Book Review: Tom Wright for Everyone
In preparation for a conference paper, I’ve been dipping in and out of a whole host of stuff by Tom/N. T. Wright, when I noticed in my digital library that I had a copy of this book. I read it … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
In preparation for a conference paper, I’ve been dipping in and out of a whole host of stuff by Tom/N. T. Wright, when I noticed in my digital library that I had a copy of this book. I read it … Continued
The Church of England has released it’s latest big thing on sexuality. I say ‘thing’ because bluntly Living in Love and Faith is not really a report, but rather a suite of resources including a book, a course, some videos, and … Continued
Hi! Who are you and what do you do? My name is Mike Higton. I’m Professor of Theology and Ministry at Durham University – but I don’t spend that much time in university lecture halls and seminar rooms. My main … Continued
Sometimes a book has such an uninspiring package that you end up being incredibly surprised and grateful that you did not judge it by it’s cover, but instead delved in. Gerald Bray’s Doing Theology with the Reformers falls neatly into this … Continued
The review that follows will be published, in an edited form, in the Churchman journal. I reproduce it here as I think this is a really important book! Behind an accurate but uninviting title and a nice-but-uninspiring cover lie a superb … Continued
This blog post could have been title: ‘Book Review: The First Letter of Peter – A Global Commentary’, but given my views on reviewing commentaries (you can’t really, because everyone wants a commentary for different reasons) and the significance of … Continued
When I started reading this book, I wasn’t sure I was going to review it, let alone enjoy it. By the time I got to the end of it, whilst I was still sure it is pretty niche, I was … Continued
I’ve had this book on my shelves for years, and finally got round to re-reading it and reviewing it recently, as I was inspired by the publication of Steven Duby’s God in Himself. Peter Sanlon’s first book Simply God: Recovering the Classical Trinity … Continued
Ever since starting to work for SPCK back in 2016, I’ve come more and more to appreciate the season of Advent – and have used various different books to ‘lean in’ to this vital season of the Church’s year. Recently … Continued
Bishop Graham opens this short book with a simple dedication: To all my friends who voted either Leave or Remain Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the country back together is a short (around 50 pages) book is a concise and focused piece … Continued