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Books

The following books, published over the past century, explore many aspects of urban mission. We will try to keep this list up[dated, so do notify us of any that should be added.

Maw, George: Christianity and the Working Classes (London: Macmillan, 1906)Wickham, E.R: Church and People in an Industrial City (London: Lutterworth, 1957)
Heasman, Kathleen: Evangelicals in Action (London: Geoffrey Bles, 1962)
Inglis, K.S: Churches and the Working Classes in Victorian England (London: Routledge and Kegan, 1963)
Cox, Harvey: The Secular City (London: SCM Press, 1965)
Kendrick, Bruce: Come out of the Wilderness (London: Collins, 1965)
Hickey, John: Urban Catholics (London: Lutterworth, 1967)
Martin, David: A Sociology of English Religion (London: Heinemann, 1967)
Rhymes, Douglas: Prayer in the Secular City (London: Lutterworth, 1967)
Verney, Stephen: People and Cities (London: Fontana, 1969)
Ellul, Jacques: The Meaning of the City (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1970)
Gay, John: The Geography of Religion in England (London: Duckworth 1971)
Benington, John: Culture, Class and Christian Beliefs (London: Scripture Union, 1973)
Mcleod, Hugh: Class & Religion in the Late Victorian City (London: Croon Helm, 1974)
Sheppard, David: Built as a City (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974)
Stacey, Nicholas: Who Cares (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1974)
Kane, Margaret: Theology in an Industrial Society (London: SCM, 1975)
Bartles-Smith, Douglas & Gerrard David: Urban Ghetto (London: Lutterworth, 1976)
Vincent, John: Alternative Church (Belfast: Christian Journals, 1976)
Yeo, Stephen: Religion and Voluntary Organisations in Crisis (London: Croom Helm, 1976)
Sookhdeo, Patrick: Asians in Britain (London: Paternoster, 1977)
Ambler, Rex & David Haslam: Agenda for Prophets (London: Bowerdean Press, 1980)
Paget-Wilkes, Michael: Poverty, Revolution and the Church (Exeter: Paternoster, 1981)
Vincent, John: Starting All Over Again (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1981)
Bedford, Colin: Weep for the City (Tring: Lion, 1982)
Joslin, Roy: Urban Harvest (Welwyn: Evangelical Press, 1982)
Vincent, John: Into the City (London: Epworth, 1982)
Atherton, John: The Scandal of Poverty (London: Mowbray, 1983)
Dowley, Roger: Towards the Recovery of a Lost Bequest (London: ECUM, 1983)
Sheppard, David: Bias to the Poor (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983)
Smith, Austin: Passion for the Inner City (Sheed, 1983)
Smith, Austin: Passion for the City (London: Sheed and Ward, 1983)
Clark, David: The Liberation of the Church (Birmingham: NACCAN, 1984)
Holden, Tony: People, Churches and Multi-Racial Projects (London: Methodist Church, 1984)
Cave, Dave: Jesus is Your Best Mate (Basingstoke: Marshalls, 1985)
Godfrey, Wendy: Down to Earth (London: British Council of Churches, 1985)
Lamb, Christopher: Belief in a Mixed Society (Tring: Lion Publishing 1985)
Marchant, Colin: Signs in the City (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1985)
ACUPA: Faith in the City (London: Church House Publishing, 1985)
Sainsbury, Roger: Justice on the Agenda (Basingstoke: Marshalls, 1985)
Wilson, Pip: Gutter Feelings (Basingstoke: Marshalls, 1985)
Armitage, Michael: Jesus Loves Brixton Too (Basingstoke: Marshall Pickering, 1986)
Hooker, Roger & Christopher Lamb: Love the Stranger (London: SPCK, 1986)
Kane, Margaret: What Kind of God? (London: SCM Press, 1986)
Aherne, Geoffrey: Inner City God (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1987)
Barnes, Trevor: The Wounded City (London: Fount Paperbacks, 1987)
Green, Laurie: Power to the Powerless (Basingstoke: Marshall Pickering, 1987)
Bakke, Ray: The Urban Christian (Eastbourne: MARC/ECUM, 1987)
Harvy, John: Bridging the Gap (Edinburgh: St.Andrews Press, 1987)
Eastman, Michael: Ten Inner City Churches (Eastbourne: MARC, 1988)
Idle, Marjorie: Joy in the City (Eastbourne: Kingsway, 1988)
Mohabir, Philip: Building Bridges (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)
Sheppard, David & Derek Worlock: Better Together (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1988)
Kyle, John (ed.): Urban Mission: God's Concern for the City (Downers Grove, ILL: IVP, 1988)
Bradbury, Nicholas: City of God? (London: SPCK, 1989)
Neale, Eddie: River in a Dry Land (Eastbourne: MARC, 1989)
Smith, Io: An Ebony Cross (London: Marshall & Pickering, 1989)
Leech, Kenneth: Struggle in Babylon (London: Sheldon Press, 1989)
B.C.C.: Changing the Agenda (London: BCC, 1989)
Harvey, Anthony (Ed.): Theology in the City - A Theological Response to Faith in the City (London: SPCK, 1989)
ACUPA: Living Faith in the City (London: Church House Publishing, 1990)
Green, Laurie: Let's do Theology (London: Mowbray, 1990)
Grundy, Malcolm: Light in the City (Norwich: Canterbury Press, 1990)
Gamble, Robin: The Irrelevant Church (Eastbourne: Monarch, 1991)
Orton, E.R.: Into the City (Birmingham: Birmingham City Mission, 1991)
Sookhdeo, Patrick: Sharing Good News (London: Scripture Union, 1991)
Linthicum, Bob: City of God, City of Satan - A Biblical Theology of the Urban Church (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1991)
Leech, Kenneth: The Eye of the Storm (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1992)
