Books published by Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd

Inspired by the hugely-popular hit Broadway musical Hamilton, written by and starring Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin presents an original Lent course that explores core Gospel themes of Temptation/Ambition, Identity/Belonging, Youth, Forgiveness/Redemption, Hope, and Sacrifice.

My Theology:The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'From my earliest years I have been interested in the big questions about human life. Does life have any meaning? Is there some way in which humans ought to live? Is consciousness really just a complex arrangement of material particles in the brain? Is freedom of choice an illusion? Is human life all just some sort of cosmic accident?'This book provides a definitive outline of the theological thought of Keith Ward, one of the pre-eminent philosophers of our time, based partly on his philosophy of Personal Idealism, and partly on his own experiences, having moved from being an atheist to a Christian.

My Theology:The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'Discovering theology came about by pure accident,' writes Ann Loades, one of the most distinguished theologians of our time - only the second person to be awarded a CBE for 'services to theology'.The Serendipity of Life's Encounters charts the particular challenges facing a schoolgirl of the 1950s attracted to the possibility of going to university to read Theology, and her fascinating subsequent path to becoming the first woman to be given a personal Chair at the University of Durham.Pertinent themes explored include women in theology, worship, engagement with actual living, biography and theology in various writers.

My Theology:The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.How does a scientist find God in the universe? To Guy Consolmagno, Director of the Vatican Observatory, astronomy is more than observing the universe; it is a process of learning to Look, See, and Imagine, and a setting aside of everything that may distract us from a deeper knowledge of the universe and its Creator.For Br Guy, Joy is his compass, Truth is his goal, and Imagination weaves them together. Most importantly, his science and his theology are developed within a community of fellow seekers, sharing the stories that teach them how to explore, and together making sense of what they discover.

My Theology:The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'In one's encounters with the spectres of God one can become at peace with limitation, precariousness, lack of certainty, and one's fragility and fractures,' writes Rachel Mann. 'Equally, one can find in divine fragility the hope of the world.'In three chapters - on the body, on love, and on time - Mann explores how God invites us to live in a rich three-dimensional mystery which subverts the mundane experiences of modern life and reveals a world rich with purpose at every point.To be human, she explains, holds together the truths that we are made in blessing, live in complexity, and called into promise.

Lent in 50 Moments comprises meditations on fifty daily moments--ideas, objects, or happenings frozen in time--offered as signposts and guidance for our Lenten journey. The moments have been chosen by Liam Kelly, who has written a reflection for every day, and a question for prayerful response. He has also chosen a quotation to prompt further thought, and provides biblical references for each day's readings at Mass in the Catholic Church. Each of the fifty moments has been skilfully illustrated by artist Ted Harrison. The book as a whole provides a unique, stimulating, and visually memorable companion for faith and reflection during Lent and Eastertide.

In this remarkable book, Henry Martin invites us to study in close detail van Gogh's painting 'The Good Samaritan', and the famous parable told by Jesus of Nazareth. He asks what lessons we can learn from meditation upon the imagery and each of the characters portrayed.Questions for discussion and reflection on each chapter help us to relate the themes and challenges of the parable to our lives and the world we live in today. The book is also an engaging, personal study of van Gogh, the tragic genius of his life, and the struggles he faced which may have informed both his process and his spirituality. Martin has translated many of van Gogh's letters, and, as an artist himself, brings a unique perspective to our understanding of both the painter and the parable.

This unique anthology of biblical and other sacred religious texts, sermons, essays, poems and hymns offers a rich collection of perspectives and beliefs on what lies beyond death, and is designed to bring encouragement, comfort and reassurance as well as prompting spiritual reflection and intellectual curiosity.

The Christian world is at a crossroads, writes Alan Ecclestone, ready to take the way of 'engagement with the Passion of Christ in the world today' or to pass into spiritual death. This classic book, winner of the Collins Religious Books Award, helps the reader find the answers within to face up to this supreme challenge.

The author of God of Surprises writes with great candour about his own inner journey and his walk to Rome: the 'outer' journey which helped to focus and clarify many of his spiritual perceptions.

My Theology: The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'How can people racialised as black conceive God, Jesus, and the Spirit within contemporary concrete social and political worlds?' asks pioneering black theologian and broadcaster Robert Beckford. 'What would facilitate a radical theology committed to confronting racialised injustice, social inequality and environmental degradation?'In Duppy Conqueror Beckford explains how he has recontextualised African-American black and womanist theologies of liberation to answer these questions for second and third-generation black British. His methodologies have included a correlation of linguistic concepts from black cultural history and urban life with theological concepts, and the inscription of black theology onto documentary filmmaking and contemporary gospel music.

My Theology: The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.The Word within the words is a Poet's Credo, in which Malcolm Guite describes how his Christian faith informs and underpins his poetry, and in turn how poetry itself, and more widely the poetic imagination, helps him to understand and interpret his faith.Illustrating his account with personal stories and poetry - both his own and classics from the canon - Guite explains a guiding theology of Christ as the Word, the essential logos that underlies all things, made flesh for us in Jesus. He then demonstrates how Scripture, Liturgy and Sacrament can each be understood as a poetry capable of transfiguring our vision and transforming our lives.

