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An interview with Matthew Barber-Rowell

We talk to Matthew Barber-Rowell to find out about his new book, Curating Spaces of Hope: Transformational leadership for uncertain times.

Introducing Analytic Theology

Phil Weston introduces a new movement in theology and his new book, which discusses what it can offer to the field.

Pursuing Perfection: Faith and the Female Body

Maja Whitaker reflects on the latest trend in the popular pursuit of the body beautiful.

The Chinese shaping British Christianity

Alexander Chow writes about two very important dates this week for people of Chinese heritage in the UK, and the contribution of British Chinese Christians.

An interview with Robert Beckford and Rachel Starr

We speak to the editors of Behold the Men, publishing this month, about this collection on theologies of men and masculinities.

Signs of the times - Political instability and the shift from the secular to the post-secular

Ian Mobsby gives his view on what recent trends in society might mean for people's ideas of spiritual matters, and the implications for mission.  

Five books for 2025 from SCM Press

This year brings a bumper crop of new books for SCM Press. Assistant Commissioning Editor Rachel takes a look at some highlights to look out for.

Announcing the Biblical Intertextuality series

SCM Press is inviting submissions for scholarly monographs for the new Biblical Intertextuality series.

Why this book matters now: Ethics by Bonhoeffer

At the end of December, SCM Press publish a new English-language edition of renowned German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer's book Ethics. Tim Judson gives us his thoughts on the importance of this, Bonhoeffer's final work.

An interview with David Benjamin Blower

We speak to David Benjamin Blower about his book, The Messianic Commons, which publishes this month.

Gustavo Gutiérrez and A Theology of Liberation

Following the recent death of Gustavo Gutiérrez, David Tombs reflects on the influential liberation theologian and his work.

Why the church should take the rise in far right rhetoric seriously

Helen Paynter on why Christians are attracted to the far right, and how the Church should respond

Reclaiming our Prophetic Duty to Imagine the Kingdom

What has bereavement got to do with Christian spirituality?

A guest post from Joanna Collicutt

In the face of a climate crisis, what songs can be sung?

A guest post from Mark Porter