A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion and the Bensons in Victorian Britain, by Simon Goldhill All the spoken and unspoken desires in one household are unveiled in a study of their prolific, and introspective, writings, says Jane Shaw By Jane Shaw 24 November
The Other Catholics: Remaking America’s Largest Religion, by Julie Byrne Jane Shaw on a brilliant study of independent churches in the US By Jane Shaw 30 June
A New Gospel for Women: Katherine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism, by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Jane Shaw on the women’s rights activist who was inspired by the Bible By Jane Shaw 27 August