RE-IMAGINING CHURCH IN A CHANGING CULTURE (TIC7302 -20 CREDITS)
SARUM COLLEGE, MA IN THEOLOGY, IMAGINATIO N AND CULTURE & MA IN CHRISTIAN APPR OACHES TO LEADERSHIP
NOVEMBER 2012
SUMMARY
Much has been written about the continuing decline in Church membership and attendance as evidence of ‘the death of Christian Britain’, raising questions about the future of ‘organized religion’. This module aims to go beyond such ‘headlines’ and to equip students to critique the contemporary church, using both theological and sociological tools. The Church in Britain will be ‘read’ in the wider context of social, religious and cultural change, and compared with the situation in Europe, America and the developing world. Both the challenges facing the contemporary church, and the responses offered, will be critically examined, with particular reference to patterns of community, mission and ministry.
This module will enable students to acquire the tools necessary to understand the Church in mission in contemporary culture. It will offer the opportunity to appraise new ways of being Church and assess the different types of Church growth both past and present. Students will be encouraged to learn about different cultures and explore different theologies in relation to mission.
TUTORIAL TEAM
Dr Colin J.D Greene [email protected] 01722 424818
As well as being Programme Leader for Theology, Imagination and Culture, Dr Greene is currently: Priest in Charge for St Gregory’s Parish Church, Marnhull, Dorset and Director of Metavista Associates. His background is in Systematic Theology having completed his Doctorate on the influential modern German theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg. From teaching Systematics he branched out into theological and philosophical hermeneutics and was a founder contributor, editor and consultant editor to the internationally acclaimed Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar (nine volumes - 2000-9). In 2004 he published Christology in Cultural Perspective (Eerdmans and Paternoster) which won a prize from the Academy of Parish Clergy in the US as one of the top ten books of 2004. In 2008 he published, along with a former colleague, Metavista: Bible, Church and Mission in an Age of Imagination (Paternoster). He has published a number of book chapters and is currently involved in a number of research and writing projects on the interface between theology, culture and biblical exegesis.
Dr Jane Gledhill Dr Jane Gledhill is Associate Programme Leader in Theology, Imagination and Culture at Sarum College and an independent Scholar. Her research interests are in literature, art and spirituality. She is a former lecturer of Literature and Women’ Studies at the University of Kent. She has
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Dr Louise Nelstrop [email protected] Is Director of Spirituality Programmes at Sarum College. She researches and has published in the areas of Medieval Spirituality and Practical Theology, particularly on the emerging church and fresh expressions movement. She is also the founder and co-organisator of the Mystical Theology Network: An International Academic Society which promotes the study of Mystical Theology both inside and outside the academy.
Keith Lamdin [email protected] Keith Lamdin has been at the centre of leadership thinking and practice in the Church of England and has been involved with new developments in reflective practice and leadership for women seeking appointment to senior positions, leaders in church schools and for Bishops in the Church of England. With support from the Jerusalem Trust he has been developing Sarum as a centre for spiritual leadership. As principal of Sarum College (since December 2008) he not only exercises a leadership role himself but also specialises in the professional development of clergy, working as a consultant to senior clergy as well as to senior managers in the field of health care, education and the voluntary sector.
Dr James Stevens [email protected] Dr Steven’s teaching experience in contemporary worship and ecclesiology includes analysis of ecclesiastical forms such as mega-church, emerging church and parish church from a practical theological perspective. He has also taught on liturgical theology and its role in informing the Bible and sacraments in worship. His doctoral research in the 1990s was an interdisciplinary study of the impact of Pentecostal / Charismatic spirituality upon public worship in the Church of England. The empirical methodological approach has become a standard reference for students engaged in practical theological research at King’s London. He has written a number of articles and book chapters on the areas of liturgical innovation and liturgical history.
Revd Dr Graham Kings The Rt Revd Dr Graham Kings is the Bishop of Sherborne. Previously, he was Vicar of Islington, founding Director of the Henry Martyn Centre in the Cambridge Theological Federation and Vice Principal of St Andrew's College, Kabare, Kenya. He has written books on Kenyan Liturgies; Theology of Mission; and Spirituality and Art.
MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Having completed this module successfully learners should:
1. Have knowledge and understanding of the mission of the Church both an historical and a contemporary perspective. 2. Be able to evaluate ways in which mission can be understood in different cultures and contexts. 3. Be able to explain the relationship between mission and contemporary culture. 4. Comprehend an applied account of the complexities of mission in post-Christian and global contexts (e.g. evangelism, nurture, care, prophetic action and sustainability).
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TEACHING AND LEARNING
METHODOLOGIES FOR STUDYING THEOLOGY AND CULTURE Learning how we ‘do’ theology is one of the most important first steps to engaging in creative interdisciplinary theology, of the sort aimed at by this course. In this student-led seminar, students will be asked to respond to key chapters in:
ENGAGING WITH CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: Christianity, Theology and the Concrete Church by Martyn Percy. Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing Company, 2005. 258 pages, index. ISBN: 0754632598.
This collection of essays by Percy, the Principal of Ripon College in the UK, takes up questions about the role of the church and theology within contemporary Western culture with a particular focus on the US and Europe. Percy argues that practical theology, i.e., a critical and constructive engagement by a living religious community with human experience that reflects on its meanings and value, is fundamental to a sustained and informed interaction and ministry in and to the modern world. Through the methods of cultural studies, he seeks to explore the different meanings and interactions of churches and Christians with the varied aspects of contemporary culture.
You will have been randomly assigned a chapter from this book before attending the module about which you will be asked to give a brief presentation during the seminar. More information about this assignment is below.
DURING RESIDENTIAL INTENSIVES
At Sarum College, MA students learn collaboratively in small cohorts which meet for four-day residential intensives throughout the year. This distributed and flexible mode of delivery combines class-based and home-based study and allows working students and students at a distance to benefit from contact with tutors and lecturers, with minimal disruption to their domestic, ministerial, or professional lives. Moreover, by consolidating our class-based teaching into four-day intensive breaks, we are able to recruit world-leading scholars and seasoned practitioners to guest-lecture on many of our courses.
Each full day of the module will consist of four classroom sessions of approximately 1.5 hours each. There will also be time allocated for meeting your personal tutor and using the library. This intensive residential study week will include the following modes of delivery:
Lectures: individual members of the teaching team will deliver material on the core themes of the module in light of their own teaching and research perspectives Student-led seminars: students will present assessed work on topics relevant to the module which they have researched and prepared either individually or in a group. These seminars promote peer learning and provide a safe environment to develop communication and collaboration skills Discussion-based seminars: students, tutors and / or lecturers will discuss a common text or cultural form and exercise a variety of methodological approaches to evaluate that form (e.g. poetry readings, film viewings and discussions, performances, etc.)
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INTENSIVE TIMETABLE
Time Re- Imagining Church some contemporary strategies Tutor Location 2.30 Registration Reception Desk 3.00 Lecture: Re-Imagining Church - A Personal Reflection – CG Tindall Church Growth and Cultural Engagement 5.00 TEA Tindall 6.30 SUPPER Refectory
Monday 7.15 Seminar: Re-Imagining Church – How would you do it? CG Tindall Informal social in bar Common Room
Library staffed from 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm
Re- Imagining Church – strategies and forms 8.15 BREAKFAST (for residential students) Refectory 9.15 Lecture: Re-Imagining Church - Leadership Development KL Tindall 10.45 BREAK (Coffee/Tea) Common Room 11.15 Lecture: Re- Imagining Church - Emergent and Fresh LN Tindall Expressions
12.45 College Prayers (optional) Chapel 1.00 LUNCH Refectory
2.00 Lecture: Re- Imagining Church - An appraisal of new forms of LN Tindall
church Tuesday 3.30 BREAK (Coffee/Tea) Common Room 4.00 Student Led Seminar I CG Tindall 5.15 BREAK 5.45 Re- Imagining Church – emergent and missional trends KL Tindall
6.30 SUPPER (for residential participants) Refectory
Library staffed from 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 7pm
Re- Imagining Church some contemporary contexts 8.15 BREAKFAST (for residential participants) Refectory 9.15 Lecture: Re- Imagining Church- in a multi-cultural context GK Tindall 10.45 BREAK (Coffee/Tea) Common Room 11.15 Lecture: Re- Imagining Church- in a multi-faith context GK Tindall 12.45 College Prayers (optional) Chapel
2.00 Lecture: Re- Imagining Church – the engagement with the arts GK Tindall 3.30 TEA Common Room