Meyers, Eleanor Scott (Ed.): Envisioning the New City - A Reader in Urban Ministry (WJKP, 1992)
Robinson, Martin & Stuart Christine: Planting Tomorrow’s Churches Today (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1992)
Greenway, Roger & Timothy Monsma: Cities: Missions' New Frontier (Grand Rapids, Mich: Baker, 1992)
Hartley, Loyde H.: Cities and Churches (USA: Scarecrow Press, 1992)
Hobson, Peter: A Voice in the City (Warwick: CPAS, 1993)
Murray, Stuart: The Challenge of the City (Tonbridge: Sovereign World, 1993)
Weller, Paul: Religions in the UK (Derby: University of Derby and the Inter-Faith Network for the UK, l993)
Ashdown, James: Gentrification (Sheffield: Urban Theology Unit, 1994)
Wilkinson, John: The Church in Black and White (St Andrews, 1994)
Bishop’s Advisory Group on Urban Priority Areas: Staying in the City (London: Church House Press, 1995)
Archbishop of Canterbury's Urban Theology Group: God in the City (London: Mowbray, 1995)
Blakeborough, Eric (ed.): Church for the City (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1995)
Russell, Hilary: Poverty Close to Home (London: Mowbray, 1995)
Linthicum, Bob (Ed.): Signs of Hope in the City (Monrovia, CA: MARC, 1995)
Villafane, Eldin: Seek the Peace of the City (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1995)
Christian Socialist Movement: Restoring Faith in Politics (London: CSM, 1996)
Haslam, David: Race for the Millenium (London: Church House Publishing, 1996)
Sedgewick, Peter: God in the City (London: Mowbray, 1996)
Nicholls, Bruce & Beulan Wood (Eds.): Sharing Good News with the Poor (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1996)
Berryman, Phillip: Religion in the Megacity: Catholic and Protestant Portraits from Latin America (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1996)
Bakke, Ray: A Theology as Big as the City (Downers Grove, ILL: IVP, 1997)
Beasley, Mary: Mission on the Margins (London: Lutterworth, 1997)
Duffield, Ian: Urban Christ: Responses to John Vincent (Sheffield: Urban Theology Unit, 1997)
Carle, Robert & Louis DeCaro: Signs of Hope in the City. Ministries of Community Renewal (Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1997)
The Cities - a Methodist Report (London: NCH Action for Children, 1997)
Murray, Stuart: Church Planting: Laying Foundations (Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1998)
Northcott, Michael (Ed.): Urban Theology. A Reader (London: Cassell, 1998)
Leech, Kenneth: The Sky is Red (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1998)
Harper, Nile: Urban Churches: Beyond Charity Towards Justice (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1998)
Beckford, Robert: Jesus is Dread - Black Theology and Culture in Britain (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1998)
Green, Laurie: The Impact of the Global: An Urban Theology (Sheffield: Urban Theology Unit, 2000)
Orsi, Robert: Gods of the City (Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2000)
Simmons, Michael (Ed.): Street Credo. Churches in the Community (Lemos & Crane, 2000)
Vincent, John: Hope from the City (London: Epworth, 2000)
Beckford, Robert: Dread and Pentecostal - A Political Theology for the Black Church in Britain (London: SPCK, 2000)
Ward, Graham: Cities of God (London: Routledge, 2000)
Campolo, Tony: Revolution and Renewal: How Churches are Saving our Cities (WJKP, 2000)
Leech, Kenneth: Through our Long Exile (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2001)
Beckford, Robert: God of the Rahtid: Redeeming Rage (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2001)
Davey, Andrew: Urban Christianity and Global Order (London: SPCK, 2001)
Gornick, Mark: To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 2002)
Green, Laurie: Urban Ministry and the Kingdom of God (London: SPCK, 2003)
Stafford, Tim: Liturgy and Urban Mission (Cambridge: Grove Books, 2003)
Vincent, John (ed.): Faithfulness in the City (Hawarden: St Deiniol's Library, 2003)
Atherton, John: Marginalization (London: SCM, 2003)
Eastman, Michael & Steve Latham (Eds.): Urban Church: A Practitioner's Resource Book (London: SPCK, 2004)
Garner, Rod: Facing the city: urban mission in the 21st century (London: Epworth, 2004)
Beckford, Robert: God and the Gangs (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2004)
Walker, Andrew (Ed.): Spirituality in the City (London: SPCK, 2005)
Francis, Leslie and Mandy Robbins: Urban hope and spiritual health: the adolescent voice (London: Epworth, 2005)
Commission on Urban Life and Faith: Faithful Cities (London: Church House/Methodist Publishing House, 2006)
Burns, Stephen: Worship in context: liturgical theology, children and the city (London: Epworth, 2006)
Kilpin, Juliet & Stuart Murray: Planting Churches in the Inner City (Cambridge: Grove, 200
Sudworth, Richard: Distinctly Welcoming: Christian presence in a multifaith society (Bletchley: Scripture Union, 2007)
Ballard, Paul (Ed.): The Church at the Centre of the City (Peterborough: Epworth, 2008)
Baker, Christopher: The Hybrid Church in the City (London: SCM Press, 2009)
Greenway, R S and Mashau, T D, An Eye That Sees: Vision for Urban Missions (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2010)
Howson, Chris: A Just Church (London: Continuum, 2011)

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