Celebrating Forty Years of Faith in the City:
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Book Details
Format: Paperback (280 pages)
Publisher: Sacristy Press
Date of Publication:
15 July 2025
ISBN: 978-1-78959-394-5
The 1985 Faith in the City report on urban priority areas was a landmark moment in the life of the Church of England. This book, written by some of those who were involved in the publication and implementation of the report itself, and others who have been engaged in urban ministry and community organising since, evaluates the importance of Faith in the City for the present day and seek to open a debate on urban policy and theology and practice.
The editors and contributors believe that a recovery of the report’s radical challenge rooted in incarnational theology and the strong links between Church, Faith and Society can reconnect the Church to urban communities and encourage a new commitment to Urban Mission and Ministry.
About the Editors
Terry Drummond was commissioned as a Church Army evangelist in 1972 and spent 45 years in ministry with a focus on being active in responding to social issues. He was ordained into the Distinctive Diaconate in 2016 by the bishop of Southwark.
Joseph Forde is Honorary Research Fellow in Historical Theology at the Urban Theology Union, Sheffield. He gained a PhD in Theology from the University of Manchester, and is the author of Before and Beyond the ‘Big Society’: John Milbank and the Church of England’s Approach to Welfare (James Clarke & Co, 2022).