Religion from Swainby Books

At the heart of the Christian faith is the mystery of the Incarnation - God manifesting his love for us by becoming man... The Mystery of Incarnation is divided into three parts and covers subjects such as: the contemporary search for meaning; rediscovering the transcendent; prayer; saints for our time; peace; human love and relationships; the future of society; and… Read more about this item

Directly, simply, and forcefully, Moltmann here presents his reflections on the Spirit and the spiritual life that were the essence of his prior book, The Spirit of Life. In this short, accessible work, he combines a deep personal faith with admirable learning and experience. Moltmann views the Holy Spirit as the power of new life, which enlivens body and soul, spirit… Read more about this item

The first edition of the new Catechism went out across the world in many language versions. This gave the local Churches the chance to study it in depth. Through their bishops and teachers they responded with comments on texts that needed refinement. The present edition was developed in the light of these comments and published in Latin as the definitive… Read more about this item

Most Christians know John Newton as the slave ship captain who famously converted to Christ on the high seas and then penned one of the greatest hymns of the faith: Amazing Grace. Less well-known is Newtons significance in his own day as an evangelical icon, great preacher and theologian, and important influence on abolitionist William Wilberforce. In this fascinating biography,… Read more about this item

Paul Tournier has practised medicine in Geneva since 1928, as a physician who acquired psychiatric training and experience because he learned that many of his patients needed help going deeper than drugs or surgery. Many of his books are in paperback editions, including A Doctor's Casebook in the Light of the Bible, The Meaning of Persons, Escape from Loneliness, The… Read more about this item

Is an urban based approach to mission still relevant in a networked global society? If so, what is particular about the urban context for the heart of God's mission? How is that mission understood in terms of evangelism and proclamation; sin and salvation; the work of the sacraments and the Holy Spirit; and challenge of Christ in the lives of… Read more about this item

First God enters your life, then he changes it. David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury, is a man of action. He believes in going out and meeting ordinary people on their home ground and engaging with them directly. These encounters have convinced him that a life of faith and worship, lived according to God's pattern, has to be a life of… Read more about this item

English translation of the Catechism adopted by all the Dioceses of Germany in 1955. First page which is in any case blank is torn. Pages clear and mark free. Text wonderfully illustrated by Albert Burkart. Sellotaped at back, two printed pages by Dr Klemens Tilmann, an Oratorian father, "Ten rules for using 'A Catholic Catechism'. … Read more about this item

C.S. Lewis was a 'prophetic' teacher and believed education should cultivate human virtue as well as academic merit. Mere Education shows how such excellence may be nurtured by applying Lewis's educational vision to a range of current policies and practices of critical importance for parents, teachers and leaders. Drawing upon both well-known and less familiar fiction and non-fiction by this… Read more about this item

There is a story, once widely known, that tells us who we are, where we came from, and where we are going. This story is told by Christians and it is called the gospel - the good news of the kingdom of God as revealed in the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Today the story has… Read more about this item

For almost fifty years, through her tireless service to the poor and her courageous witness for peace, Dorothy Day offered an example of the gospel in action. Now the publication of her diaries, previously sealed for twenty-five years after her death, offers a uniquely intimate portrait of her struggles and concerns. Beginning in 1934 and ending in 1980, these diaries reflect… Read more about this item

Handed down for generations, these stirring readings for every day of the Lenten season spring from a pastor's heart. Expanding on the Gospel accounts, they draw the reader into deep contemplation of Christ's suffering, accompanying him in vivid detail on his last journey from Bethany to Golgotha. At every step, from his triumphal entry into Jerusalem and his last supper… Read more about this item

'I dislike the idea of being a religious poet. I would prefer to be a poet for whom religious things mattered intensely.' In the poems collected in this book, Rowan Williams writes of many things. He visits the Holy Land, commemorates the deaths of parents and close friends, explores elements of ancient Celtic culture; poems are inspired by works of art,… Read more about this item

Lost Icons: Reflections on Cultural Bereavement explores Williams' concern that fashion dictates how we understand and respond to the world around us, rather than long-accepted behavioral and relational norms, or icons. Whereas fashion comes and goes, cultural icons arise from generations of conversation, and "represent some of the basic constraints on what human beings can reasonably do and say together… Read more about this item

Bringing the gospel accounts of the trial and resurrection of Christ vividly to life, Christ on Trial shows how the words of the disciples still relate directly to us today. The trial, conviction and death of an innocent man 2000 years ago has particular resonance in an era when atrocities from around the world shake us every week. Here is… Read more about this item

The first occupant of Lambeth Palace in several generations with an international reputation as a theologian, former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is nevertheless often considered a difficult writer, more admired than read and understood. Many people remain puzzled by how his social radicalism can coexist with a reputation for orthodoxy in doctrine. Rowan Williams: An Introduction is the first… Read more about this item

This book was originally published in 1991 as a companion volume to the Liturgical Commission's 1986 volume of services and prayers for Lent, Holy Week and Easter. The Liturgical Commission offered new versions and adapta­tions of existing traditional liturgies for the seasons. The books were widely welcomed by Anglicans of many varieties of church­manship, and their acceptance seemed to… Read more about this item

Our home, our duties and routines, our relationships, and the way we use our time, are the monasteries of our lives. It is through these practices that we build our relationship with God, that we find opportunities for contemplation, and deserts for reflection. In this beautiful little book Ronald Rolheiser turns on its head the idea that religious life is… Read more about this item

To complement the popular 'how to do it' publications, which give guidance on the move to Common Worship, a serious and scholarly commentary on Common Worship texts is offered here. Volume 1 contains chapters on the Eucharist, Initiation, Service of the Word, Calendar and Sunday Lectionary, Psalter, Canticles, and Collects and Post Communion Prayers.There is an historical survey of the… Read more about this item

How can churches and individual practitioners respond faithfully and creatively to the tensions that often arise in urban mission? Drawing on in-depth research and personal experience, this careful booklet analyses and reflects upon a series of tensions in the theory and practice of mission in an urban context. It urges a both-and Christianity that learns from different perspectives and wrestles… Read more about this item