Wednesday 4.00 Student-Led Seminar II JG Tindall 6.30 SUPPER (for residential participants) Refectory
Library staffed from 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 6.30
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Re- Imagining Church some contemporary challenges 8.15 BREAKFAST (for residential participants) Refectory 9.15 Lecture: Re-Imagining Church – a history of Imperialism JG Tindall
10.45 BREAK (Coffee/Tea) Common Room
11.15 Lecture: Re-Imagining Church – Liturgical Innovation JS
12.45 College Prayers (optional) Chapel
1.00 LUNCH Refectory
Thursday 2.00 Meeting with Tutors CG Tindall 3.30 BREAK (Coffee/Tea) Common Room 4.00 Seminar: Re-Imagining church and the task of public theology CG/JG Tindall Library staffed from 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 5pm 5.15 FINISH
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ASSESSMENT
SCHEDULE OF WORK
Assignment Due Date Word Length Credit Weighting Mode of assessment Seminar 27-28th 15 minute (max) 0% Formative (Verbal Discussion November feedback from peers and tutor). Seminar Paper 28th December 500-800 words 20% Summative (Written feedback from tutor). Essay 28th January 2013 3,500-4,000 80% Summative words (Written feedback from tutor). Learning Journal 26 January 2013 1-entry per week 0% Formative (self- assessed). ‘wiki’ entry 26 January 2013 1-entry 0% Formative (student-steered).
The assessment strategy for the MA in Theology, Imagination and Culture is based upon the assumption that evidence of deep learning can only be determined through creative and innovative forms of assessment. During this module, we will use both formative and summative forms of assessment, in order to develop in students the skills and competencies which will be measured against the module’s learning outcomes. Students are required to complete all assigned work, though only summative assignments will count towards the student’s final mark. For this module the primary modes of formative assessment will be learning journals and seminar presentations. Seminar Discussion: Each student will be given the opportunity to lead a brief seminar discussion (no more than 15-mins) during the residential intensive. This discussion will centre on the assigned chapter from Graham, Walton and Wards’ Theological Methods text (included in pre-reading pack). Though students are free to lead the discussion however they would wish, normally the discussion will take the following form: 1) Summary of chapter; 2) Critique of methodology described (What’s good about the theological method discussed in the chapter? What’s lacking from the methodology?); 3) Application of the methodology (how would you use this methodology in your own work?). Students are reminded that they are leading a discussion, so their presentation of the material should be given in a way which encourages the involvement of their classmates. Seminar discussion will receive verbal feedback from tutor and peers. Learning journal: students can maintain a learning journal, in which they keep track of their reflections about the module which are based upon their ongoing self-study. Learning journals can either be maintained online through the VLE or in a student’s notebook. Wiki: All students will make at least one contribution to the module Wiki in the form of an encyclopaedia type entry (short book review, biographical entry, definition of a particular term / concept), etc.). All contributions will be viewable and can be commented on by fellow students. This particular exercise is designed to encourage
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group work, collaboration, and research skills. It will also contribute to the creation of a consistently updating research index which will be made available to future students.
The primary modes of summative assessment will be essays and seminar papers. The Seminar Paper (20% overall mark): The seminar paper is a written assignment which evolves from the seminar presentation (formative assessment, above). Following the three-part structure set by the seminar discussion (Summary, Critique, and Application), in the Seminar paper, students are required to write a tightly focussed piece of research which identifies and assesses the key critical issues, and presents a balance and comprehensive account of their topic in a restricted word limit of 800 – 1200 words. It is hoped that the Seminar Paper will integrate peer and tutor feedback received from the seminar discussion. The Essay (80% overall mark): The essay builds upon the ongoing research undertaken by students in their learning journals, their seminar presentation and their seminar paper. The essay allows students to display a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of a specific topic, the ability to identify and critique scholarly methods and opinions in an objective manner, and demonstrate the ability to develop an independent perspective on the topic. Topics are provided for each module, though students can select to research a topic of their choosing, in consultation with the module tutor. Essays will be between 3,500 and 4,000 words. Guidelines for essay writing are proved in the Programme Handbook. Students are expected to adhere to the College’s style guidelines.
