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Inter-Varsity Press Integrity: Leading With God Watching
Book SynopsisAnother lurid newspaper headline: a high-profile figure has fallen from grace. Worse still, he tried to cover it up so that everyone would think he was something he wasn't ... She was a respected figure in her school but it turned out she had been funding her lavish lifestyle with money that didn't belong to her. Integrity matters. We expect it, naively perhaps, of leaders in all walks of life. We trust people whose words, character and actions are consistent. But why is integrity so rare? Why does our walk not match our talk? One of the most pertinent and positive examples of integrity in Scripture is that of the apostle Paul. In 2 Corinthians his passions and frustrations are clear as he offers us an extraordinary insight into the joys and pressures of Christian leadership. His model is no less counter-cultural today than it was in the first century: leading with God watching. There are lessons for all Christians here, not just for formally recognized leaders. Jonathan Lamb examines key passages and interweaves them with examples from everyday life. Whether in responding to criticism, exercising authority, coping with failure, handling money or struggling with personal weakness, this book is a call to live consistently in the light of gospel priorities. Only then will our lives speak authentically to a sceptical world.
£10.44
The University of Chicago Press Preserving the Self in the South Seas 16801840
Book SynopsisThis volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.
£76.95
Princeton University Press The Things Things Say
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewHonorable Mention for the 2013 Barbara and George Perkins Prize, The International Society for the Study of Narrative Honorable Mention for the 2011 Oscar Kenshur Book Prize, The Center for Eighteenth-Century Studies at Indiana University "[A]stonishing."--ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Prologue xi Part One: Property, Personification, and Idols 1 Chapter 1: Owning Things 3 Chapter 2: The Crying of Lost Things 35 Chapter 3: Making Babies in the South Seas 55 Chapter 4: The Growth of Idols 78 Chapter 5: The Rape of the Lock as Still Life 98 Part Two: Persons and Fictions 127 Chapter 6: Locke's Wild Fancies 129 Chapter 7: Fictionality and the Representation of Persons 151 Part Three: Authors and Nonpersons 173 Chapter 8: 'Me and My Ink' 175 Chapter 9: Things as Authors 201 Chapter 10: Authors Owning Nothing 230 Bibliography 253 Index 267
£22.50
Princeton University Press Scurvy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Honorable Mention for the 2018 Louis Gottschalk Prize, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies"
£18.00
Inter-Varsity Press Essentially One: Striving for the Unity God Loves
Book SynopsisAcross the barriers of race, class, culture and denomination, Christians are united through the transforming power of the gospel of grace. Yet instead of walls dismantled and alienations healed, churches are often characterised by ugly division, narrow tribalism and painful fragmentation. In a world characterised by growing social division, hostile identity politics and polarised cyber tribes - all compounded by shrill voices on social media - the author unfolds the profound biblical vision of true unity, founded on the redemptive purposes of God to create a single new humanity. This book provides crucial help for handling differences and overcoming division, calling for attitudes and behaviour that portray Christ-like character and reflect true Christian community. Applying key biblical texts, it addresses practical issues of handling conflict, managing change, using words wisely, avoiding tribalism, strengthening partnerships and building counter-cultural community in the local church. Urging us to make every effort to promote godly unity, this is a thoughtful yet passionate call to remember that we are essentially one - for the sake of God’s honour and the credibility of our Christian witness in a fractured world.Trade ReviewUnity between Christians, and their partnership in the gospel, lies at the heart of our relationship with God and the mission of his church. This book addresses the subject in a biblically faithful and pastorally sensitive way. Jonathan Lamb combines a careful engagement with a wide variety of Bible passages with a practical application of the truth and a passionate plea for unity. Highly recommended. -- Paul Mallard, Senior Minister, Widcombe Baptist Church, Bath, former President of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, and author of Invest Your Suffering, Invest Your Disappointments, Staying Fresh and An Identity to Die ForThis book made me think rather carefully about my attitudes and