Ralph G. Bowles: books and articles
Biography
Ralph G. Bowles served as an Anglican minister in Sydney and South East Queensland from 1980 to 2025.
He is a husband, father to two daughters and a son, and has five grandsons.
Ralph has a Substack, (handle ralphgbowles), for exploring ideas related to his writing.
Crystal Street Press
Books
'Marriage, The Christian Way' - a guide about how the Christian faith informs and strengthens marriages.
This book is a guide to the meaning and practice of marriage as the Christian faith understands it.
It is based on the Biblical teaching about marriage and draws on the wisdom of the traditional Wedding services of the church, specifically the Anglican Church of Australia.
The book is aimed to help couples - particularly Christian couples - preparing to get married. It will also help anyone interested in understanding how the Christian gospel and way of life can inform and strengthen married relationships.
Whether you are preparing for marriage or are many years into your marriage union, this book will offer insights that can help.
It is available from online booksellers from 1 July 2025.
Coming publications
Some information about my current projects.
In preparation: Love, The Christian Way.
Ralph Bowles is writing a study of Christian love, with focus on the great Biblical description of love by the apostle Paul - 1 Corinthians chapter 13.
The way of Christian love - sweeping, sacrificial, serving, and universal - is fading from social consciousness in the West. Jesus's world-changing revolution of love deserves to be understood again and put into practice.
New book on God's Final Judgement - chapter by Ralph G. 'Concerning Hell' (IVP): a compilation on the Doctrine in Theological , Philosophical, Historical and Biblical Dialogue.
This book looks at two sides of a theological debate about God's final judgement.
Ralph Bowles has a chapter on the Pastoral Implications of the Conditional Immortality view of this doctrine.
\Available for preorder from Intervarsity Press. ivpress.com/concerning-hell.