Christian Alternative

24/10/2025

An inquiry into the religious roots of the West's decline.

In this genre defying book, author Sean McGrath explains why we must look more closely at our secular society’s religious roots to counteract the destructive spiritual forces consumerism has unleashed on the earth. Modernity, the author argues, is a Christian heresy. It can only be corrected through a religious conversion of Christians, post-Christians, and their children. What must be recovered is Christianity’s contemplative and mystical attitude - but it must be recovered in a non-nostalgic way that moves forward into the ecological civilization that is coming to painful birth in our time. The Lost Road is, in part, an autobiographical narrative that recounts a life-long search for contemplative Christianity, as well as an ongoing interrogation into why it’s so difficult to find, sustain, and share.

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03/10/2025

FRIENDS JOURNAL REVIEW

'In her stimulating book Lectio Divina: Revelation and Prophecy, Barbara Birch shows how Friends can adapt this contemplative practice to enrich their solitary prayer as well as their corporate worship among Friends. When grounded in silence and receptivity, lectio divina can bear fruit in continual divine revelation and in prophetic ministry that contributes—through consolation, encouragement, or exhortation—to the sense of vitality and unity that marks a gathered meeting.'

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By Barbara Birch. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2025. 112 pages. $12.95/paperback; $4.99/eBook. Lectio divina, Latin for “divine reading,” is…

03/10/2025

FRIENDS JOURNAL REVIEW

'Whether you are a newcomer or an old-timer, Speaking in Quaker Meeting for Worship is a treasure-trove of facts and guidance. In a gentle, conversational tone, author Rhiannon Grant provides a concise overview and analysis of the functions of outward speech in deepening an underlying ministry of silence. Then, in a few pages each, Grant lays out basic terms and their definitions; a description of Quaker worship; insight into how it can work well; and a breakdown of the ways in which worship breaks down. In a more personal section, she helps readers envision themselves in the role of speaker.'

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By Rhiannon Grant. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2025. 88 pages. $11.95/paperback; $4.99/eBook. In 1700, Quakers learned how to worship…

15/09/2025

Friends Journal reviews Quaker Quicks - Quakers and Chocolate

'A more worldly fun fact in Quaker history is the connection between several leading British Quaker families and the global chocolate industry. Biographies of various Cadburys and Rowntrees and histories of the Fry, Rowntree, and Cadbury chocolate businesses are not new, but few bring it all together as thoroughly and concisely as Helen Holt’s Quaker Quick Quakers and Chocolate.'

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By Helen Holt. Christian Alternative Books (Quaker Quicks), 2025. 95 pages. $12.95/paperback; $5.99/eBook. A more worldly fun fact in Quaker…

07/08/2025

In this video, I am joined by Jennifer Kavanagh where we discuss what Quakerism offers to everyone, and explore the Universalist and Mystical character of Qu...

05/08/2025

FRIENDS JOURNAL reviews The Spirit of Freedom: Quaker-Shaped Christian Theology

"Sometimes I hear Friends say that Quakers don’t do theology, but in actuality, as Mark Russ points out in his latest book, theology is “a very ordinary activity and we do it all the time. We can’t escape it.” And for those who find that surprising or confusing, he offers this simple explanation: “When we attempt to make sense of the Divine and our relationship to it, we’re doing theology.” Indeed—just as by our actions, we are always giving testimony about what Quakerism is."

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“When we attempt to make sense of the Divine and our relationship to it," Mark Russ says, "we’re doing theology.”

29/07/2025

OUT NOW IN THE UK

Do Evangelicals still have an important contribution to make to the Anglican Church?

Author John Went writes as a convinced Evangelical and Anglican, addressing the many significant changes, both theologically and ecclesiologically, within Anglicanism and Evangelicalism today. Drawing from the author’s life of ministry as a parish priest, a theological college lecturer, an Archdeacon, and a Bishop, and set within a historical framework, True Evangelical explores some of the distinctive characteristics of those changes, seeking to sustain an understanding of Anglican ecclesiology that embraces both a rich diversity of church traditions and a focus on the parish as the heart of her self-understanding.

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18/07/2025

God is not He or She, although the Trinity—God in three persons—can rightly be referred to as Them.

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If you believe that there is a Being who is the source of love and creation and gravity and, dare we say, evolution, then confining that Power to a human gender is so trivial it’s also meaningless.

16/07/2025

'Compelling, a provocative thriller … an edge-of-your-seat must-read.' Book Trib

Synopsis
Elizabeth Barnes, a brilliant agnostic scientist, recovers and uses DNA from a legendary burial cloth - the Sudarium - to impregnate herself and give birth to a clone of Christ, creating chaos for her daughter and the world. When the identity of this 30-year-old woman cloned from Jesus is revealed, the media go wild, and people everywhere react. Her name is Jennifer, and she is not exactly a poster child for the Church. She has le***an friends, uses he/she pronouns for God, and fights against domestic violence. The saying 'You're a child of God' takes on new meaning as her life is put in danger, she starts to fall for an FBI agent, and global conflict between religions escalates.

Sudarium explores what it means to live with integrity and courage as a person of faith. It disrupts stale views about gender among Christians and invites its readers to pursue their spirituality with fresh eyes in the context of radically loving oneself and others.

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14/07/2025

Sudarium explores several themes related to gender, including gender and God’s identity, how gender operates in us and other humans, and the interplay between gender identity and love.

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Can we agree on this assertion: Every person on earth is worthy of our love, and each one of us is accountable for loving others?

14/07/2025

Do Evangelicals still have an important contribution to make to the Anglican Church?

Author John Went writes as a convinced Evangelical and Anglican, addressing the many significant changes, both theologically and ecclesiologically, within Anglicanism and Evangelicalism today. Drawing from the author’s life of ministry as a parish priest, a theological college lecturer, an Archdeacon, and a Bishop, and set within a historical framework, True Evangelical explores some of the distinctive characteristics of those changes, seeking to sustain an understanding of Anglican ecclesiology that embraces both a rich diversity of church traditions and a focus on the parish as the heart of her self-understanding.

PREORDER True Evangelical now > https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/christian-alternative-books/our-books/true-evangelical-anglican