behaviour towards other Christians, inside my own church and more widely. At times that was uncomfortable, but as well as feeling quite convicted, I found I was being given spiritual energy to love them better - and a set of practical ways to do that. I feel sure that many others will experience the same if they browse Jonathan’s wise, mature, godly words. -- Julian Hardyman, Senior Pastor, Eden Chapel, Cambridge, UK, conference speaker and authorA powerful appeal for believers to repent of ungodly divisions and share God’s passion for Christian unity. Jonathan Lamb’s combination of clear biblical teaching and deep pastoral wisdom, forged in years of close engagement with believers from varied cultures and traditions, results in a book that will inspire and challenge in equal measure. -- Vaughan Roberts, Rector of St Ebbe’s Oxford and Chairman of the Proclamation TrustI wish I had such a book as a student at Moody Bible Institute over 60 years ago. This book is greatly needed and represents very solid biblical thinking so urgently needed in our day. Many people will not even know about the book unless people like you and me help spread the word, or even just give them a copy. -- George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilisation, author and speakerA very beneficial resource for Christians, particularly in the light of current conflicts in churches and within denominations. From a firm biblical foundation, Jonathan Lamb expounds God’s desire for unity within the Body of Christ. This book is both theological and practical, providing helpful examples of how we can strive for the unity God loves. -- Derek J Balsdon, Methodist Evangelicals Together Development WorkerJonathan has produced a tour de force - powerful, persuasive and pastoral. This excellent book has renewed in me a fresh heart to 'strive for the unity God loves'. -- Lyndon Bowring, Chairman and Co-Founder of CAREUnity is a Christian buzzword, easy to say. But what does it mean in practice? Essentially One is the best book I have read on the subject. Jonathan Lamb is one of those rare writers who combine a deep understanding of the New Testament's teaching with clarity in communication and down-to-earth application for the local church. This new book is realistic and yet profoundly inspiring. I highly recommend it! -- Stefan Gustavsson, Director Apologia - Centre for Christian Apologetics, and former General Secretary of the Swedish Evangelical AllianceFor the last decade I feel as if I have been ambushed by the great John chapter 17 prayer of Jesus and his request of the Father ‘they might be brought to complete unity’. I’m convinced within the prayer we capture something of the very heartbeat of God. Jonathan Lamb, with his wonderfully biblical and hope-filled focus, explores how this unity can be outworked within the 21st-century church. Short, sharp chapters, with helpful illustrations and great questions at the end of each one, encourage reflection and discussion. This is a book which I’m sure churches will wish to work through, either as a leadership team, a preaching series or small group study. -- Steve Clifford, former General Director of Evangelical Alliance UKThis is not the first book on the topic of evangelical unity, but what is inescapable in this volume is the urgency of the appeal to make every effort to strive for the unity God loves. It is biblically rich and theologically deep, and every chapter affirms the personal integrity and vast experience of this honoured practitioner who has been striving for decades to deepen the essential unity of evangelical believers. It is a fundamental tragedy that evangelicals have consistently failed to align themselves with God’s purposes for unity so clearly set forth in the scriptures. In too many places, the church landscape is littered with the casualties from church conflicts. Healthy churches will benefit by reading the preventative measures set forth so clearly in Essentially One. I suggest this book can be likened to a final prophetic call to this generation of evangelicals. Heed its message, or forfeit the credibility of Christian mission. -- David Coffey OBE, former President of the Baptist World Alliance, author of Build that Bridge: conflict and reconciliation in the church and All one in Christ JesusAmong evangelicals our strong desire for doctrinal clarity has not always been matched by an equally strong desire for visible unity, a concern addressed by Jonathan Lamb in this book. This is a thoroughly biblical, profoundly challenging and helpfully practical treatment of how to build community, handle differences, manage conflict, and strengthen partnership. Jonathan demonstrates that striving for unity has sometimes been one of our blind spots, something which needs to be addressed both because it is a biblical imperative and because it