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  • 5 Feb 2013
    Books and journals available: Mission studies, Africa and more

    Collections of books on anthropology, new religious movements, the history of Christian mission, various regions in Africa and Asia, and related subjects are being offered to interested libraries, institutions or individuals.

  • 3 Jan 2013
    Review: Fingerprints of Fire, Footprints of Peace

    Bernadette Meaden reviews the book that many radical Christians have been waiting for. It shows, she says, how spirituality can be a unifying, liberating force, and how looking at the world from a Jesus perspective can be joyful and life-enhancing.

  • 26 Oct 2012
    Consolidated ecumenical library opens at Bossey

    The World Council of Churches (WCC) has announced the opening of its consolidated library housed at the Ecumenical Institute, in Bossey, Switzerland, near its Geneva offices.

  • 4 Mar 2012
    Edinburgh libraries under threat, say campaigners

    Edinburgh’s library services are threatened with cuts to the service overall, including reductions in hours, community and trade union activists say.

  • 18 Jul 2011
    Books and journals available: Mission Studies, Africa and more

    Collections of books on anthropology, new religious movements, the history of Christian mission, various regions in Africa and Asia, and related subjects are being offered free of charge (other than any dispersal costs) to interested libraries, institutions or individuals. Historic copies of several missions and African studies journals are also available.

  • 30 May 2011
    Book critiquing atheism wins Archbishop's prize

    Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has awarded the 2011 Michael Ramsey prize to Atheist Delusions, by David Bentley Hart.

  • 14 May 2011
    Books make for social change at huge Edinburgh sale

    The legendary Christian Aid Edinburgh book sale is back in action this weekend, raising tens of thousands for the struggle against global poverty.

  • 10 Mar 2011
    Haggadah and Jerusalem: personal and political

    With the arrival of spring and the marking of Passover, Lent and Easter come two new and very different books that chronicle the pleasures and challenges of an interfaith world.

  • 14 Dec 2010
    American history, religion and sociology: books available

    A small book collection of classic texts on C19th and C20th American history, religion and sociology is available for interested libraries, institutions or individuals.

  • 16 Sep 2010
    Understanding the religious and secular offence of book burning

    The issue of book burning raised recently by a small church in Florida with its threats against the Qur'an touches sensitivities which are deeply felt by both religious and secular apprehensions, says Professor Chaiwat Satha-Anand. Unless we have the emotional and intellectual intelligence to understand what is at stake in this, we risk further fuelling deadly conflicts.