New book: Reconciling People

To mark the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction by incendiary bombs in November 1940, this lavishly illustrated, 256 page volume celebrates a unique church with a unique mission. The decision to rebuild the Cathedral was taken the morning after the bombing - not as an act of defiance, but one of faith, trust and hope for the future of the world.

Edited by Christopher Lamb, Reconciling People brings together individual authors who will be well known to many throughout the diocese. Colin Bennetts, Michael Sadgrove, Paul Oestreicher, Margaret Sedgwick, Martin Williams, Louise Campbell and Richard Farnell are among those who tell the story of every aspect of the Cathedral's life and its people, its art and architecture, theology, worship and spirituality, music and the arts, its ministry, its mission of peace and reconciliation and its place in the life of the city and diocese. Stunning photography throughout makes this a highly collectable volume.

Copies are available from the Visitors Centre Desk at the Cathedral, from your local bookshop, or directly from the publishers by clicking here.