impinges on the vitality and effectiveness of our testimony before the watching world. The book’s value is enhanced by a very helpful series of searching and practically helpful questions at the end of each chapter, which could usefully be discussed by leadership teams as well as home groups in churches. -- Lindsay Brown, former General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, and International Director of the Lausanne MovementJonathan looks at the challenges we face as Christians to preserve the unity Christ won for us on the cross. With a pastor’s heart, he presents not an easy but a biblical way to deal with division and maintain unity. This is a timely book. In an increasingly fractured society, church unity is a testimony to the truth of the gospel and its transforming power. The stakes are high. Our children and the secular world are watching to see if the gospel really does make a difference to how we live together. -- Elizabeth McQuoid, trustee and Commissioning Editor, Keswick MinistriesIn this excellent book, Jonathan skilfully takes us on a journey to help us rediscover the centrality and importance of Christian unity. Each chapter is developed from a key biblical text, and, after being challenged about God’s heart for unity, the realities of diversity and division are tackled before we are urged to consider our heart attitudes and behaviours. I highly recommend this book which - especially in this age when the central truths of the Christian message are being challenged - reminds us of God’s heart for all true Jesus followers to ‘stand firm in the one Spirit, striving together as one for the faith of the gospel’ (Phil 1:27b). -- Matthew Skirton, CEO, Operation Mobilisation, UKThis biblically, theologically and story-informed book is very powerful. It enhances our biblical understanding of what is our unity in Christ, and what is involved for the church to live it out in reality. As I read it, I found my heart burning with things God wants to pass on to me and to the Global church, often witnessing as a divided and fragmented body. With the pastoral touch of Jonathan Lamb, the book brilliantly encourages, inspires and generates hope. It is very relevant for our time and it’s publication is so timely. Dr Daniel Bourdanné, former General Secretary, IFES -- Dr Daniel Bourdanné, former General Secretary, IFESIn a culture where the idea of tolerance is held in high esteem but is not always practised, this book, filled with grace, humility and wisdom, offers us a vision of what true unity should look like - the unity for which Christ himself prayed. Now we - the local church - just have to put it into practice! -- Carrie Heyward, St Andrew’s Church OxfordA strong, clear and biblical cry for the kind of unity in the church that Jesus longs for. Read it and play your part. * Gavin Calver, CEO, Evangelical Alliance UK *Some of the most misunderstood and mis-preached verses in the Bible are from Jesus’s prayer for unity in John 17. What sacred ground that chapter is. Jonathan Lamb takes the kernel of that prayer, and invites us to look at ourselves, and at our churches, in its light. We have rich study material here for small groups over a term. -- Julia Cameron, writer and author
£13.29
Inter-Varsity Press Preaching Matters: Encountering The Living God
Book SynopsisPreaching matters. It is a God-ordained means of encountering Christ. This is happening all around the world. The author knows this only too well. He recalls: - the student who, on hearing a sermon about new life in Christ, found faith which changed his life and future forever - the couple facing the trauma of the wife's terminal illness who discovered that Christ was all they needed, following a sermon on Habakkuk When the Bible is faithfully and relevantly explained, it transforms hearts, understandings and attitudes, and, most of all, draws us into a living relationship with God through Christ. This is a book to ignite our passion for preaching, whether we preach every week or have no idea how to put a sermon together. It will encourage every listener to participate in the dynamic event of God's Word speaking to his people through his Holy Spirit. God's Word is dynamite; little wonder that its effects are often dynamic. This title is brought to you by Keswick Ministries. Find out more at https://www.keswickministries.org
£13.72
Princeton University Press Scurvy The Disease of Discovery
