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Maria Power praises the new edited volume ‘Coming Home’ for its much-needed theological reflections on housing and homelessness. Over the past 18 months, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns have […]


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John Reader reflects on Anita Sethi’s recent memoir, following both her internal and external journeys, and applauding her use of digital media to bring about new forms of public interaction. […]


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Lottie Moore reviews Al Barrett’s recent book at the intersection between practical and political theology—and finds much to recommend. Al Barrett’s work opens with a description of the Bromford Passion […]


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David Shaw finds much to admire in this study of Cardinal Cahal Daly and his role in peace-making in Northern Ireland. The number of books covering the violence, politics, and […]


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Greg Smith offers a probing review of this edited collection of essays on Brexit from an Anglican perspective. Jonathan Chaplin and Andrew Bradstock have done an excellent job in bringing […]


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Dr Maria Power, honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Foundation, finds much to recommend in Marcus Mescher’s recent contribution to Catholic social teaching. When Francis succeeded Benedict XVI as pope […]


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Tim Middleton reviews this book from Christian Climate Action—a combination of thoughts, resources and laments on Extinction Rebellion and climate activism from a religious perspective. Time to Act was published […]


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Kenneth Wilkinson-Roberts finds much to recommend in this edited volume on the connections between spirituality and well-being, not least its global and interdisciplinary approach. In recent years, the study of […]


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Greg Smith reviews Chris Wright’s recent book on idolatry. He applauds Wright’s critique of the idols that dominate our contemporary politics, and wonders whether the solution lies in a conception […]


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Greg Smith reviews this edited volume by Shamim Miah, Pete Sanderson and Paul Thomas. He applauds the authors’ focus on the particularities of multiculturalism in northern former mill towns but […]


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