Anvil vol 38 issue 2, November 2022
Sustainability and mission
Challenging the dogma of growth and finding ways to thrive in mission
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DOWNLOADEditorial: Sustainability and mission
James Butler introduces an issue on thriving sustainably in mission in the face of demands for constant growth.
Sustainability, African identity and climate justice
Israel Olofinjana critiques western notions of sustainability and offers a different model for climate justice.
Collectives with soul
Alison Webster offers community organising as a model of challenging and changing our neoliberal society.
Exploring apophatic approaches to mission
Janet Williams has a conversation with Richard Passmore about how the apophatic tradition can help us to thrive sustainably.
Beyond measure (1)
Tina Hodgett explains why she resists the impulse to measure outcomes in pioneering in the innovator space.
Beyond measure (2)
Paul Bradbury explores the proper context of the idea of measurement, which should act as a servant and not our master.
Sustaining community spirituality
Alison Boulton reflects on 14 years’ practice and experience within a local community on a new housing estate.
Treasure seeking
Caroline Kennedy offers practices that sustain her own personal spirituality and reflects on how to “find the gold”.
Business that sustains
Rosie Hopley recounts her experience of how entrepreneurship in social business can help all involved thrive.
Video: Sustainable Planet
The video recording of Israel’s plenary session at the 2022 CMS Conversations Day.
Video: Sustainable communities
Alison Webster on cultivating and nurturing habits to challenge power and change the world
Video: Grounded in not knowing
Mining ancient apophatic traditions, finding energy and wisdom for pioneering sacred terrain.
Book review: Ancestral Feeling
Philip Lockley reviews a profoundly stimulating and personal book on the faith heritage received through colonial missionary movements.
Book review: Being Missional, Becoming Missional
If you want to gain an understanding of the church’s calling to be a people on mission, this is a book for you, says Rosie Hopley.
Book review: Joe M Easterling, Big Things Start Small
Simon Baigent reads a new attempt to document the relationship between small group gatherings and times of revival.
Book review: Church Planters
Kate Seagrave discovers a valuable additional perspective that deserves hearing and engagement from those who are planting new churches.
Book review: Doing Theology in the New Normal
This book is a manifesto of hope from within the darkest moments of recent history, says John Wheatley.
Book review: First Expressions
James Butler assesses an important contribution to the conversation around Fresh Expressions and new forms of church.
Book review: Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Tom Wilson reviews the proceedings of the 18th annual Building Bridges Seminar of Muslim and Christian scholars.
Book review: Global Migration & Christian Faith
Joseph Ola on an attempt to use the Bible, theology and church history to shape a missional response to the global migration and refugee crises.
Book review: The Gospel of John
Howard Bigg recommends an imaginative resource, opening up new ways of understanding and applying this wonderful Gospel.
Book review: Interpreting the Old Testament after Christendom
A tough read, but worth it for an approach to authentic and responsible use of the Hebrew Bible, says Miles Hopgood.
Book review: The Meanings of Discipleship
James Butler finds a helpful contribution to the discussion around discipleship offering a multitude of perspectives.
Book review: The Pharisees
Tom Wilson reviews a text well worth engaging with, that will help you avoid unthinking stereotypes.
Book review: Theology of Hope
A classic that paints a compelling vision of theology, and indeed mission, says James Butler.
Book review: Unlikely Friends
Hannah Steele applauds a vision for friendships that transcend the comfort of homogeneity to express the joy and value found in difference.
Book review: Ancestral Feeling
Philip Lockley reviews a profoundly stimulating and personal book on the faith heritage received through colonial missionary movements.
Read moreBook review: Being Missional, Becoming Missional
If you want to gain an understanding of the church’s calling to be a people on mission, this is a book for you, says Rosie Hopley.
Read moreBook review: Joe M Easterling, Big Things Start Small
Simon Baigent reads a new attempt to document the relationship between small group gatherings and times of revival.
Read moreBook review: Church Planters
Kate Seagrave discovers a valuable additional perspective that deserves hearing and engagement from those who are planting new churches.
Read moreBook review: Doing Theology in the New Normal
This book is a manifesto of hope from within the darkest moments of recent history, says John Wheatley.
Read moreBook review: First Expressions
James Butler assesses an important contribution to the conversation around Fresh Expressions and new forms of church.
Read moreBook review: Freedom: Christian and Muslim Perspectives
Tom Wilson reviews the proceedings of the 18th annual Building Bridges Seminar of Muslim and Christian scholars.
Read moreBook review: Global Migration & Christian Faith
Joseph Ola on an attempt to use the Bible, theology and church history to shape a missional response to the global migration and refugee crises.
Read moreBook review: The Gospel of John
Howard Bigg recommends an imaginative resource, opening up new ways of understanding and applying this wonderful Gospel.
Read moreBook review: Interpreting the Old Testament after Christendom
A tough read, but worth it for an approach to authentic and responsible use of the Hebrew Bible, says Miles Hopgood.
Read moreBook review: The Meanings of Discipleship
James Butler finds a helpful contribution to the discussion around discipleship offering a multitude of perspectives.
Read moreBook review: The Pharisees
Tom Wilson reviews a text well worth engaging with, that will help you avoid unthinking stereotypes.
Read moreBook review: Theology of Hope
A classic that paints a compelling vision of theology, and indeed mission, says James Butler.
Read moreBook review: Unlikely Friends
Hannah Steele applauds a vision for friendships that transcend the comfort of homogeneity to express the joy and value found in difference.
Read moreBook review: World Religions and their Missions
Tom Wilson finds food for thought in comparing Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Baha’i and Mormon approaches to mission.
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