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lamb's work is a virtuoso set of variations around his theme... If readers take Lamb on his own terms, and appreciate his wide-ranging approach, they will find much of interest."--Anne Crowther, Times Literary Supplement "In Scurvy: The Disease of Discovery, Jonathan Lamb, a professor at Vanderbilt University, shows ... that scurvy was a much stranger condition than we imagine, with effects on the mind that neuroscience is only now beginning to elucidate. The result is a book that renders a familiar subject as exotic and uncanny as the tropical shores that confronted sailors in the grip of scurvy's delirium."--Mike Jay, Wall Street Journal "Expertly researched and richly written, Lamb's study tracks the links in [scurvy] sufferers' unusual symptoms--heightened senses, cravings, and emotions that became known as 'scorbutic nostalgia,' as well as a ghastly physical breakdown--through naval logs, physicians' journals, and literature... Lamb's rigorously scholastic and elegantly lyrical account should intrigue both historians and literary critics."--Publishers Weekly, starred review "Deeply informed by the history and literature of seafaring, Lamb's book provides valuable insights into the workings of science that can even guide our expectations about research today."--Jonathon Keats, New Scientist "A sweeping and often surprising academic survey that roams through the art, philosophy and literature of the Age of Exploration."--Peter Moore, Literary Review "The chapter that's situated in Australia brings all of [the book's] ideas together in most satisfying fashion. Down Under, the land offered little in the way of natural anti-scorbutics, and convicts and colonists suffered greatly from the disease. Its effects, as Lamb neatly shows, exacerbated the sufferings of the convicts, who were provided very little in the way of fresh food; as in his passages about scurvy on board slave ships, I was struck by the realization that scurvy was often one more weapon in the arsenal of the oppressor during an age of colonization... Two-hundred years ago, Australia's penal regime caused scurvy in its prisoners, through poor diet, and then condemned them for stealing greens from the colony's nascent gardens to feed their bodies. In the United States, in 2016, Michigan has still not restored clean water to Flint, after two years; the lead poisoning there may cause all kinds of physical and mental complications for residents. Lamb's book shows just how hard it can be for humans to fix an endemic problem when pride and prejudice get in the way."--Rebecca Onion, Slate "To the extent that most people are familiar with scurvy today, it's as a condition that, like bubonic plague, seems to belong to the past, or as a mock-serious admonishment to children reluctant to eat their greens. Students of history know it primarily as an ailment associated with the Age of Discovery, during which large numbers of mariners had to endure months away from land for the first time in history. Successive generations of writers perceived the link between lengthy sojourns at sea and increased incidents of scurvy among ships' crews, and tried to make sense of it. As Jonathan Lamb stresses in this thought-provoking study, the irony of the history of scurvy is how often people hit upon the correct remedy--and how often society at large failed to recognize it as such... Lamb's writing style is elegant... The enthusiasm for the subject is infectious (no pun intended)."--Craig Owen Jones, PopMatters "In Scurvy, Jonathan Lamb ... draws on descriptions of the disease by voyagers, diagnoses by scientists, and a wide array of fictional accounts (ranging from Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four to Peter Carey's Jack Maggs and The True History of the Kelly), to identify a 'scorbutic' sensibility. Sweeping, sophisticated, and speculative, Scurvy is a tour de force meditation on thinking, feeling, and the relationship between them."--Glenn Altschuler, Psychology Today "[An] excellent new book... [Lamb] recombines history, poetry, fiction, art, personal testimony and science to deliver a fresh, complex version of scurvy's past... He has taken scurvy and unpacked it, revealing how it is a destroyer of the body but more importantly a cipher for the soul."--Helen Bynum, Times Higher Education "A clever and important book... Scurvy powerfully describes the disease's historical and cultural significance... Lamb's central argument is compelling... Rich in argument, Scurvy is a rewarding read ... [and] counterpoints its analysis with both graphic and beautiful scorbutic images."--Claire Jowitt, History TodayTable of ContentsList of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Abbreviations xiii Prolegomena 1 1. Enigma 27 2. Effluvia 64 3. Nostalgia 109 4. Australia 153 5. Genera Mixta 217 Coda 268 Bibliography 279 Index 299
£29.75
The University of Chicago Press Preserving the Self in the South Seas 16801840
Book SynopsisThis volume charts the sensibilities of the lonely figures that encountered the new and exotic in terra incognita. Jonathan Lamb introduces us to the writings of South Seas explorers, and finds in them unexpected and poignant tales of selves alarmed and transformed.
