The Origins of Christmas Carols
In The Life of Music, Nicholas Kenyon explores the enduring appeal of the classical music canon at a moment when we can access all…
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Bookshop of the Month – Church House Bookshop, London
Our bookshop of the month for March is Church House Bookshop in Westminster, Church of England’s official bookshop. We chatted to the retail sales…
The Spirit of the Text by David Bentley Hart
David Bentley Hart, one of our most celebrated writers on religion, has undertaken a huge task to offer us a new translation of the New…
Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer by Scott H. Hendrix
It has been 500 years since Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. Scott H. Hendrix,…
A Q&A with Devorah Baum, author of Feeling Jewish
Described as ‘intellectually luminous, psychologically penetrating, existentially anxious, and wonderfully funny’ by Zadie Smith, Devorah Baum’s Feeling Jewish: A Book For Just About Anyone explores what…
What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
The Warner brothers formed one of the most iconic and powerful movie studios of the 20th century, delighting audiences with many now classic films…
ISIS, Christianity, and the Pact of Umar by David J. Wasserstein
David J. Wasserstein— When ISIS forces took the Iraqi city of Mosul in the summer of 2014, and later on when they took…
Prince to Buddha – an extract from A Little History of Religion
If you haven’t discovered our amazing Little History series already, you have a whole host of great books to add to your TBR shelf!…
The English Reformation: Was Henry VIII the founder of Roman Catholicism? by Peter Marshall
2017 marks 500 years since the Reformation. Peter Marshall, author of Heretics and Believers, asks whether Henry VIII really was the founder of Roman Catholicism? It…
The Mongols and the Islamic World from Conquest to Conversion
The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Chinggis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated…
Secular Buddhism by Stephen Batchelor – An Extract
Mindfulness meditation in the West has become a common practice. Many of its Western practitioners, however, do not identify as Buddhist. In this thought-provoking…
A Different Kind of Paganism by Anthony T. Kronman
Anthony T. Kronman’s latest book, Confessions of a Born Again Pagan, offers a third way—beyond atheism and religion—to the God of the modern world….
A Little History of Religion by Richard Holloway – A Video & Extract
To mark the release of the latest addition to the Little Histories series A Little History of Religion, we are sharing a short interview…
After Buddhism: A Conversation with Stephen Batchelor
‘Those looking for a serious, secular reexamination of Buddhist ethics that acknowledges religiosity will find this book highly intelligent, rigorous, and absorbing.’ – Publishers…
The Anglo-Saxon World: Kings and Early Christianity
Understanding the development of religion in the Anglo-Saxon world is pivotal to understanding the rest of this ancient culture and its society. Here, Nicholas…