Christian Alternative imprint: 39 books
Transcendent Vocation
Why gay clergy tolerate hypocrisy
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2013
Based on detailed analysis of interviews with gay clergymen, and also with retired heterosexual clergymen whose ministries span the period since the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, Transcendent Vocation provides specific examples to back up the contention that the approach of the Church of England to homosexuals...
Friday's Child
Poems of Suffering and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
Brian Mountford has chosen thirty five poems which explore the human experience of suffering and redemption, accompanied by his own thoughtful and witty commentary. The collection contains secular and sacred pieces in equal measure and came into being as part of a programme to bring a sense of seriousness,...
by John Lampen
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Quaker Roots and Branches explores what Quakers call their “testimonies” - the interaction of inspiration, faith and action to bring change in the world. It looks at Quaker concerns around the sustainability of the planet, peace and war, punishment, and music and the arts in the past and today....
The Gay Disciple
Jesus' Friend Tells It His Own Way
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
What exactly was Jesus's relationship with the Beloved Disciple, with Mary and Martha? What was he like to be with, and how did he have such an impact on followers from diverse backgrounds? This faction story is an eye-opening look at what life was like in Palestine during the life of Jesus, at how society...
Chasing an Elusive God
The Bible's Quest and Ours
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2013
Is there anyone “up there” to hear our cries for help? Will there ever be justice in this world? Why do we suffer? Is there life after death? Is there a meaning in history? How will it all end? Is there a God? What do we mean by “God” anyway?The answers are in the Bible, some say. But are they?...
Psychedelic Christianity
On The Ultimate Goal Of Living
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Psychedelic Christianity discusses what we should hope and believe about the ultimate goal of living and uses psychedelic experience and Christianity as its guiding stars. The book reconciles three seemingly inconsistent claims: that we have already attained the ultimate goal; that there is more than...
Compassion Or Apocalypse?
A Comprehensible Guide to the Thought of Rene Girard
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Ren Girard s thesis that culture and religion arose from an original act of scapegoating murder gained international scholarly attention in the early seventies with his publication in France of Violence and the Sacred. A few years later, with Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, Girard made...
Past Perfect
Freedom from Perfection in Life and Faith
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
We seem to be obsessed with perfection. It's everywhere, permeating our conversations, our language, our advertising, our films and our religion. It's not only widespread across our culture; it has roots deep in the beginning of our civilization. For the sake of our well-being and our faith we need...
Sing Out for Justice
The Poetry and Passion of the Hebrew Prophets
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2017
The Old Testament prophets were not just predictors of things that would happen long after their time. Nor were they purveyors of religious platitudes. They were people with an urgent message for their own generation and a passion to declare it whatever the risk. They were singers, poets, demonstrators...
God Needs Salvation
A New Vision of God for the Twenty First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Many people today have deserted the old forms of religion. But does this make them any the less religious? Hugh Rock’s message is that people are inherently religious. The necessary task today is to articulate anew the reality of religion. In a wide-ranging survey, that draws together the past fifty...
Quaker Quicks - What Do Quakers Believe?
A religion of everyday life
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2019
"So what do you believe?" It's the question Quakers are always asked first and the one they find hardest to answer, because they don't have an official list of beliefs. And Quakerism is a religion of doing, not thinking. They base their lives on equality and truth; they work for peace, justice...
That Old Devil Called God Again
The Scourge of Religion
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Religion has brought the world to the brink of meltdown. That Old Devil Called God Again shows how defenceless we are from the invading power of religious indoctrination, to which Jesus fell victim. From childhood, like unprotected computers, the predatory viruses of other people’s beliefs and dogmas...
Seeking Justice
The Radical Compassion of Jesus
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
“Cause us trouble Keith, but not too much trouble,” these were final words of advice from a bishop to a new curate the day before his ordination. This book is the result of much reflection on that advice. Keith Hebden, parish priest and spiritual activist brings action and theory together with ideas...
Dreams and Resurrection
On Immortal Selves, Psychedelics, and Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2014
If you are ever haunted by the thought of being sucked away into nothingness, you should read this book. It would be understandable for you to think that everything that can be said about the probability of an afterlife has already been said, but that doesn't matter. What matters is whether you remember...