Books published by SCM Press

The SCM Studyguide: Liturgy, 2nd Edition is an introduction to liturgy that considers the basic 'building blocks' needed to grasp the subject area. This new edition takes account of new liturgy contexts and revisions in the liturgy since the publication of the original edition.

Aiming to engage in a process which breaks free from traditional academic norms, Undoing Theology explores three life stories: an intersex-identifying Catholic, a former 'ex-gay' minister and a Christian who engages in bondage and fetishist practices.

Practical Theology and Qualitative Research examines methodologies of the social sciences and questions how they can enable the task of theological reflection. Practical theology is a growing discipline in its own right, and the authors offer the latest thinking in this area; of how to use theological learning in practical situations.

Offers an introduction to the Radical Orthodox sensibility through sermons preached by some of those most prominent figures in radical orthodoxy including Stanley Hauerwas, Catherine Pickstock, John Milbank and Graham Ward. Accessible, challenging and varied, the sermons together help to suggest what Radical Orthodoxy might mean in practice.

Oneness considers the role monastic life plays within the life of the contemporary church.

Richard Sudworth's unique study takes as its cue the question of political theology and brings this burgeoning area of debate into dialogue with Christian-Muslim relations and Anglican ecclesiology.

Foundations of Pastoral Counselling offers a completely new approach to its subject through an integration of philosophical ideas, theological thought and psychotherapeutic psychology. The result is rich, multi-faceted and often surprising.

This textbook works towards presenting Christian spirituality as an ongoing dialogue between doctrine and experience, and asserts that Christian spirituality must reflect the idea of search. It features a number of pedagogical tools to aid the undergraduate such as questions for reflection, and guides to further reading.

This book contains a critical dialogue between practical theology and biblical hermeneutics and considers the role of emotional engagement and critical understanding in biblical interpretation.

The fascinating autobiography of the Dead Sea Scrolls expert who also embodies the journey of Jewish-Christian relations in the twentieth-century.

The second of this three-volume history of the churches in England covers the period from the Glorious Revolution to 1833, the year which marks the beginning of the Oxford Movement. It stands as an independent work, but takes up the story from where the first volume finished, and leads on to the third, due to be published in 1998.Six themes help to give the book coherence and structure. The first is the way in which the English religious scene became increasingly complex with the emergence or consolidation of High Churchmanship, Evangelicalism and Liberalism within the Church of England; the transformation into Nonconformity; the emergence of new denominations such as Methodism, the Catholic Apostolic Church and the Brethren, and the transformation in the status and standing of Roman Catholicism. The second is the extent to which the churches were able to come to tams with unprecedented urbanization and industrialization. The third is the origin, development, character and effects of the Evangelical revival. The fourth is the extent to which theProtestants in England contributed to the growing sense of Britishness among the population. The fifth is the emergence of overseas missionary work. The sixth is the increasing importance of such rivals and enemies of orthodox Christianity assecularization, rationalism, radicalism, Unitarianism, Socinianism and atheism.

A remarkable group of theologians come together to reflect on the impact of political, economic and social changes over the last thirty years on their lives and theologies.

Wisdom is both a theme in scripture and desirable in biblical interpretation and theology. In this text, it should prove a fruitful focus for 18 leading scripture scholars and theologians as they engage with key issues and texts dealing with scripture and theology.

Since the beginnings of Christianity, veneration of the Virgin Mary has played a fundamental role in the confession of the Christian faith. This fully illustrated book explores Marian devotion and its significance.

This book does not separate church history from the wider history of the world in which it is set, uses all available traces of the past to tell it's story, provides direct quotations from the written sources in translation. Vol 2 also available.

One of the classic works of Johannine scholarship.

The Radical Orthodoxy movement has made major contributions to the debate about the return to metaphysics in Christian theology and philosophy. This book challenges much of what is regarded as 'orthodoxy' in Barthian circles.

Brings together some of the scholarship associated with the sociological analysis of biblical texts into conversation with liturgists and historians of the first century.

For those on the borderline of Christianity, attracted by its traditions, myth, ritual and community but wary of pietism or dogmatic narrow-mindedness.

Characteristically scholarly examination of the origin and authorship of the Fourth Gospel, within the context of the community to which it relates. Skilful detective work traces the trail back to a figure who witnessed the death of Jesus in Jerusalem.