The Learning Church series offers a range of brief and accessible introductions to the key themes of Christian discipleship and theology. Conversations with the New Testament introduces the major themes and critical issues of the New Testament in a way that relates them to current experience, context and culture. The starting point is the reader's own experience and engagement with Scripture in a variety of different contexts.

This undergraduate text provides an introduction to the Old Testament covering all the core topics provided on a typical level one course. Features include: boxed explanations of difficult concepts, bullet pointed notes to remember, shaded areas of text highlighting areas for reflection, questions at the end of each chapter, web links and more.

How might a young student be inspired by the sermon on the Mount? Refusing to be intimidated by the challenges implicit in reading the gospel, Everyday Conversations with Matthew brings the situations of ordinary readers into conversation with the scholarship to help make the text accessible and practically useful in specific instances.

This book discusses major themes and critical issues of the Old Testament in a way that relates to current experience, context and culture.

At the foot of Mount Baozhu and Mount Huangfen in Panlong Ancient Town lies a millennia-old tomb. What stories lie hidden within? Ancient secrets passed down through the ages, mysteries buried for a thousand years, and treasures guarded for a millennium... What untold tales unfolded a thousand years ago? The protagonists will return to that enigmatic ancient tomb to uncover a shocking and extraordinary legend... A thousand years later, at the foot of Mount Kunlun, what tales are whispered ...

The Psalms form part of most church services yet the positive part they can play in the experience of worship remains largely hidden. This book seeks to unearth them and re-earth them in our lives and imaginations.Hidden in Plain Sight is a short and accessible resource for those who would like to see what relevance the Psalms have for contemporary worship and life experience. Unlike most works on Psalms, this book concentrates on the lived experiences that lie behind them...

"This short story will help us to engage with our own inner voice and to find the courage to find expression for our convictions. I thoroughly enjoyed it and was left with much to ponder. Do actions really speak louder than fine sounding words?" (Mark Hadfield, Coordinator, Inverness Street Pastors) Culloden, Scotland, April 1746 All around was the awful sound of moaning. It was not just mournful, but the sound of immense sufferi...

This book uses original archival material to consider the theatrical and cultural innovations of Joan Littlewood and her company, 'Theatre Workshop'. Littlewood had a huge impact on the way theatre was generated, rehearsed and presented during the twentieth century.Now reissued, Joan Littlewood is the first book to combine:an overview of Littlewood's career in relation to the wider social, political and cultural contextan exploration of Li...

A prison in Gatineau Park? Tougher sentencing laws to fill it up? Something about this plan smells. After losing seats in the election, a (less than) honourable Prime Minister decides to do things his way with a massive new tough-on-crime bill. Finally, he’ll have the power to silence his critics once and for all. It was all going according to plan until word gets out to the feisty mayor of Riverdale, Quebec, who decides to fight back. Rallying behind their mascot, Arthur the skunk, she and t...

"An excellent introduction to the study of population and its significance for many of the key social, political, cultural and environmental issues facing the world today. It covers population growth, ageing, migration and mobility, parenting, health inequalities, and much more... The authors do not shy away from areas of continuing debate, providing both sides of an argument and encouraging readers to follow up the original sources"**- Tony Champion, Emeritus Professor of Popul...

Abby Long is thrilled when she offers the winning bid for an antique desk at an auction. With its intricately inlaid woods and elegant style, the desk is perfect for Abby; it is the gift she promised herself to finally celebrate her thriving antique business. She has no idea that the antique desk holds a secret that will lead her on a fascinating, life-changing journey back in time. When Abby discovers a hidden diary stuffed inside a secret compartment in the desk, she can hardly wait to r...

In the present century, from the twin towers to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is much to disturb our securities and beliefs. The Old Testament presents us with similar situations of bewildered suffering, and one persistent theme of response is that of lament.Honest Sadness examines lament as a means of articulating faithful incomprehension, and as a resource for what have been called communities of honest sadness. It traces the development of lament through the Old Testamen...