|
|
Social Issues
 |
Votewise Now! : Helping Christians engage with the
issues, edited by Rose Lynas, forward by Joel Edwards (SPCK
& Jubilee Centre 2009) isbn 9780281061921
£8.99 'This book is an agenda for Christians - not just in
response to the electoral process but as an ongoing tool for
responsible citizenship. And for a number of reasons:
first, it pools the wisdom of informed Christians to guide us
through a number of key issues on which elections are fought and
lost, such as the economy, health and education. But it
does more than that; it also helps us to go beyond our domestic
preoccupations to the wider issues facing our global village by
highlighting issues such as international order and the
environment. Everyone who is eligible to do so should vote; but
it's another thing to vote wisely. Votewise Now!
leaves us with no excuse.' (Joel Edwards)
|

|
God knows there's need: Christian responses to
poverty, by Susan R Holman (Oxford University Press
2009) £16.99 hardback "Very few books manage to combine
sensitive and accurate historical scholarship with deep personal
engagement and indeed exposure; this is one of them.
Susan Holman courageously bridges the gap between the scholarly
study of early Christianity and the challenges of Christian
discipleship today with a real depth of insight and no trace of
romanticism about the past. A unique achievement."
Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury.
|
 |
Creation in Crisis: Christian perspectives on
sustainability, edited by Robert S White, (SPCK 2009) isbn
9780281061907 £12.99 Creation is in crisis.
Why then do we continue in activities that are manifestly
harmful to ourselves and to others? Part of the
answer is undoubtedly ignorance about what we are actually
doing. But part is also that we do not want to face
up to the fact that the material comforts we enjoy are bought at
the cost to other people and to the natural world.
This volume highlights the seriousness of environmental
degradation and climate change, the root causes and possible
solutions, and the contribution of Christian thinking to these
issues.
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|