitter: @Citizensincome (1.7k followers); www.citizensincome.org. Marketing/PR
• Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Catholic Herald) • Author TV/radio interviews (Premier, UCB, BBC Radio 4 Sunday) • Social media support campaign, including blog extracts • Launch at Housmans Radical Bookshop, London Related Backlist Titles
Poverty: The Inclusive Church Faith in Politics? Resource Rediscovering the Christian roots of our Susan Durber, ed. Bob Callaghan political values Richard Harries 978-0-232-53068-1 Paperback 978-0-232-53181-7 £9.99 Paperback 96pp £9.99 HRCX4: Christian ministry and 160pp pastoral activity HRCV: Christian life and practice
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] John Sentamu’s Agape Love Stories OCT 2016 22 Stories of God’s Love Changing Lives Today John Sentamu 978-0-232-53223-4, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 176pp HRCV: Christian life and practice. RIGHTS: World.
• Will console, encourage and inspire readers who are experiencing difficult times in their lives, even crises of faith, to find a way out of their malaise through the example of others
• Includes personal contributions from Jean Vanier and Richard Taylor OBE (father of Damilola Taylor)
• Includes series of photographs
• Past two books in trilogy have been best-sellers
Compiled by John Sentamu, 22 people with everyday lives, families and jobs explain how an experience God’s love gave them hope in the darkest moments: during terminal illness, drug addiction, depression and temptation to suicide. Stories which stand as inspiring demonstrations of Christian faith in action.
John Sentamu is the Archbishop of York, and was previously Bishop of Birmingham and Bishop of Stepney. He is author of John Sentamu’s Faith Stories (DLT: 2013) and John Sentamu’s Hope Stories (DLT: 2014). Location: York. Online/Social Media: archbishopofyork.org; Twitter - @JohnSentamu (59k followers).
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• Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Church of England Newspaper, Catholic Herald) • Launch event in York with John Sentamu • Related coverage in local media • Social media support campaign using contributor vlogs
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John Sentamu’s Faith Stories John Sentamu’s Hope Stories 20 true stories of faith changing lives 20 true stories of hope changing lives today today John Sentamu John Sentamu
978-0-232-52978-4 978-0-232-53109-1 Paperback Paperback £8.99 £8.99 160pp 160pp HRCV: Christian life and practice HRCV: Christian life and practice
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Dust that Dreams of Glory NOV 2016 Lenten Reflections Michael Mayne 978-0-232-53276-0, Paperback (198x126 mm), £9.99, 160pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience. RIGHTS: World.
• A perfect Lenten devotional accompaniment for the general reader and an invaluable resource for Clergy
• Never-before-published material from Michael Mayne’s private archives
• Michael Mayne regarded as one of the most influential writers of modern Anglican spirituality
• Published to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Michael Mayne’s death from cancer
Based on a collection of unpublished Michael Mayne writings with a Lent theme that reveals him at his best. Dust That Dreams of Glory comprises 17 Lent sermons delivered from 1985 to 1999 at significant churches including Westminster Abbey, the Chapel Royal at St James’ Palace and Salisbury cathedral, plus a Seven Last Words service given in St. Thomas Fifth Avenue Church in New York City in 1992.
Michael Mayne was Head of Religious Programmes, BBC Radio, Vicar of Great St Mary’s (the University Church), Cambridge, and Dean of Westminster. He died from cancer in October 2006. Location: n/a Online/Social Media: n/a.
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• Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Catholic Herald) • Joel Huffstetler interviews on Christian radio (BBC Radio 4 Sunday, Premier) • Social media support campaign
Related Backlist Titles To Trust and To Love God’s Consoling Love Sermons and addresses Sermons and addresses Michael Mayne Michael Mayne RIGHTS: World. RIGHTS: World. 978-0-232-52798-8 978-0-232-53017-9 Paperback (198x126 mm) Paperback (178x110 mm) £12.99 £7.99 192pp 128pp HRCS: Christian spirituality and HRCS: Christian spirituality and religious experience religious experience
ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected] Feast or Famine NOV 2016 Ekklesia is a web based think-tank How the Gospel challenges austerity - an Ekklesia Lent course for groups and promoting theological ideas in the public individuals square. It offers news as well as Simon Barrow, Virginia Moffatt et al workshops, conferences, and consultancy 978-0-232-53261-6, Paperback (178x110 mm), £5.99, 144pp services - www.Ekklesia.co.uk. HRCV: Christian life and practice. RIGHTS: World.
• Offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date collection of Christian thought on the political issue of the age – austerity – and what the Bible has to say about it
• Fully supported by and published in conjunction with Ekklesia
A five-week Lent course looking at practical issues of austerity versus plenty in modern Britain, based on the core gospel theme of feast versus famine. In the way of Christ we grow together by sharing, and are divided by hoarding. This understanding can transform the way we respond to issues of austerity versus plenty in our community, country and world.
Simon Barrow is Co-Director of Ekkleisa and a practical theologian, commentator, journalist, NGO consultant, adult educator and trainer. Virginia Moffatis Chief Operating Officer of Ekklesia. She began her working life living with adults with learning disabilities in the L’Arche London Community. Over the last thirty years, she has worked for a number of voluntary and statutory organisations as a support worker, information worker, contract manager and commissioning manager. Location: London. Online/Social Media: www.ekklesia.co.uk. Twitter: @Ekklesia_co_uk (8.6k followers); @simonbarrow (7k followers).
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• Social media support and online advertising campaign with Ekklesia • London launch event with Ekklesia and book contributors • Reviews/Features in Christian media (Church Times, Reform, War Cry) • Author interviews on Christian radio (Premier) Related Backlist Titles The Upside-down Bible Citizen’s Basic Income What Jesus really said about money, sex A Christian Social Policy and violence Malcolm Torry Symon Hill RIGHTS: World. RIGHTS: World. 978-0-232-53260-9 978-0-232-53207-4 Paperback (198x126 mm) Paperback (198x126 mm) £9.99 £9.99 176pp 192pp HRCX6: Christian social thought and HRCG7: Bible studies: for individual activity or small group study ORDERS: Norwich Books and Music, 13a Hellesdon Park Road, Norwich NR6 5DR Tel: 01603 785 925 Fax: 01603 785915 E-mail: [email protected]