In advance of the start of Lent, the Literature Committee draws attention to publications which will be of interest and value to members of the Church of Ireland and indeed beyond.
The Most Revd Dr Richard Clarke has launched a new Lent book written by the Very Revd John Mann, Dean of Belfast, at St Anne’s Cathedral.
The Season of Advent begins on Sunday 1 December, and so starts a new liturgical year and a fresh cycle of daily scripture readings. Church of Ireland Publishing has announced the availability of Sunday and Weekday Readings 2014.
News from the Central Communications Board’s Literature Committee: a ‘Braemor Park Series’ of CITI dissertations is in development.
A number of projects for publication in 2013 are currently in development by the Literature Committee of the Central Communications Board
Church of Ireland Publishing has published a topical and timely new booklet entitled ‘Broken Trust – and how to restore it’.
A new, compact and colourful Introduction to the Church of Ireland was launched at the General Synod in Dublin on Friday 7 May 2010.
Counting the People of God? The Census of Population and the Church of Ireland by Malcolm Macourt, published by Church of Ireland Publishing, has recently received favourable reviews in two notable journals. The book is the first of its kind offering specific inquiry into religion in the Irish Census.
2009 marks the centenary of the lay office of Reader in the Church of Ireland. To mark the occasion, George Leckey, a Diocesan Reader in Connor Diocese, has written a new book entitled Reader Ministry in the Church of Ireland.