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Author: The Revd Dr Lesley Husselbee ,
The Revd Professor Paul Ballard
Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.412kg
ISBN: 9781441109118
ISBN 10: 1441109110
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 06 September 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
A succinct account of recent dissent and nonconformity...This book is easily read, both in its individual chapters and as a whole... If its information is in part already known, those generalisations of, for example, a social gospel or Nonconformist Conscience, ate here reinforced and exemplified through relevant, clear details reflecting the individual strengths and personal researches of the contributors... This important and optimistic book should serve quite excellently its own stated purpose. -- Nigel Lemon * Journal of the United Reformed Church History Society * The hope of the contributors to this important volume is that the telling of the story of a tradition of social involvement will both inform and inspire contemporary practice, a task well focused in the deductions and applications of the final chapter, with its concern not only for applied theology but applied history. -- John Briggs * Baptist Quarterly * This book has its origins in the educational practice of one of the editors - Lesley Husselbee - who was responsible for church-related community worker training at Northern College in Manchester. When students on the programme tried to situate their work and engagement in the tradition of the engagement of nonconformist churches with social welfare, it transpired that there was no convenient text in print. Rather than letting the matter rest, their experience led to a project to bring together people who could remedy this and produce this volume... The book fills a gap in the literature. -- Tony Addy * Modern Believing *
Author Information
Revd Dr Lesley Husselbee retired after nine years as Director of Church Related Community Work, Northern College, Luther King House, Manchester. Prior to this, she taught in primary and secondary schools and as Senior Lecturer in Geography at The Roehampton Institute of Higher Education; and was Secretary for Training of the United Reformed Church (1992-2001). Paul Ballard, a Baptist minister, is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University, where he taught practical theology. Recent publications include, with Malcolm Brown, The Church and Economic Life (2006), with Lesley Husselbee, Community and Ministry (2007); and, as editor, The Bible in Pastoral Practice, with Stephen R. Holmes (2005) and The Church at the Centre of the City (2008).
