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Methodism : Her Unfinished Task

Methodism : Her Unfinished Task   by WE Sangster   Epworth Press, 1950  128 pages out of print but may be available secondhand Is it worth reviewing a book published 70 years ago ? The question has to be asked and deserves to be answered. At the time (1950) Dr Sangster was minister at Central Hall, Westminster.…

Has science buried God ?

Has science buried God ? Fixed Point Foundation, 2009  dvd  £4  81 mins. Available on You Tube The debate on this topic between Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor John Lennox took place in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The choice of venue was quite deliberate as it was here in 1860, a year…

Susanna Wesley

Susanna Wesley by Arnold Dallimore  Baker Books, 1993 £6.99  168 pagesISBN 978 0 801 030 185   Also available as an audiobook Among the many published books on the life of Susanna Wesley, Arnold Dallimore’s biography, especially written for women, is better viewed as a family portrait with Susanna as the central figure.  There are…

Through a glass darkly – Review

Through a glass darkly : journeys through science, faith and doubt – a memoir  by Alister McGrath  Hodder & Stoughton, 2020 225 pages  ISBN 978 1 529 327 601 also available as an ebook Alister McGrath takes us through his life’s journey from an ardent atheist as a teenager and a temporary flirt with Marxism leading…

The Upside-Down Kingdom

The Upside-Down Kingdom  by Donald B Kraybill  Marshalls, 1978  318 pages   978 0 551 011 885 Donald Kraybill is, in his own words, ‘a theological layman’. His graduate qualifications in sociology become quickly apparent as you read this book for there is a great deal of sociological reference and explanation in this work – too…