Rural Theology, Volume 22, Issue 1 (2024)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
Leslie J. Francis
Page: 1
Published online: 16 Apr 2024
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The Roles of Religion in Building Resilience among Rural Inhabitants: Evidence from a Case Study in Poland
Marta Błąd & Piotr Kaczmarek
Pages: 2-16
Published online: 27 Mar 2024
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Rural Shame Orientation: A Matter of Conscience
Carl P. Greene
Pages: 17-29
Published online: 26 Feb 2024
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Church of England Ministry in the South-West Peninsular: Gaps and Priorities
Andrew Village
Pages: 30-43
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Jesus Calling the First Disciples: Reading Luke’s Account Through the Lenses of Sensing and Intuition
Susan H. Jones & Leslie J. Francis
Pages: 44-51
Published online: 05 Apr 2024
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From a Rural Poet

Cutting
Peter Hollindale
Page: 52
Published online: 02 Apr 2024
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From a Parish Pulpit

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Parables Operationalised
Neville J. Emslie
Pages: 53-56
Published online: 28 Mar 2024
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From a Cathedral Pulpit

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Giving Voice to Joseph
David S. Walker
Pages: 57-58
Published online: 08 Apr 2024
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The Good News of Christmas
Susan H. Jones
Pages: 59-61
Published online: 09 Apr 2024
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Book Reviews

Book Review
The meanings of Christian discipleship: being disciples then and now
edited by Andrew Hayes and Stephen Cherry, London, SCM Press, 2021, pp. ix + 244, £35.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-334-06026-0
Jeff Astley
Pages: 62-63
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Meeting the global crisis: kingdom community, diaconal church and a diaconal world
by David Clark, Durham, Sacristy Press, 2023, pp. 225, £16.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-789-59303-7
Francis Davis
Pages: 63-64
Published online: 02 Apr 2024
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Brother to all: the life and witness of St Charles de Foucauld
edited by Joseph Victor Edwin SJ, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2022, pp. 118, £17.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-626-98484-4
James M. M. Francis
Pages: 64-66
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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The last pastor: faithfully steering a closing church
by Gail Cafferata, Louisville, KY, Westminster John Knox Press, 2020, pp. vii + 215, £19.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-664-26498-7
Leslie J. Francis
Page: 66
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Faiths lost and found: understanding apostasy
edited by Martyn Percy and Charles Foster, London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 2023, pp. 172, £16.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-915-41232-4
Leslie J. Francis
Page: 67
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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A theology of migration: the bodies of refugees and the body of Christ
by Daniel G. Groody, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2022, pp. ix + 318, £22.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-626-98487-5
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 68-69
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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How to remake the world neighbourhood by neighbourhood
by Mack McCarter with Tim Muldoon, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2022, pp. x + 156, £14.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-626-98500-1
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 69-70
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Book Review
The Precarious Church: redeeming the Body of Christ
by Martyn Percy, Norwich, Canterbury Press, 2023, pp. xxvi + 230, £19.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-786-22511-5
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 70-72
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Book Review
God’s Church for God’s world: reports, addresses and calls from the Lambeth Conference 2022
edited by Stephen Spencer, London, SCM, 2023, pp. xvi + 232, £19.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-334-06551-7
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 72-74
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Theological authority in the Church: reconsidering traditionalism and hierarchy
by Steven Nemes, Eugene, OR, Cascade Books, pp. xviii + 147, 2023, £19.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-666-75258-8
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 74-75
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Present in every place? The Church of England’s new churches, and the future of the parish
by Will Foulger, London, SCM, 2023, pp. xvi + 117, £25.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-334-06203-5
Malcolm Grundy
Pages: 75-76
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Anglo-Catholic church planting, can it work?
by John Wallace, Durham, Sacristy Press, 2023, pp. viii + 161, £16.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-789-59297-9
John Holdsworth
Pages: 76-78
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Politics and mission: rediscovering the political power of what Christians can do
by Martin Gainsborough, Durham, Sacristy Press, 2023, pp. ix +103, £12.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-789-59270-2
John Holdsworth
Pages: 78-79
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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The many faces of Jesus Christ: intercultural Christology (revised edition)
by Volker Kuster, Maryknoll, NY, Orbis Books, 2023, pp. xxxiv + 257, £31.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-626-985146-8
John Holdsworth
Pages: 79-81
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Acting in the wake: prayers for justice
by Walter Brueggemann, Louisville, KY, Westminster John Knox Press, 2023, pp. xxxiv + 118, £14.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-066-426616-5
John Holdsworth
Pages: 81-82
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Henry Beeching, Dean of Norwich: professor, poet, priest
by Peter Fanning, Durham, Sacristy Press, 2022, pp. vii + 257, £25.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-1-789-59249-8
Peter Hollindale
Pages: 82-83
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Mary, bearer of life
by Christopher Cocksworth, London, SCM, 2023, pp. xvi + 216, £19.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-334-06200-4
Bridget Nichols
Pages: 83-85
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Book Review
Love makes things happen: an invitation to Christian living
edited by Jennifer Strawbridge, Jarred Mercer, and Peter Groves, London, SCM, 2022, pp. x + 130, £14.99 (pbk & Epub), ISBN 978-0-334-05993-6
Bridget Nichols
Pages: 85-86
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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Monotheism in Christian liturgy: religion and monotheism
by Joris Geldhof, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2023, pp. 67, £17.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-1-009-00184-7
Bridget Nichols
Pages: 86-87
Published online: 31 Mar 2024
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