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| DAFT TEXT : The Psalter 1998 [John Emerton, David Frost & Andrew Macintosh] In early 1999, the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England published a new version of the Psalms, 'The Psalter 1998: A Draft Text for Worship'. A revised version of the text was accepted by the General Synod in November 1999 for a new prayer book, on the promise of yet further corrections. In this devastating critique, two distinguished Hebrew scholars produce detailed evidence that 'The Draft Psalter' is both an incompetent translation of the Hebrew and in mediocre English -- a version unworthy of church use. { 27pp, 145x210mm, January 1999; PB, £5.00, 1872897088:9781872897080 , Aquila Books } |
| DEED'S CREATURE [David Frost] Sex, mystery and religion combine in this powerful novel. Set in outer London of the mid-1960's, at the beginning of the sexual revolution, the plot concerns a police officer investigating the murder of his own mistress, and two clergymen who find that his attitudes threaten their beliefs. Hoping that he will face the consequences of his casual involvement, they collude in a revenge action that leads to a surprising and terrifying denouement. The novel has been described as 'what might have emerged if Dorothy L Sayers and Charles Williams had combined'; or again, as 'a blend of Dostoyevsky with Graham Greene' -- comparisons that do justice to the book's narrative verve and psychological depth, yet miss its macabre humour. { 263pp, 145x220mm, June 2003; HB, £14.50, 1872897002:9781872897004 / PB, £4.99, 1872897010:9781872897011 , Aquila Books } |
| FIREWALKERS [Christine Mangala] That modern rarity -- an utterly believable and deeply moving love story. A beautiful South Indian dancer, young and widowed, is dead to the world, as tradition requires -- until the advent of the Collector. Together they defy society and the demands of a life-denying philosophy. A unique feature of this novel is a recipes supplement providing authentic Tamil vegetarian dishes. { 250pp, 140x215mm, June 2003; PB, £4.99, 1872897037:9781872897035 / HB, £14.50, 1872897029:9781872897028 , Aquila Books } |
| FORWARD IN FAITH? : Proceedings of the 1996 Conference of the Association for the Apostolic Ministry (Australia) { 88pp, 145x210mm, January 1998; PB, £5.00, 0958661316:9780958661317 , Aquila Books } |
| PASTORAL GUIDE TO THE HOLY MYSTERIES Through the Holy Spirit we become 'sons of God', as we invoke Him upon the Holy Mysteries and receive them. This guide to the Holy Mysteries is a path to lead us to what our spiritual life should be, so that we truly become Christians. While we complete these Holy Mysteries, the Holy Spirit dwelling within us aids and sustains us in following Christ, so that we meet Him in all those places where He is to be found: in Baptism, at our partaking of the Holy Gifts, in Marriage, in prayer services, and (in general) in accomplishing all the promises that we have made at our baptism. In this way we come to realise that He who rose from the dead is always near at hand, so that our eyes do not close and so prevent us from focussing on our one goal that is Christ, but rather receive his light to shine permanently in our lives and in our conduct. Our understanding of the Holy Mysteries helps us to understand the extent of the importance of our life in the Church. It reminds us that our life in the Church joins us to the living Christ who calls us through the Holy Spirit to meet Him in prayer and worship, in repentance and in confession, in the Gifts and in the Holy Scriptures, and in the call of any human brother or sister who may need our service and our love. { 93pp, 150x210mm, January 2001; PB, £7.00, 1872897096:9781872897097 , Aquila Books } |
| PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1994 CONFERENCE ON 'THE FAMILY IN CHRISTIAN TRADITION' [David Robarts et al] { 54pp, 145x210mm, January 1994; PB, £5.00, 0646196901:9780646196909 , Aquila Books } |
| PSYCHIC WALLAH : In a Charmed Circle [Lucas Finn] This novel has been described as 'Tom Sharpe but with inside knowledge'. In rational, urbane Cambridge, a young History don finds himself forced to consider the possibility that he is being 'got at' by witchcraft. In desperation, he turns to rational colleagues, to sympathetic family, psychiatrists, liberal clergy and wild Pentecostals -- only to find his best help is a young Asian student, whose culture accepts such bizarre afflictions as normal, everyday occurrences. Together, they journey to India in search of healing only to find that in that beautiful and humane world they still cannot escape dark powers. Written in diary form, frank, intimate and outrageous, the novel offers a hilarious satire on modern morals and mores, on the clash between East and West, on stuffy academic establishments and a hidebound scientific materialism. But it is also deeply appreciative of the beauties and contradictions of modern India: a celebration of cultural meeting. { 299pp, 130x200mm, January 1999; PB, £6.99, 187289707X:9781872897073 / HB, £14.50, 1872897061:9781872897066 , Aquila Books } |
| RISICATO'S SICILIAN COOKERY [Giuseppe & Palmina Risicato] A blend of fine art and good cooking such as could only be produced in multi-cultural Australia. Celebrating the cuisine of the Risicato family from Vizzini, Sicily, cuisine which Giuseppe has popularised for twenty years as a restaurateur in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, it is full of the Risicato's reminiscences of home, of the customs and traditions of their native place. It is also richly illustrated by Giuseppe's paintings of Sicilian life, of the people and the countryside. Yet this authentic Sicilian volume is written by an Indian novelist working in Australia, Christine Mangala, and is designed and introduced by an English Professor, David Frost. { 116pp, 215x280mm, January 1998; PB, £12.49, 0958661324:9780958661324 , Aquila Books } |
| TRANSCENDENTAL PASTIMES [Christine Mangala] This novel brings a western film crew to Hemagiri, a dusty mining town perched on granite hills and surrounded by the jungle of the deep South of Tamil Nadu. They are a colourful bunch -- the cramped English Director, Jonathan Bexley, fleeing a failed marriage, uptight Carol, his feminist assistant, Gino, a macho Italo-Australian, Terry his Irish mate, and Brian, the sensitive, withdrawn New Age asthmatic -- but they find themselves disturbed and challenged by their encounter with the dangerous, mystifying and bizarre beauty of South India. Bexley's crew have come to make a documentary on the renowned Guru Chinnaswami, who claims to remember his past lives and talks of God as the 'Cosmic Magician'. But as they journey with the Guru into a world of strange happenings and mystical revelations, they become more and more entangled in the lives and troubles of the Hemagiri people, their sufferings and their romances. It is a path that brings satisfaction to some but which eventually leads both the Guru and his Western guests to confront the sinister face of modern-day terrorism in the lead-up to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. { 286pp, 130x200mm, January 1999; PB, £6.99, 1872897053:9781872897059 / HB, £14.50, 1872897045:9781872897042 , Aquila Books } |