£28.50
Inter-Varsity Press Habakkuk
Book SynopsisWho is in control? The sustained threat from rogue states, international terrorism, religious extremists, and moral confusion arising from liberal views of all kinds begs the question: what is happening to our world? Is no-one in control? This is a deep vulnerability that many people express. And not simply in global events. Our own personal world often seems out of control as we reel from suffering, family tragedies and unanswered prayers. The prophet Habakkuk knew that God was in control but, like us, his personal experience seemed to contradict this and he wrestled with the tension. This book is a dialogue between the prophet and God. Habakkuk confronts God with his confusion and, in doing so, he expresses the voice of the godly in Judah and he speaks for us. We join in the journey from 'why?' to worship.Trade ReviewAn absolute joy to read. (Comment on an earlier volume in the series) * Youthwork *
£7.44
Inter-Varsity Press Knowing God Better
Book SynopsisIt's a remarkable story. It spans 140 years and crosses cultures and continents. It has revolutionized hundreds of thousands of lives and it has had a radical impact on churches and communities. It has launched new mission movements and pushed forward the frontiers of the gospel. And it continues to grow, as Christians the world over see the urgent need for spiritual renewal. Why has this happened? What are the marks of this spiritual movement? In 'Knowing God Better', Jonathan Lamb introduces the big priorities that shape the Keswick movement, priorities that are essential for the well-being of Christians and local churches around the world today.
£9.49
The University of Chicago Press Exploration and Exchange A South Seas Anthology
Book SynopsisThis anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries.
£24.70
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies
Book SynopsisThe Routledge Handbook of Reenactment Studies provides the first overview of significant concepts within reenactment studies. The volume includes a co-authored critical introduction and a comprehensive compilation of key term entries contributed by leading reenactment scholars from Europe, North America, and Australia. Well into the future, this wide-ranging reference work will inform and shape the thinking of researchers, teachers, and students of history and heritage and memory studies, as well as cultural studies, film, theater and performance studies, dance, art history, museum studies, literary criticism, musicology, and anthropology.Table of ContentsGeneral Introduction (Vanessa Agnew, Jonathan Lamb and Juliane Tomann) 1. Affect/Emotion (Martin Luecke and Juliane Brauer) 2. Art (Roger Benjamin) 3. Audience/Observers/ Participants (Nicolle Lamerichs) 4. Authenticity (Stephen Gapps) 5. Conjecture (Vanessa Agnew) 6. Corroboration (Jonathan Lamb) 7. Dance (Amanda Card) 8. Documentary (Stella Bruzzi) 9. Embodiment/Body (Amanda Card) 10. Evidence (Paul Pickering) 11. Experience (Anja Schwarz) 12. Experimentation (Anna Zalewska) 13. Expertise/Amateurism (Anna Braedder) 14. Gender (Jonathan Lamb) 15. Heritage (Donna Landry) 16. Historically informed music practice (Kate Bowan) 17. History of the Field (Ulf Otto) 18. Live Action Role Play (David Simkins) 19. Living History (David Dean) 20. Martyrdom (Martin Treml) 21. Material Culture/Objects (Stefanie Samida) 22. Materialization of the Past (Katrina Schlunke) 23. Mediality (Maria Muhle) 24. Memory/Commemoration (Juliane Tomann) 25. Mimesis (Kader Konuk) 26. Narrative (Inke Arns) 27. Nostalgia (Jonathan Schroeder) 28. Performance/Performativity (Katherine Johnson) 29. Pilgrimage (Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska) 30. Practices of Reenactment (Alexander Cook) 31. Production of Historical Meaning (Scott Magelssen) 32. Realism (Jonathan Lamb) 33. Reenacting Indigeneity (Penny Edmonds) 34. Representation (Inke Arns) 35. Ritual (Anja Dreschke) 36. Subcultures (Mads Daugbjerg) 37. Suffering (Jonathan Lamb) 38. Tourism (Bodil Petersson)
£204.25
The University of Chicago Press Exploration Exchange A South Seas Anthology
Book SynopsisThis anthology places the works of such well-known figures as Captain James Cook and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside the writings of lesser-known explorers, missionaries, beachcombers, and literary travellers who roamed the South Seas from the late 17th through the late 19th centuries.
