SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHR

The ESV-CE published by SPCK has been approved by the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, and Scotland, as the basis for the new Lectionary (2022) and all future liturgical texts used by Catholics.

Here is a handy, up-to-date and highly informative guide to the history, theology and celebration of baptism, confirmation and other rites of initiation in the Church of England.

Covers the Church's year from Ash Wednesday onwards. Suitable for those involved in planning and leading worship, this book features chapters that deal with Lent, Passiontide and Holy Week, the Easter liturgy, Eastertide, Trinity to All Saints, and seasons and festivals of the agricultural year, and describe the liturgical character of the season.

This is a handbook to the Eucharist looking in detail at the principles of liturgical celebration as well as ritual instructions.

This introduction to Celtic Christian spirituality presents the primary texts from the Celtic Christian tradition. The facing-page commentary explores how faithful Christians and spiritual seekers use the writings of this lively tradition as ways of embodying and living the gospel.

A collection of stories, meditations, poems and prayers that evokes the authentic spirit of Celtic Christianity. Capturing the atmosphere of parables passed down through generations, it shows the human warmth, respect for the natural world and robust, down-to-earth qualities for which Celtic spirituality is so greatly valued.

In this text, David Runcorn talks openly and honestly about the real problems experienced in life. Runcorn looks at the implications of free will, its excitements and its burdens. He also faces head-on tough questions of desire, of feeling overwhelmed, of feeling far from God.

The Christian Belief for Everyone series comprises five guides to the basic ideas of the Christian faith. The first volume, Faith and the Creeds, concentrates on the nature of faith and the history and relevance of the Creeds, in a reflection on what we really mean when we say 'I believe'.