Leading missional thinkers Cathy Ross and Jonny Baker invite us into a vision of church, mission and society which takes John V. Taylor's ideas seriously, seeking to imagine what Taylor's insights might mean for these three areas in our contemporary...

This book explores the nature of catechesis and how catechesis within our churches can shape the Christian community into an instrument of renewal in the world through the formation of holy living.

This text is a comprehensive introduction to mission and ministry in the contemporary Church which enables students to prepare for ministry in a changing church within a changing world.

"Preaching Women" considers reasons why women preachers should preach from their experiences as women, what women bring to preaching that is missing without us, and how women preachers can go about the task of biblical preaching. 

Ruth Perrin’s landmark study of emerging adults who, age 20 described themselves as Christians, reveals what has happened to this apparently “lost generation.” Considering the factors which help shape millennial belief, Changing...

Blending theory, anthropology, theology, pastoral concerns and the lived experience of people with disabilities, Reconceptualising Disability for the Contemporary Church offers an important and thoughtful challenge to the contemporary Church.

Mission is a problematical term with many unfortunate connotations. This book explores the process of evangelization from its beginning in the ancient world through to the last half-century.

Examines a number of recent reports issued by the churches. Argues for a closer analysis of the 'theology' on which they are based and for alertness to the influence of fashionable dogmas.

A brilliant collection from the pre-eminent New Testament scholar who wrote The Shadow of the Galilean. He believes that modern sermons are indications that God is alive and getting in touch through the barriers put up by our everyday mentality.