CANTERBURY PRESS

Steven Croft, the next Bishop of Oxford, traces the nature and the exercise of leadership throughout the Bible in its record of ambitious rulers, reluctant prophets and others who found themselves called to leadership positions. He offers timeless wisdom and insight into human nature and the challenge and privilege of leadership.

As a collection of 66 books spanning thousands of years, the Bible can be daunting in size and scope. In The Heart of It All, the Canterbury Press Lent book for 2020, Samuel Wells simplifies the Bible's complexity and presents the entire sweep of its narrative in eighteen key themes.

The Hour is Come enables readers to enter into the experience of Jesus, his disciples and all the other players in the Passion narrative by using 'real time' to immerse us in the story. It reveals a God so intimately involved with human life that the ticking clock becomes part of how we know Jesus.

See the Biblical story in an unusual light - from the perspective of a devil who took up arms against heaven under the leadership of Satan. Beneath their conversational and sardonic surface style, these twelve infernal reflections engage deeply with the reality of a loving God who is made visible and vulnerable in Christ.

The season of Advent traditionally involved meditation upon the 'Four Last Things': heaven, hell, death, and judgement. The Love That Moves the Sun revives this ancient practice and marries it with contemporary concerns, recovering the hope and belief that all things are moving towards union with God.

Every culture shapes its image of God and interprets Scripture through its own assumptions - often missing the richness of the text. Nadim Nassar invites readers to step into Jesus' world and see the Gospels through Middle Eastern eyes.

In The Mindful Leader, Peter Shaw unpacks the Christian concepts underpinning good leadership and management - such as wisdom, hope and truth - offering a toolkit for leaders who are aspiring to be more authentic.

The Ascension is a key Christian doctrine that receives very little attention in the textbooks most widely used in ministerial training. After more than twenty years of teaching ordinands and readers in training, Moira Astin provides a comprehensive and readable book that also covers the required academic ground for those in training.