Category Archives: Book Reviews

The Power of Silence: the riches that lie within, by Graham Turner, October 2012. Bloomsbury, 254 pages hardback, ISBN 978-1-4411-8223-4. RRP £16.99 This book explores the subject of ‘silence’ by means of a journey – both physical and spiritual – through diverse places, people … Continue reading →

Living with other Creatures: Green Exegesis and Theology, by Richard Bauckham, September 2011. Authentic Media, 250 pages, ISBN 978-1-8422-7740-9. RRP £15.99 (paperback), £11.32 (ebook) This collection consists of two new and eight previously published essays ranging from the place of humanity in creation to that … Continue reading →

Fingerprints of Fire …Footprints of Peace, by Noel Moules, September 2012. Circle Books, 354 pages, ISBN 978-1-846-94612-7. RRP £12.99 (paperback) This is a book that invites you to participate in a discussion. The style encourages this because instead of blocks of text there are … Continue reading →

Sacred Land: Decoding Britain’s extraordinary past through its towns, villages and countryside, by Martin Palmer, March 2012, Piatkus, 368 pages, ISBN 978-0-7499-5292-1. RRP £16.99 (paperback), £8.49 (ebook) Sacred Land, written by Martin Palmer, co-founder of The Alliance of Religions and Conservation and advisor to … Continue reading →

Gaia and Genesis, Written and directed by Joe Jenkins. Total running time: 90 minutes. DVD available for £85 from http://www.ethicsonline.net/pages/environmental.html ‘Gaia and Genesis’ is a series of short, documentary-style films produced by the film-maker Joe Jenkins. Joe has taught Religious Studies for … Continue reading →

Let Us Be Human: Christianity for a Collapsing Culture; by Sam Charles Norton, January 2012, Xlibris Corporation, ISBN 978-1-4691-4929-5 (paperback), RRP £13.99 (paperback), £2.63 (digital edition), 139 pages This book is a call for wisdom set against a background of … Continue reading →

Finding Home, by Erik Peacock, Author House (www.authorhouse.co.uk) ISBN 978-1-4670-0136-6. RRP£7.23 “I spent five days walking solo through the Southern Forests on a compass bearing. I was probably the first white person to ever walk those hills.  Apart from the … Continue reading →

Holy Shit: Managing Manure to Save Mankind, by Gene Logsdon, December 2010, Chelsea Green Publishing, 272 pages, ISBN 978-1603582513, RRP £14.95. My friend and colleague Kerri’s gentle American voice floated over the lawn between us; “I have just the book … Continue reading →