CRITERIA OF ASSESSMENT
The criteria for assessment are provided in MA Programme Handbook. Students should be reminded that in addition to these metrics, as a part of a programme which is delivered at Level 7 (Masters Level), students work must also comply with the standards for postgraduate taught programmes in the UK, which are set out by “The Quality Assurance Agency’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications”. This document states that at Level 7, postgraduate students must exhibit:
a systematic understanding of knowledge, and a critical awareness of current problems and/or new insights, much of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of their academic discipline, field of study or area of professional practice; a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to their own research or advanced scholarship; originality in the application of knowledge, together with a practical understanding of how established techniques of research and enquiry are used to create and interpret knowledge in the discipline; conceptual understanding that enables the student: o to evaluate critically current research and advanced scholarship in the discipline o to evaluate methodologies and develop critiques of them and, where appropriate, to propose new hypotheses.
ESSAYS TOPICS
Students are encouraged to think creatively and widely about their essay for this core module. The topics below are merely suggestions and students are welcome to dialogue with their personal tutor about alternative topics which are more suited to their particular interests.
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1. What is meant by the term a ‘Post Christendom culture? Is this a synonym for a Post Christian culture? 2. Secularism or a form of secularization has devastated the church in its European and N. American hinterlands from which it is unlikely to recover. Discuss 3. Give a critical comparison of two different approaches to mission in the C19 and evaluate what aspects might be used in a C21 approach to mission. 4. ‘The word missional has gone from obscurity to banality in just ten years.’ Discuss with reference to the international context of the missional debate 5. The key to new forms of church is a new vision of the nature of Christian leadership. Discuss 6. What does liberation theology have to teach us for mission in Britain today? 7. What are the biblical roots for a mission that is concerned with either the environment or the ecological crisis and how can a local church engage with this context? 8. How far can we talk of an ‘ecumenical consensus’ in contemporary mission theology? 9. Do emerging churches and ‘fresh expressions’ of church represent a convincing Christian engagement with contemporary culture, or a capitulation to it? 10. What is meant by the phrase public theology and how can such a venture renew the mission of the contemporary church? 11. What is meant by the phrase ‘the death of Christian Britain?’ Is such a situation an invitation to mission or the end of mission? Discuss with reference to the multi-faith nature of Britain today. 12. How can the church be re-imagining through a radical engagement with the arts? 13. Without liturgical renovation the church looses touch with the history of Christian worship and cannot find a convincing new form in contemporary society? Discuss
BOOK LIST
The majority of the books on this list are available from the Sarum College library. This is not an exhaustive book list, but a list of resources pertinent to the lecture topics. In addition to these texts, students are also encouraged to consult the following journals and electronic resources:
Journal of Literature and Theology (OUP) Journal for the Study of Religion and Popular Culture (UTP): http://www.usask.ca/relst/jrpc/ Journal of Religion and Film : http://www.unomaha.edu/jrf/ Cultural Encounters: http://new-wineskins.org/journal/ The Other Journal: http://www.theotherjournal.com/ Art and Christianity (ACE): http://acetrust.org/art-and-christianity
BOOKS FOR RE-IMAGINING CHURCH IN CONTEMPORARY CONTEXT
Re-imagining Church – Some Contemporary Challenges
Atherton, J. (2000) Public theology for changing times. London: SPCK.
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Bartley, J (2006) Faith and politics after christendom : the church as a movement for anarchy. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press. (After Christendom).
Billings, A. (2004) Secular lives, sacred hearts : the role of the church in a time of no religion. London: SPCK.
Brierley, M. (2006) Public life and the place of the church : reflections to honour the Bishop of Oxford. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Croft, S. (2002) Transforming communities: re-imagining the church for the 21st century. London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd.
