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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.

 

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 


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