£76.00
Bucknell University Press,U.S. The Secret Life of Things: Animals, Objects, and
Book SynopsisEnriching and complicating the history of fiction between Richardson and Fielding at mid-century and Austen at the turn of the century, this collection focuses on it-narratives, a once popular form largely forgotten by readers and critics alike, and advances important work on consumer culture and the theory of things. The contributors bring new texts—and new ways of thinking about familiar ones—to our notice. Topics range from period debates about copyright to the complex relationships with object-riddled sentimental fictions, from anti-Semitism in Chrysal to jingoistic imperialism in The Adventures of a Rupee. Essays situate it-narratives in a variety of contexts: changing attitudes toward occult powers, the development of still-life painting, the ethical challenges of pet ownership, the cult of Sterne and the appearance of genre fiction, the emergence of moral-didactic children’s literature, and a better-known tradition of Victorian thing-narratives. Stylistically and thematically consistent, the essays in this collection approach it-narratives from various theoretical and historical vantage points, sketching the cultural biography of a neglected literary form. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.Trade Review"The Secret Life of Things serves to encapsulate the most important work done recently on eighteenth-century it-narratives, while advancing the field significantly. It is likely to remain the definitive treatment of the eighteenth-century it-narrative for years to come, while also being of permanent interest to students of the history of the novel." -- Adam Potkay * author of Hope: A Literary History *“Mark Blackwell has assembled a group of lively, provocative, and readable essays. We are lucky to have them. . . . The Secret Life of Things is an erudite and enjoyable guide, well-written and wide-ranging.” * Review of English Studies *“Blackwell’s collection marks the arrival of a substantial new body of work. Admirably inclusive . . . The Secret Life of Things will be useful for anyone who is working on objects in eighteenth-century narrative.” * TLS *“Blackwell’s collection brings together some of the best previously published essays on eighteenth-century thinginess, such as Aileen Douglas’s essay on it-narratives and empire (1993), and important new work by Barbara Benedict, Jonathan Lamb, Deidre Lynch, Markman Ellis, Lynn Festa, and Blackwell himself, among others . . . [This] is a valuable collection for eighteenth-century studies and for ‘thing-theory’ more generally.” * Modern Philology *“I think (this volume) represents essentially the best-case scenario for the edited collection of literary criticism that is organized not for a series or as primarily a teaching tool but as the best way of compiling a field’s state of knowledge on an emerging topic . . . (it) remains an indispensable resource for scholars working on a host of topics related to the it-narrative and the animated objects of eighteenth-century literature.” * SEL *“Complex and sophisticated. . . . Blackwell’s volume both carefully scrutinizes it-narratives and provides interesting perspectives on them.” * Style *“The collection . . . adroitly consolidates, assesses, and extends the best work available in this fruitful intersection of theory and culture. The book boasts some of the most distinguished scholarly critics of the 18th-century operating in the field today, and one finds herein numerous instances of scintillating and luminous critical prose. . . . Recommended.” * CHOICE *“The Secret Life of Things fully realizes the ambitions that Mark Blackwell established for the volume—both to leaven the history of prose fiction and to contribute to our understanding of eighteenth-century attitudes towards the new object world —ambitions that square with those of the Bucknell series in which it appears, devoted to eighteenth-century literature and culture.” * ECF *“By bringing our attention to a genre that realizes the apparently impossible condition of material objects behaving