Davie, G., Heelas, P. and Woodhead, L. (eds.) (2003) Predicting religion : Christian, secular and alternative futures. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing Ltd. (Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective).
D'costa, G. (2005) Theology in the public square : church, academy and nation. Oxford: Blackwell. (Challenges in contemporary theology).
Drane, J. (2008) After McDonaldization : mission, ministry and Christian discipleship in an age of uncertainty. London: Darton, Longman & Todd.
Hall, D.J. (2006) Theology of the cross : challenge and opportunity for the post-christendom church [in] Cross examinations : readings on the meaning of the cross today. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress.
Holmes, S.R. (ed.) (2008) Public theology in cultural engagement. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press.
Jamieson, A. (2002) A churchless faith : faith journeys beyond the churches. London: SPCK.
Jenkins, P. (2003) The next christendom : the coming of global christianity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Karkkainen, V. (2002) Introduction to ecclesiology: ecumenical, historical & global perspectives. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Kohn, R. (2003) The new believers : re-imagining God. Harper Collins.
Maclaren, D. (2004) Mission implausible : restoring credibility to the church. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press. (Studies in Religion and Culture).
Malesic, J. (2009) Secret faith in the public square : an argument for the concealment of Christian identity. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press
Mann, A. (2005) Atonement for a 'sinless' society: engaging with an emerging culture. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press. (Faith in an Emerging Culture).
Mclaren, B.D. (2000) The church on the other side : doing ministry in the postmodern matrix. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing.
Medhurst, K. and Sweeney, J. (2004) 'Public theology and changing social values' [in] The future of Christian social ethics London: Continuum.
Morton, W.F. (ed.), Plant, A.R. (ed.) and Storrar, R. (2004) Public theology for the 21st century : essays
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Murray, S. and Wright, N.G. (2004) Post-christendom. Carlisle: Paternoster Press. (After Christendom).
Murray, S (2004) Church after christendom. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press. (After Christendom).
Percy, M. (2005) Engaging with contemporary culture: Christianity, theology, and the concrete church. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. (Explorations in practical, pastoral, and empirical theology).
Ramachandra, V. (2008) Subverting global myths : theology and the public issues shaping our world. London: SPCK.
Stone, B.P. (2012) A reader in ecclesiology. Farnham: Ashgate. (Ashgate contemporary ecclesiology).
Weller, P. (2005) Time for a change : reconfiguring religion, state and society. London: T&T Clark International. (Christianity and Contemporary Culture).
Re-imagining Church – Some Contemporary Strategies
Atkins, M. (2007) Resourcing renewal : shaping churches for the emerging future. Peterborough: Inspire.
Bond, P. (2006) Open for you : the church, the visitor and the gospel Norwich: Canterbury Press.
Brueggemann, W. (2007) A mandate to difference : an invitation to the contemporary church. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Clark, D. (2005) Breaking the mould of christendom : kingdom community, diaconal church and the liberation of the laity. Peterborough: Epworth.
Clark, D. (2008) The diaconal church : beyond the mould of christendom. Peterborough: Epworth Press.
Croft, S. (ed.) (2006) The future of the parish system: shaping the Church of England for the twenty- first century. London: Church House Publishing.
Davies, M. and Dodds, G. (2011) Leadership in the church for a people of hope. London: T & T Clark.
Edmondson, C. (2002) Fit to lead: sustaining effective ministry in a changing world. London: Darton, Longman & Todd.
Fraser, I.M. (2006) The way ahead : grown-up Christians. Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications.
Gibbs, E. (2005) Church next : quantum changes in Christian ministry. Leicester: Inter-Varsity
Gibbs, E. and Coffey, I. (2005) Leadership next : changing leaders in a changing culture. Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press
Greene, C. and Robinson, M. (2008) Metavista : bible, church and mission in an age of imagination. Milton Keynes: Authentic Media.
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Grundy, M. (2007) What's new in church leadership? : creative responses to the changing pattern of church life. Norwich: Canterbury Press.
Hinton, J. (2002) Changing churches : building bridges in local mission. London: Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
Jackson, B. and Hope, D. (2002) Hope for the church: contemporary strategies for growth. London: Church House Publishing.