My Theology: The world's leading Christian thinkers explain some of the principal tenets of their theological beliefs.'I never expected to be a Christian theologian, mainly because I never expected to be a Christian,' writes Alister McGrath. 'I assumed that scientific atheism would be my permanent intellectual homeland; in fact, it turned out to be a temporary place of exile, from which I would later return, wiser and somewhat chastened.'In this fascinating book, McGrath describes his journey into faith and his vision of Christian theology, focussing on the distinct role of historical theology; the importance of engaging the relation of science and faith; the need for theologians to engage in major public debates; and the significance of theological education.

The very first full-text Readers editions of the Revised New Jerusalem Bible (RNJB) - a Bible for study and proclamation.

Voted the Dutch Theological Book of the Year 2019, Green Theology is an urgent, far-reaching Christian theological reconsideration of the relationship between God, creation, nature, and human beings. Trees Van Montfoort demonstrates that ecological theology is not a sub-discipline of theology but a rediscovery of theology, focused not only on God and people, but all of creation. Drawing on the perspectives of eco-theologians from around the world, this is a ground-breaking book that redefines the scope of theology for a world in urgent need of answers

'For many generations thousands of the most gifted and exemplary human beings have been devoting all their energies of mind and body to becoming holy; on the way they have let fall many crumbs of wisdom; it is a privilege, as well as a joy, to pick up those crumbs and recycle them.'Holiness cannot be taught by any kind of trick or technique and can only be truly understood through a personally transformative process, explains theological writer and professor Donald Nicholl in this classic work, which arose first from a series of conferences that he gave to a community of Poor Clares.The Pocket Library of Spiritual Wisdom comprises some of the very best Christian writing published by Darton, Longman and Todd since its foundation in 1959.Donald Nicholl was a British historian and theologian. A speaker of medieval Welsh, Irish and Russian, he published books on medieval and modern history, religion and a biography of Thurstan. He has been regarded as one of the most influential of modern Christian thinkers.

As Christians it can be tempting to live in two worlds: a private world of faith and a public world of work and daily life. This book aims to help bring these worlds together, as a daily companion for individuals seeking to live as followers of Jesus in the midst of ordinary life.In Love: Work, Phil Jump and John Weaver identify 'Ten Commandments for Working People' which can be used to focus on the outworking of faith in whatever context you work.Following a short exploration of each Commandment, the authors present a collection of invaluable prayers and reflections to help Christians respond to specific situations or challenges that can arise through being a disciple in the workplace.

Published in English for the first time, this is the full text of Che cosa e l'uomo?, the official 2019 statement of the Pontifical Biblical Commission on aspects of biblical anthropology. It focuses on four themes: human beings created by God; human beings in the garden; the human family; human beings in history.

Monk in the Marketplace is the autobiography of Ray Simpson, founding guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, much-loved author of books on Celtic spirituality, and a major influence on the new monastic movement across the world. Ray's memoir charts human pain and God incidents in his childhood and college, baptisms of fire in industrial heartlands and multi-racial London, pioneering a Village of God at Bowthorpe, Norwich, the call to be a contemplative in the market-place and to live without a salary, his co- founding of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, and twenty years as founder of the Celtic Christianity library and Open Gate Retreat House on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne ('the spiritual capital of England'). This could become a classic 'diary of a soul' and his excursions into the Simpsons are hilarious.

As a little girl of nine, Katherine Langrish fell deeply in love with The Chronicles of Narnia - she was even inspired to write a book of stories set in that world, complete with poster-paint picture of Aslan on the homemade dust jacket.Although she loved the Narnia books to bursting, others took their place as she grew up. For years they sat unopened on her shelves. She began to wonder why. Had they simply become too familiar? Had the charm faded? What might they mean to her as an adult?From Spare Oom to War Drobe is a love letter to that early passion, as well as a reappraisal of The Chronicles of Narnia in the light of maturity and changing tastes. It brilliantly evokes her initial sense of childish wonder, and in a close reading of the novels, including analysis of the context in which other critics have placed them, she gives us a superbly rich, enlightening, and immensely readable guide to the world of these evergreen stories.

Presents the complete texts of the gospel readings (from the RNJB) for every Sunday throughout the three-year cycle of the Sunday lectionary in the Catholic Church during the season of Ordinary Time, and for the solemnities and feasts which fall on Sundays. It may be used for personal study.

70 recipes for delicious smoothies, each one contributed by a practicing doctor representing one of a broad range of health specialisms, with each recipe designed to improve your health, fitness, well-being and ability to cope with the pressures of everyday life.

A study course based on the acclaimed film The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, suitable for studying at any time of year including Advent and Lent.

Through reflections on encounters between Jesus and those he met, as described in the gospels, and significant encounters with people and places in her personal journey with God, Bishop Rachel Treweek encourages us to make new connections in our own story and to contemplate the God of encounter.Each chapter of this carefully-crafted book ends with a prayer and a space for you to journal your own reflections.Rachel Treweek became the first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England when she was consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral in July 2015 before formally beginning her ministry as the 41st Bishop of Gloucester. In October 2015 she became the first female Lord Spiritual in the House of Lords.