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  • 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.

  • 28 Nov 2009
    Ecumenical library renamed in honour of world churches' leader

    The Philip A. Potter Library (formerly the Ecumenical Library) consists of more than 120,000 volumes, 1,300 specialized periodicals, some over a century old, and more than 12,000 boxes of archives containing nearly 20 million irreplaceable documents related to the history of the ecumenical movement.

  • 15 Apr 2009
    Celebrated novelist backs Scottish development fundraiser

    Celebrated novelist and essayist Andrew O’Hagan has agreed to be the patron of this year’s Christian Aid Book Sale in Edinburgh, one of the global development agency's big annual fundraisers.

  • 17 Mar 2007
    The History of Christian Thought - Review

    Simon Barrow appraises an effective and lively potted history of Christian thought throughout the ages.

  • 8 Mar 2007
    Send some books to Africa

    Literacy remains a major barrier to the development of African countries. Despite the progress achieved since 1990, the absolute number of African adults who cannot read or write has increased to 136 million. Click here to vist the Oxfam Unwrapped Gift Collection