2016 BIBLE OF THE YEAR - CRT Awards 2016

A bright, lively new edition of the UK's bestselling Bible, perfect for helping children to enjoy and engage with the Bible.

The perfect choice for a child's first full-text Bible, the Rainbow Good News Bible is recommended both by primary school teachers for use in class, as well as in church Sunday schools. Along with the classic, much-loved line drawings by Annie Vallotton - including many previously unseen original drawings - the Rainbow GNB retains the 24 beautiful full-colour paintings of children's favourite Bible stories.

Brand new short introductions to each book have been written especially for children by Nick Page, bestselling author of ""The Bible Book"", who has included a brief synopsis of each book's theme (e.g. for Genesis, ""It's all about...BEGINNINGS"").

Also provided is a unique range of NEW features to help young children get the most out of the Bible and to find their way around:

20 must-read passages * The life of Jesus * A guide to the Christian year * How did we get the Bible? * Timeline of the Bible * Clear headers and footers & side-bar navigation

The Rainbow Good News Bible will help to instil a love of Bible reading in children, with a translation that is both accessible and trustworthy.

The Good News Bible was the world's first truly ""easy-to-read"" Bible translation. In its first edition published under the title Good News for Modern Man it was a bestseller, and today is still the UK's most popular Bible translation.

The GNB aims to give today's readers maximum understanding of the content of the original Hebrew and Greek texts. It does not follow the traditional vocabulary and style found in historic English Bible versions; instead, it attempts to present the biblical content and message in standard, everyday, natural English - and it's regularly updated to make sure it reflects contemporary English usage. Published by Collins in partnership with the Bible Society.

A classic collection of 1,000 hymns and choruses.

Redemption Songs contains 1,000 hymns and choruses on a wide range of themes. It has been a much-loved resource in thousands of churches in the last century and is still widely used around the world today.

A classic collection of 1,000 hymns and choruses.

Redemption Songs contains 1,000 hymns and choruses on a wide range of themes. It has been a much-loved resource in thousands of churches in the last century and is still widely used around the world today.

It is the most persistent myth of our time: religion is the cause of all violence. But history suggests otherwise. Karen Armstrong, former Roman Catholic nun and one of our foremost scholars of religion, speaks out to disprove the link between religion and bloodshed.

* Religion is as old as humanity: Fields of Blood goes back to the Stone Age hunter-gatherers and traces religion through the centuries, from medieval crusaders to modern-day jihadists.

* The West today has a warped concept of religion: we regard faith as a personal and private matter, but for most of history faith has informed peoples entire outlook on life, and often been inseparable from politics.

* Humans undoubtedly have a natural propensity for aggression: the founders of the largest religions  Jesus, Buddha, the rabbis of early Judaism, the prophet Muhammad  aimed to curb violence and build a more peaceful and just society, but with our growing greed for money and wealth came collective violence and warfare.

* With the arrival of the modern all-powerful, secular state humanitys destructive potential has begun to spiral out of control. Is humanity on the brink of destroying itself?

Fields of Blood is a celebration of the ancient religious ideas and movements that have promoted peace and reconciliation across millennia of civilization.

A classic collection of hymns and choruses.

Sankeys Sacred Songs and Solos was developed by Ira D. Sankey as a resource for his concerts and revival meetings in the late 19th century. This collection is still popular today, with a wide selection of hymns and songs on many different themes.