商品簡介
The key issues facing rural life and the rural church today are worth serious thought, serious theological reflection, and serious empirical evidence. The twenty-eight articles drawn together for the first time in this reader illustrate the significant contribution made to these debates over the past decade by the journal Rural Theology. The articles concentrate on the themes of perspectives from the Bible, perspectives from ordinary theology, theological and sociological perspectives, historical perspectives listening to visitors, listening to the community, listening to churchgoers, listening to church leaders and satisfaction and stress in ministry. The authors include voices from the Anglican, Baptist, Methodist and Pentecostal Churches, from England, Scotland and Wales. Rural Life and Rural Church provides an invaluable resource for clergy and lay Christians involved in rural ministry initial and continuing ministerial education and formation Christian men and women living in the countryside.
作者簡介
Leslie J. Francis is Professor of Religions and Education at the University of Warwick, and Canon Theologian of Bangor Cathedral. He has served for a number of years as President of the Rural Theology Association, and since 2003 as senior editor of the journal Rural Theology: International, ecumenical and interdisciplinary perspectives. Mandy Robbins is Senior Research Fellow in the Religions and Education Research Institute at the University of Warwick.
