Practical Theology in Action - Christian Thinking in the Service of Church and Society - Softcover

This widely-used student text has been extremely successful in the past 8 years. It offers a basic introduction to all those who need to apply Christian thinking to the service of Church and society. The alterations in the new edition are minor, but academically significant - a new chapter has been added on inner city issues, which covers a wide range of more recent issues: post-modernism, pluralism, the new spirituality, emergence of congregational studies, stress on mission, Black theology and charismatic theology.

Paul Ballard was until recently Professor in the School of Religious and Theological Studies, Cardiff University. John Pritchard is Bishop of Jarrow; before being Archdeacon of Canterbury he was warden of Cranmer Hall, and taught Practical Theology.