Books published by Canterbury Press Norwich

60 really is the new 40 for increasing numbers of people - and the over 60s are the largest grouping in all churches. With humour, honesty and wisdom, flavoured with monastic insights, this guide explores the spirituality of growing older and the gifts that wait to be discovered.

Alcuin of York was one of the most significant figures of the Anglo-Saxon church alongside Bede and Cuthbert. This introductory selection from his extensive writings includes Alcuin's prayers, poetry and prose.

This text explores the classical Anglican approaches to worship, doctrine, scripture, prayer and much more. Though acknowledging that Anglicanism is far from perfect, the book celebrates its most attractive and enduring characteristics.

What are we doing when we say the word 'Alleluia'? This title, previously published in hardback, explores the meaning of this word often spoken in Christian worship. It aims to give practical answers to how we cultivate 'an Alleluia view' of every moment.

Every year, some 200,000 people set out on the world's most famous pilgrimage route - 'the Camino', designated a World Heritage Site in 1993. This pocket guide to Santiago offers practical tips for walkers, prayers, blessings and spiritual exercises to nourish the pilgrim spirit and deepen the pilgrimage experience.

What makes a young, Cambridge educated woman first join a religious order and then, if that were not demanding enough, seek a hermit vocation, literally on the edge of the world with only a simple hut as protection against Atlantic winds and storms? This title tells the author's story.

Offers imaginative ideas for everything from 'two-hour spiritual breaks' for busy people to whole residential weekend programmes, enabling many more people to benefit from the retreat experience. This book includes full programmes and guidance for retreat leaders with downloadable handouts.

In the late 1920s, the Church of England was stunned when its new prayer was rejected by the House of Commons. It was almost another sixty years before another was attempted but for many Anglicans, the 1928 Prayer Book is unsurpassed. This new facsimile edition will make available one of the finest written treasures of the Church of England.

Offers guidelines and a theological framework that embrace the characteristics of evangelical worship, suitable for students, lay preachers, worship teams, as well as ordained ministers in evangelical churches.

Presents the parables of Jesus - odd and unexpected stories that set hearers and readers spinning off course from what is safe and familiar towards some completely different kind of understanding.

Spiritual direction has been an intrinsic part of the Christian tradition since the earliest days of the church when desert mothers and fathers were sought out for their wisdom and guidance. This guide aims to equip clergy and laity engaged in this task, or in training for it.

Gives one woman's account of her experiences in the new country of Bosnia as guest conductor of a remarkable little orchestra, the Mostar Sinfonietta, which has been featured on the BBC. With photographs, this work builds a mosaic that provides a visceral introduction to an unfamiliar world where people simply want to 'live a normal life'.

An illustrated collection of the author's regular weekly column on the back page of the "Church Times", where, with a poet's eye, he observes the comings and goings of the rural world he sees from his ancient farmhouse in Constable country.

Features a collection of sixty "Word From Wormingford" columns from the back page of the "Church Times", published in the autumn of 2006. This work presents mini essays that reflect the natural landscape, the changing seasons, village life, art, poetry, the stories that ancient churches tell.

Presents a compilation of the authors' writing for various media and covers a range of subjects from Christmas and Easter to atheism, sex and death.

A new edition of this contemporary spirtitual classic in which the ancient and gentle wisdom of the Rule of St Benedict is explored in realtion to the demands of modern living and the importance of balance between prayer, work and study.

This revision of 'the Church Hymnary' consists of some 100 psalms and 700 hymns, of which nearly a quarter are new items written and composed since the third edition was published in 1973. The collection consists of worship songs and material form all round the world, complementing the established hymns and tunes familiar to congregations.

Every year, thousands of pilgrims come from all over the world to experience worship at the Abbey on the island of Iona. This collection of prayers and meditations follows the themes of its daily worship, enabling you to join your voice, your joys and your concerns with those who pray daily on Iona and with the friends of Iona around the world.

Hymns A&M' was first published in 1861. The new standard edition was introduced in 1983 containing 533 hymns including 333 from the 1950 Revised Edition plus 100 Hymns for Today and More Hymns for Today.

An account of Martin Luther King's part in the campaign for civil rights in the USA.

The first, long-awaited poetry collection from Padraig O Tuama, interweaving parable, poetry, art, activism and philosophy into an original and striking expression of faith. His poems emerge powerfully from a context of struggle and conflict and yet are filled with hope.

Parson Woodforde's diary provides an unrivalled portrayal of traditional rural life in Georgian England, but it is the diarist's humour and unpretentiousness which ensure its continuing place among the classics of English literature.

Hymns A&M was first published in 1861. The new standard edition was introduced in 1983 containing 533 hymns including 333 from the 1950 Revised Edition plus 100 Hymns for Today and More Hymns for Today.

Common Praise' is the first major revision of 'Hymns A&M' for almost 50 years and is destined to become the essential new music resource for 21st century worship. 629 items from earliest sources to the present; inclusive language where appropriate.

Includes general hymns; hymns for feasts, seasons and saints' days; office hymns for the liturgical year; an enlarged eucharistic section; responsorial psalms and a new English folk mass setting.

Common Praise' is the first major revision of 'Hymns A&M' for almost 50 years and is destined to become the essential new music resource for 21st century worship. 629 items from earliest sources to the present; inclusive language where appropriate.