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Volume 20 Number 2 (2003)

An issue on urban theology, guest edited by Peter Robinson of the Newcastle Diocese Project in Urban Ministry and Theology

Volume 20Number 22003

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In this edition. Each entry below names the writer, their stated role at the time of publication, and a short description of the piece. Full texts are held in the printed journal.

Flesh and Blood Cities: The Struggle for Urban Realism in Theological Practice

Andrew DaveyNational Adviser on Community and Urban Affairs, Archbishops' Council

Calls for a new church practice of persistence in the city, and criticises contemporary urban theology for giving up on urban life.

Trust in the City: Reviving and Enriching Urban Areas through Effective Social Policy

Hilary RussellDeputy Director, European Institute for Urban Affairs, Liverpool John Moores University

Reads current urban social policy and argues that trust must be both its starting point and its goal.

Reading the Bible in the City: Urban Culture, Context and Interpretation

Jenny Richardsonformerly Evangelical Urban Training Project

Explores what happens when the Bible is read in an urban setting, and why class and culture shape interpretation.

The Return of the City: The Revival of Practical Theology in the Urban Context

Howard WorsleyDirector of Studies, St John's College Nottingham

Makes the case for practical theology to return to the city, starting from the God who becomes vulnerable in Christ.

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