Kolb, R. and Arand, C.P. (2008) The genius of Luther's theology : a Wittenberg way of thinking for the contemporary church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic
MISSIONAL CHURCH CONSULTATION et al. (2009) The missional church and leadership formation : helping congregations develop leadership capacity. Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. (Missional church series).
MODEM and Nelson, J. (ed.) (2008) How to become a creative church leader : a MODEM handbook. Norwich: Canterbury Press.
Ott, E.S. (2004) Transform your church with ministry teams Grand Rapids (Mich): William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
Pagitt, D. and Jones, T. (eds.) (2007) An emergent manifesto of hope. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books.
Roxburgh, A.J., Boren, M.S. and Priddy, M. (2009) Introducing the missional church : what it is, why it matters, how to become one. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. (Allelon missional series).
Roxburgh, A.J. and Romanuk, F (2006) The missional leader : equipping your church to reach a changing world. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Savage, S. and Boyd-Macmillan, E. (2007) The human face of church : a social psychology and pastoral theology resource for pioneer and traditional ministry. Norwich: Canterbury Press.
Stringer, M. (no date) 'Sustainable church growth and the role of the deacon' (in) The diaconal church : beyond the mould of christendom.
Sweet, L. (2008) AquaChurch 2.0 : piloting your church in today's fluid culture. 2nd edn. Colorado Springs, CO: David C Cook.
Turnbull, M. and Mcfadyen, D. (2012) The state of the Church and the Church of the State : re- imagining the Church of England for our world today. London: Darton, Longman & Todd.
Van Gelder, C. (ed.) (2007) The missional church in context : helping congregations develop contextual ministry. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans. (Missional church series).
Whitesel, B. (2006) Inside the organic church : learning from 12 emerging congregations. Nashville,(TN): Abingdon Press.
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Re-imagining Church – Some Contemporary Contexts
Atherton, J. (2004) 'Marginalisation, Manchester and the scope of public theology' [in] The future of Christian social ethics. London: Continuum.
Church of England (2000) Called to lead: a challenge to include minority ethnic people: report by the Stephen Lawrence follow-up staff group [Pamphlet]. London: General Synod of the Church of England. (GS Misc, 625).
Church of England (2000) Simply value us: meeting the needs of young minority ethnic Anglicans: committee for minority ethnic anglican concerns (CMEAC) youth research project. London: Church House Publishing. (GS Misc, 601).
CHURCH OF ENGLAND : GENERAL SYNOD (2005) Presence and engagement: the churches' task in a multi faith society : report by the Mission and Public Affairs Council [Pamphlet]. London: General Synod of the Church of England.
COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF MULTI-ETHNIC BRITAIN (2000) The future of multi-ethnic Britain: report of the Commission on the Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain. London: Profile Books Ltd.
Dawtry, A. and Irvine, C. (2002) Art and worship. London: SPCK. (Alcuin liturgy guides, 2).
Giles, R (2004) Re-pitching the tent : re-ordering the church building for worship and mission. 3rd edn. Norwich: Canterbury Press.
Hughes, D. (2001) Castrating culture: a Christian perspective on ethnic identity from the margins. Carlisle: Paternoster Press.
Jones, T.D. (2001) New art for church buildings. London: Church House Publishing.
Linsley, I. and Mclean, B. (2004) The Church of England and the state : reforming establishment for a multi-faith Britain [Pamphlet]. London: The New Politics Network.
MANCHESTER CENTRE FOR PUBLIC THEOLOGY, Graham, E. (ed.) and Baker, C. (ed.) (2004) 'Religious Capital in Regenerating Communities' : proceedings of the Launch Conference of the Manchester Centre for Public Theology : 10th May 2004 [Pamphlet]. Manchester: The William Temple Foundation.
Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns of the Church of England (2000) Serving God in church and community: vocations for minority ethnic Anglicans in the Church of England. London: Church House Publishing. (GS Misc, 606).
Smith, J.K.A. (2009) The devil reads Derrida : and other essays on the university, the church, politics, and the arts. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
Spencer, L. (2007) Building a multi-ethnic church. London: SPCK.
