Theology

Why are faiths now so associated with violent conflict? Why has the communications revolution had a deeper impact on Islam than on Christianity? Why is there a tendency to associate Christianity with the West, and with overt/covert forms of colonialism? This title deals with these questions.

The Collage of God is for all who find it difficult to reconcile the realities of life with comfortable notions about faith. Following his experiences with suffering as a hospital chaplain, Mark Oakley reconstructs faith as a collage of traditions, texts, and experiences of living, imagination, silence and prayer. A contemporary spiritual classic.

In an overwhelming world, how can our lives be shaped to their greatest potential? David F. Ford examines the whirl of life today - the endless information that inundates us and pervades our lives. He serves up practical wisdom for coping creatively, offering a vision of genuine Christian life that can face the best and worst of today's world.

The rekindling of devotion to Mary has been one of the many gifts of the Catholic movement to the Church of England, and there are few better exponents of it than Roger Greenacre. Here he traces the way that Mary has been perceived throughout Anglican history, from the Middle Ages to today, and examines her role in ecumenical dialogue.

Takes into account the diversity of Christianity, notably the division between the Orthodox East and the Catholic West, the Reformation and its consequences; the flow out from Europe with empires and the development from corporate 'tribal' religion to religion as a matter of individual choice.

This book is for anyone who would like to take faith seriously but finds their intelligence getting in the way.