Bloomsbury Continuum imprint: 108 books
Bound to be Free
The Paradox of Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Freedom is one of the most cherished ideals of Western culture. Yet that ideal is threatened from without and within in alarming ways in our increasingly polarised world. Could it be that at the heart of our secular vision of freedom there is a fatal flaw, which means it can never square the circle...
A Tour of Bones
Facing Fear and Looking for Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2014
Author, academic and adventurer, Denise Inge grew up in a large and rambunctious family on the east coast of America. She crossed the Sahara, charmed snakes in Marrakech and cycled the Adirondack mountains but her latest adventure is an interior one. It starts with the discovery that her house is...
Chimera's Children
Ethical, Philosophical and Religious Perspectives on Human-Nonhuman Experimentation
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2012
The idea of human-nonhuman combinations has been a recurrent theme throughout the history of humanity. From the myths of the Minotaur and the centaurs in ancient Greece to the dogheads of the Middle Ages right through to the monsters of modern science fiction, these beings have always been a source...
Do You Know Who I Am?
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
From his appearance as Ronald Merrick in the television adaptation of The Jewel in the Crown to his recent role in the hit play King Charles III, Tim Pigott-Smith has been recognised as one of Britain's most loved contemporary actors. On stage his work encompassed the Bristol Old Vic, Royal Shakespeare...
The Dark Side of the Soul
An Insider's Guide to the Web of Sin
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
'Sin' is an old-fashioned word for some startlingly contemporary problems. Far from being about trivial naughtiness or seedy self-indulgence, it's about the financial scandals that have rocked our world, and most of the ills that beset us today.
In The Dark Side of the Soul, the author explains...
Disputed Truth
Memoirs Volume 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2014
Hans Küng has been a major influence on post-war Christianity by any reckoning. a peritus for the second Vatican council, he then went on to publish a number of controversial books, including Infallible? An Enquiry (1971), which enraged the Vatican and caused him to lose the ecclesiastical approval...
How to Think Politically
Sages, Scholars and Statesmen Whose Ideas Have Shaped the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2019
'A wonderful introduction to history's most influential scribblers' – Steven Pinker
What is truly at stake in politics? Nothing less than how we should live, as individuals and as communities. This book goes beyond the surface headlines, the fake news and the hysteria to explore the timeless...
In the Grip of Light
The Dark and Bright Journey of Christian Contemplation
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
What is it like in practice to come close to the presence of God? Are there words which can, in some way, explain the nature of that experience? In this compelling study, Paul Murray draws attention to both the wisdom and lived experience of those men and women who knew, at first hand, of the light...
Say it to God
In Search of Prayer: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
In Say it to God Luigi Gioia provides a welcome encouragement to all those who feel the need to freshen their practice of prayer. For Gioia, prayer is not about methods or techniques, but trusting that God is truly interested in everything that happens to us and wants to hear about it. The book leads...
I Am With You
The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
In I Am With You, Episcopal priest and theologian Kathryn Greene-McCreight examines the biblical portrayal of God's presence among us as light in darkness. Close readings of Scripture are woven into a framework patterned on the seven monastic hours of prayer and the seven days of creation.
God's...
by Antonio Spadaro, His Holiness Pope Francis
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
Pope Francis's impact on the modern world has already proved extraordinary. It is no surprise that he was voted Time magazine's Person of the Year (in 2013), joining the likes of Martin Luther King (1964) and President John F. Kennedy (1961). Francis has turned the Catholic Church upside-down, flung...
Women in Waiting
Prejudice at the Heart of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2014
The role of women in the Christian Church has been the subject of heated debate in recent years. This July the Church of England's General Synod vote approving the ordination of women bishops announced a new era for women in the church, ushered in after almost 100 years of campaigning. In this powerful...
The Wandering Vine
Wine, the Romans and Me
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
WINNER OF THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS DEBUT DRINK BOOKOF THE YEAR 2019
WINNER OF THE LOUIS ROEDERER INTERNATIONAL WINE BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018
'Wine is alive, ageing and changing, but it's also a triumph over death. These grapes should rot. Instead they ferment. What better...
Moore's Introduction to English Canon Law
Fourth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013
This fourth revised edition brings an invaluable text thoroughly up to date in light of recent and forthcoming changes to ecclesiastical law. Theological students and clergy need to know the canon law in which much of their theology and parish work is embedded. Practising lawyers will find here information...