Visser, M. (2001) The geometry of love: space, time, mystery, and meaning in an ordinary church. US edn. New York: North Point Press
Walter, N. (2011) The gate of heaven : how church buildings speak of God [Pamphlet]. Cambridge: Grove books. (Grove Spirituality Series, S 118).
Wingate, A. (2005) Celebrating difference, staying faithful: how to live in a multi-faith world. London:
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Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd.
Re-imagining Church – Some Contemporary Forms
Anderson, R.S. (2007) An emergent theology for emerging churches. Oxford: The Bible Reading Fellowship.
ANGLICAN-METHODIST WORKING PARTY (2012) Fresh expressions in the mission of the church. London: Church House Publishing.
Booker, M. and Ireland, M. (2005) Evangelism - which way now?: an evaluation of Alpha, Emmaus, Cell church and other contemporary strategies for evangelism. Second edn. London: Church House Publishing. (Explorations).
Brewin, K. (2004) The complex Christ : signs of emergence in the urban church. London: SPCK.
Carson, D.A. (2005) Becoming conversant with the emerging church : understanding a movement and its implications. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.
CHURCH OF ENGLAND: ARCHBISHOPS' COUNCIL (2006) starting a fresh expression [Pamphlet]. London: Church House Publishing.
Davison, A. and Milbank, A. (2010) For the parish : a critique of fresh expressions. London: SCM Press.
Gay, D. (2011) Remixing the church : the five moves of emerging ecclesiology. London: SCM Press.
Gibbs, E. and Bolger, R.K. (2006) Emerging churches : creating Christian community in postmodern cultures. London: SPCK.
Kimball, D. (2003) The emerging church : vintage christianity for new generations. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing.
Labanow, C.E. (2009) Evangelicalism and the emerging church : a congregational study of a Vineyard church. Farnham: Ashgate. (Explorations in practical, pastoral and empirical theology).
Mobsby, I.J. (2007) Emerging and fresh expressions of church: how are they authentically church and Anglican?. London: Moot Community Publishing.
Moynagh, M. (2004) emergingchurch.intro. Oxford: Monarch Books
Nelstrop, L and Percy, M. (eds.) (2008) Evaluating fresh expressions : explorations in emerging church. Norwich: Canterbury Press
Shier-Jones, A. (2009) Pioneer ministry and fresh expressions of church. London: SPCK. (SPCK library of ministry).
Walker, A. and Bretherton, L. (eds.) (2007) Remembering our future : explorations in deep church. Milton Keynes: Paternoster.
Williams, E. (2007) Fresh expressions in the urban context. Haverhill: YTC Press
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Re-imagining Church – Liturgical Innovations
Baker, J. (2010) Curating worship. London: SPCK
Croft, S. and Mobsby, I. (eds) (2009) Fresh expressions in the sacramental tradition. Norwich: Canterbury Press. (Ancient faith, future mission).
Kreider, A. and Kreider, E. (2009) Worship and mission after Christendom. Milton Keynes: Paternoster Press.
Vosko, R.S. (2006) God's house is our house : re-imagining the environment for worship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
Re-Imagining Church and Theologies of Mission
Allen, R. (1912) St Paul’s Missionary Methods or Ours?, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Bauckham,R. (2003) The Bible and Mission: Christian Witness in a Postmodern World, Paternoster Press.
Bevans, S. and Schroeder, R.P. (2001) Constants in Context : A Theology of Mission for Today, Orbis Books.
Booth, W. (1890) In Darkest England and the Way Out, London: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army.
Bosch, D.J. (1991) Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the theology of Mission, Maryknoll: Orbis
Bradley, I. (1976) The Call to Seriousness, London: Jonathan Cape.
Clark, Kenneth (1928) The Gothic Revival, London: Pelican (1964)
Dales, D. (1997) Missionary Theology in Celtic and Anglo Saxon Britain, Cambridge: Lutterworth Press
Darwin, C (1871) The Descent of Man in Darwin Norton Edition (1979)
Ditchfield, G.M. (1998) The Evangelical Revival, London: UCL Press
Donovan, V. (2003) Christianity Rediscovered, Orbis Books
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