SCM PRESS Virtual Book Display #AARSBL23
The 2023 Annual Meetings in San Antonio, Texas, November 18–21, hosted by the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature, is the world's largest gathering of scholars interested in the study of religion.
Together with our US friends WJK Press, we exhibit a wide range of titles to all attendees.
Browse the list of selected SCM Press titles below.
Enter the offer code SBL23 in the online basket to receive 20% discount.
Offer ends 25th November 2023.
Introducing James H. Cone
A Personal Exploration
It is rarely the case that an intellectual movement can point to an individual figure as its founder. Yet James Cone has been heralded as the acknowledged genius and the creator of black theology. In nearly 50 years of published work, James Cone...
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(Un)Certain
A Collective Memoir of Deconstructing Faith
Faith deconstruction - the intentional examination of one's religious faith and beliefs, leading to a profound change in, or even loss of, that faith - has received increasing attention in the past few years, with the emergence of podcasts and...
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£19.99
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The Bible and Mental Health
Towards a Biblical Theology of Mental Health
This timely and important book integrates the highest levels of biblical scholarship with theological and pastoral concerns to consider how we use scripture when dealing with mental health issues.
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£25.00
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£25.00
Light to those in Darkness
'Total Pain' and the Body of Christ
Now widely recognised within palliative care, the concept of 'total pain' is an intensely theological one at heart. In Light to those in Darkness clinician and theologian Dr Charlie Bell holds up the concept to theological scrutiny. Bell reflects...
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God Who Walks Slowly
Reflections on mission with Kosuke Koyama
We live in a world in which the church inhabits a deep existential anxiety about its future, feels pushed to the edges of society and doesn’t deal well with its marginalisation. Kosuke Koyama’s writing most notably in his famous Three mile an...
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£22.99
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Love Makes Things Happen
An Invitation to Christian Living
While God's love 'makes no sense' it is nonetheless expressed through the lives of Christians who inhabit it. Following on from its predecessor, Love Makes No Sense each chapter in this book deals with central issues of Christian practice, and...
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£14.99
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From the Shores of Silence
Conversations in Feminist Practical Theology
Feminist practical theology is bold in exploration of doctrinal themes in poetic and prayerful modes, characteristically collaborative and in search of alliances with other advocacy perspectives. Chapters invite readers into wide ranging...
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£30.00
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Jonah's Story, Our Challenge
Reading a Biblical Narrative in Today's Church and World
Jonah's radical and enigmatic nature calls for deeper exploration and engagement. Given its brevity, it is also an ideal text for multiple readings from a range of perspectives that complement, build upon, or challenge and critique each other. In...
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Bad Theology
Oppression in the Name of God
Why does bad theology happen to good people? Is it even possible for theology to go "bad"? On the one hand, the answer ought to be 'no'. It comes from God, so how can it be bad? Yet theology is predominately human construct, and as a result,...
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Theology for the End of the World
It feels like the world is ending. In the midst of apocalyptic times it’s tempting to cling on tightly to what we still have. But what if our desire to save the world is part of the problem?
Theology for the End of the World...
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Present in Every Place?
The Church of England’s New Churches, and the Future of the Parish
Amidst a world of seemingly endless movement and change many of us feel a longing to be rooted. It is this instinct that has led many to value the parish system, and to question the place of new churches, be they fresh expressions or church plants....
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£25.00
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Mary, Bearer of Life
Whether through suspicion or ignorance, serious consideration of what Mary can teach us has been lacking in large swathes of the church for some time.
Drawing on careful biblical exegesis, church history and ecumenical thinking, this book suggests...
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Creative Repair
Pastoral Care and Creativity
The recent pandemic has highlighted an increasing need for support for those experiencing mental health challenges and those caring for them. There is an urgent need for clergy and others involved in pastoral care both to attend to their own...
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Defusing the Sexuality Debate
The Anglican Evangelical Culture War
As debates around sexuality rumble on within certain sections of the church, and become increasingly entrenched and embittered, there is an increasing need from non-evangelicals and evangelicals alike to grasp the historical and cultural context...
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Deconstructing Whiteness, Empire and Mission
What happens when ‘go, make disciples’ meets ‘Black Lives Matter’?
Arising from the Council for World Mission’s “Legacies of Slavery” project, this book offers an unapologetic exploration of Christian Mission and its history, and the ways in which...
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God's Church for God's World
Reports, Addresses and Calls from the Lambeth Conference 2022
Convened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2022, the Lambeth Conference was an international meeting of Anglican bishops. The conference discussed church and world affairs and the global mission of the Anglican Communion for the decade ahead....
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Bearing Witness
Intersectional Perspectives on Trauma Theology
Much like theology itself, the experience of trauma has the potential to reach into almost any aspect of life, refusing to fit within the tramlines. A follow up to the 2020 volume "Feminist Trauma Theologies", "Bearing Witness" explores further...
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£35.00
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Feminist Trauma Theologies
Body, Scripture & Church in Critical Perspective
Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, Feminist Trauma Theologies explores the relationship between trauma and feminist theologies, highlighting methodological, theological, and practical similarities between the two.
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£30.00
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The Dark Womb
Re-Conceiving Theology through Reproductive Loss
Offering a fresh, original, and creative approach to theology, Karen O'Donnell explores the complexity of the miscarrying body and its potential for theological revelation. She offers a re-conception of theologies of providence, prayer, hope, and...
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Being Real
The Apostle Paul’s Hardship Narratives and The Stories We Tell Today
In an age of carefully managed public profiles presented via Instagram or BeReal, or even the public presentation of our churches, Paul’s stories of hardship in his letters to the Corinthians draw us to a different relationship with...
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