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Sacristy Press is an independent publisher of history and theology (including historical fiction), based in the historic university city of Durham, UK.

https://www.sacristy.co.uk
: Theopoetics in Action
🌿✨ What if theology wasn’t just studied—but made?
Explore theopoetics: a creative, embodied, and justice-oriented way of doing theology through writing, art, and lived experience.

#Theopoetics #CreativeTheology #EmbodiedFaith #HeatherWalton

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November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Faith in the City was a seminal moment in the life of the Church of England. This book evaluates its importance for the present day and seeks to open a debate on urban policy and theology and practice.

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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
📚💥 What happens when theology meets drama, music, activism, and memoir?
This is theology that resists, reimagines, and remakes.
#DecolonizeTheology #LiberationTheology #CreativePractice #Theopoetics#HeatherWalton
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October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📖 “Worship is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be apprehended.”
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
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October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Britain is under attack on two fronts. The IRA is mounting a bombing campaign on the mainland, and agents of the German Secret Service are collecting vital information to help them if war breaks out.

#fiction #WWII

www.sacristy.co.uk/books/fictio...
May 27, 2025 at 2:05 PM
If you're in #Durham this evening, join us at Grey College for a jaunt through the history of the erstwhile Shell County Guides and Shell's historic marketing campaigns.

✍️ A free talk by Stephen Platten, author of 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦

📍Grey College, Durham, DH1 4LG
February 19, 2025 at 7:30 AM
TOMORROW | Take a jaunt through the history of the erstwhile Shell County Guides and Shell's historic marketing campaigns.

✍️ A free talk by Stephen Platten, author of 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦

📍Grey College, #Durham, DH1 4LG

🗓️ Wednesday 19 February at 19.30
February 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
EVENT | Take a jaunt through the history of the erstwhile Shell County Guides and Shell's historic marketing campaigns.

✍️ A free talk by Stephen Platten, author of 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥: 𝘈 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦

📍Grey College, Durham, DH1 4LG

🗓️ Wednesday 19 February at 19.30
February 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TONIGHT | Book launch in Southport of 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 by Graham Turner

https://www.sacristy.co.uk/books/theology/embarrassed
January 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Tomorrow evening in Southport... 👇
January 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
🗓️ If you're near Southport on Thursday evening, don't miss the launch of Graham Turner's latest book, 𝙀𝙢𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙
January 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's #BookshopDay!

Get down to your local indie bookshop and show them some love!

NOW!
October 12, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Saturday is #BookshopDay – a great opportunity to renew support for your local independent bookshop.

Many will have special offers or freebies to celebrate, so don’t miss out!

@booksaremybag
October 11, 2024 at 4:19 PM
A very pleasant end to the first day at #CRT24
September 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Sacristy Press is at the CRT Retreat!

If you're also there, we're hosting Evening Prayer (BCP 1662) in the chapel this evening at 17.45 (just in time for dinner!). Do join us for a calming, prayerful end to the day.
September 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM
From tomorrow we're exhibiting at the CRT Retreat at the Hayes Conference Centre in Swanwick. If you're a retailer or author at the conference, do stop by our stand – we'd love to say hello!
September 16, 2024 at 2:59 PM
During the Season of Creation #SoC, this collection of prayers is “a must-have resource for the Church at a time of climate and biodiversity emergency” according to ecologist and Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher.

Available in paperback and digital 👇
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September 12, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Prayers for the Season of Creation #SoC

There’s a whole section of prayers for creation in Canon Rosalind Brown’s popular prayer book, Prayers for Living.

Available now in paperback, hardback and digital.

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September 11, 2024 at 1:21 PM
More than 20 authors (including our very own J. K. Denning) will be at the Weardale Book Fair in Stanhope tomorrow!
August 2, 2024 at 2:50 PM