Belief, identity and society
Why We Believe
An interdisciplinary exploration of how beliefs shape identity, health, belonging and conflict—and how curiosity can help us live together more beautifully.
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Novels Set in Thailand: The MARKED SeriesBegin with MARK, then read UNMARKED and TIGER. This order follows the family from Narin’s story into the lives of the next generation.Ukraine War Fiction: The Maksym Kovalenko Series in OrderReading order: 1. The Unbroken Sky; 2. The Second Horizon; 3. The Silent Horizon; 4. The Common Sky; 5. The Quiet Centre.The Birds series in orderStart with Before the Birds Return, then What the Earth Remembers. Next, choose Where Love Remains or When Love Fails: two alternative finales in Birds: The End. Read either or both.The Future: fiction and nonfiction for the world aheadBegin with The Future We Care For, a nonfiction exploration of power, compassion, AI, and the civilization we could become.Loss, Mortality and CareRead each book independently, or follow the sequence from Bereavement to Living with Mortality and Turning Away from Suffering. See each book page for available editions and stores.Masked: the faces we show, the lives we shareRead the novels in order from Borrowed Silence to The Face in the Window, or start with the character whose story draws you in. The companion can be read before or after the fiction.The book of Revelation: context, faith and hopeBegin with The Gospel of Death for the history of an influential interpretive framework, then Revelation Reboot for a reading grounded in compassion and responsibility. Each can also be read independently.Children of the Hidden RiverBegin with The Boy with the Secret Mark, continue with Twins at the Village of Perfect Smiles, then read The Tiger Who Would Not Stay.Science-Inspired Fiction: Discovery, Doubt and the People Who Live with BothFind your next Stuart Corlett novel through scientific mysteries, invention and questions of consent. Explore Birds, Maksym and MARKED, and where to begin.
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MARKChapter One · The Small CircleHow Not to Be a JerkFrom the IntroductionThe Unbroken SkyChapter One · The Sound Beyond The FieldsUNMARKEDChapter One · The Village That Stopped Being AngryTIGERChapter One · The Other Side of FearThe Second HorizonChapter One · The Stranger in the CrosshairsThe Silent HorizonChapter One · The Cold SideBefore the Birds ReturnChapter One · The Mark Beneath the DustWhat the Earth RemembersChapter One · The Wrong LightThe Shape of LoveChapter One · The Question After the TalkHow to Become LuckierChapter One · Horseshoes and WheelsHow to Get LuckyChapter One · Horseshoes and WheelsHow Do We Follow Jesus Without Being a Jerk? — Academic EditionFrom the Introduction · Academic EditionHow Do We Follow Jesus Without Being a Jerk? — Popular EditionChapter One · I Wish I Had Kept My Mouth ShutWhy Listening WorksChapter One · The Smashed RadioWhy We BelieveFrom the IntroductionThe Remembering SkinChapter One · The Mark and the QuestionPrayed to DeathChapter One · The Machinery of HopeThe Future We Care ForPrologue · The Reach of Our CareBereavementFrom the Introduction · The Person Who Is MissingLiving with MortalityFrom the Introduction · Knowing That I Will EndTurning Away from SufferingFrom the Introduction · The Question Behind WithdrawalWhere Love RemainsChapter One · The DrawerWhen Love FailsChapter One · The RecordingWhy Faith HealsFrom the IntroductionA Distant LightChapter One · The RoadWho am I?Chapter One · One Day Many FacesWho am I? — Popular EditionChapter One · One day, many facesBorrowed SilenceChapter 1 — A suitable windThe Weight of Being NeededChapter 1 — Before the kettle boilsThe Voice They BelievedChapter 1 — The reassuring sentenceThe Face in the WindowChapter 1 — A good faceRevelation RebootFrom the IntroductionThe Common SkyChapter One · The Road OutThe Quiet CentreChapter One · The Evening Game
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Metaphysical
Belief, identity, faith and the questions behind our experience of life.
Faith, health and the mind–body connection
Why Faith Heals
A careful examination of how faith, ritual, expectation and belonging can influence suffering, behaviour and health—without confusing relief with cure.
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Psychology, anthropology and identity
The Remembering Skin
An evidence-conscious exploration of tattoo imagery as a durable cue for memory, identity, faith, pain and belonging.
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Faith, evidence and ethics
Prayed to Death
A compassionate investigation of faith healing, false certainty and the crucial line between helping someone feel better and claiming to cure disease.
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Identity and integrity
Who am I?
An academic exploration of the personas we bring to different people and situations, and how those changing facets can remain accountable to our values and responsibilities.
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Masked · Nonfiction companion
Who am I? — Popular Edition
An accessible exploration of the personas we bring to everyday relationships, and how our changing facets can remain honest, considerate and responsible.
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Faith and biblical interpretation
The Gospel of Death
How did the book of Revelation become a map of modern wars, future disasters and the church’s escape? A searching examination of Darby, Scofield and the interpretations we inherit.
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Faith and biblical interpretation
Revelation Reboot
Return to the world of the book of Revelation and explore a hope that challenges fear, domination and indifference—with compassion, justice and responsibility at its heart.
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