as narrative protagonists, Blackwell's collection destabilizes our received impressions of eighteenth-century narrative as an evolving institution of realism . . . [I]ntriguing analyses and claims fill The Secret Life of Things.” * Eighteenth-Century Life *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The It-Narrative and Eighteenth-Century Thing Theory Mark BlackwellPart I: The Stories Things Tell The Spirit of Things Barbara M. BenedictThe Rape of the Lock as Still Life Jonathan Lamb Personal Effects and Sentimental Fictions Deidre Lynch Suffering Things: Lapdogs, Slaves, and Counter-Sensibility Markman EllisPartII:ApproachingIt-Narratives It-Narrators and Circulation: Defining a Subgenre Liz Bellamy Britannia’s Rule and the It-Narrator Aileen Douglas Speaking Objects: The Circulation of Stories in Eighteenth-Century Prose Fiction Christopher Flint Hackwork: It-Narratives and Iteration Mark Blackwell Occupying Works: Animated Objects and Literary Property Hilary Jane Englert Circulating Anti-Semitism: Charles Johnstone’s Chrysal Ann Louise Kibbie Corkscrews and Courtesans: Sex and Death in Circulation Novels Bonnie Blackwell It-Narratives: Fictional Point of View and Constructing the Middle Class Nicholas HudsonPart III: It-Narratives in Transition The Moral Ends of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Object Narratives Lynn Festa Discreet Jewels: Victorian Diamond Narratives and the Problem of Sentimental Value John Plotz Contributors Index
£26.99
Christian Focus Publications Ltd The Only Comfort in Life and Death: Faith and
Book SynopsisIn early 2020, a highly contagious virus made its way around the world. In a matter of days the things that many people relied on for security were shown to be flimsy sources of hope. Authors from three of the worst–affected countries in Europe have united in this book to reflect on the only comfort we have in life and death – Jesus Christ. Each taking a different aspect of what this hope looks like, they answer the question, what can we believe and hope for in times like this?Trade ReviewWhen a storm such as this pandemic is raging, it is vital to drop the strong anchor of Christian hope into the bedrock of God’s Word, God’s promises and God’s proven faithfulness. This short book does exactly that. And when many false assumptions and apocalyptic theories swirl around, it is vital to be assured of what the Bible does (and doesn’t) teach about evil and suffering. This book does that too. Simple but solidly biblical, tackling tough issues in a very readable way – I strongly commend it. -- Chris Wright (Langham Partnership and author of ‘The Mission of God’s People’)A trio of European experts in psychology, theology and apologetics offer a fascinating and thoroughly biblical response, not just to the current Covid crisis, but to every crisis. The authors confront the raw reality of suffering with a vibrant resurrection hope. -- Jeremy McQuoid (Teaching Pastor, Deeside Christian Fellowship, Aberdeen, Scotland and Chair of Council, Keswick Ministries)Living in such turbulent times, people are inevitably asking the question: ‘Where can I find hope and security in the midst of suffering and uncertainty?’ This book will help many as it provides satisfying answers and great comfort, rooted in the promises of God in Scripture. -- Lindsay Brown (Former General Secretary of IFES and International Director, Lausanne Movement)This short book contains sustenance for a long journey – the journey of life! Prompted by the anxiety, fear and uncertainty caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, the authors have produced a gem of a book that succinctly deals with life’s big issues. The three authors helpfully bring different cultural perspectives and insights. The book holds together well because each one digs deep into the Bible for nuggets of truth from which to draw nourishment and hope. Those who have been following Jesus for a long time and those who are simply exploring the Christian faith will find encouragement and much to consider. -- Elaine Duncan (Chief Executive, Scottish Bible Society)
£8.29
