Book review: No Wastelands

Jonny Baker recommends Ash Barker's rich and deep handbook for "growing seedbeds of urban shalom".

Book review: Constructing Mission History

Steve Taylor enjoys a fresh and less stereotyped account of mission history from Stanley Skreslet.

Book review: A Primer in Christian Ethics

Luke Bretherton paints a bold and persuasive vision for ethics and human flourishing, says James Butler.

Book review: A Just Mission

Cathy Ross heartily recommends an uneasy read from Mekdes Haddis that unmasks so much of our hubris around mission.

Book review: The Surprising African Jesus

An illuminating introduction to Afua Kuma, theologian whose work is oral, contextual and deeply embedded in its African grassroots

Book review: Practicing Faith

Rosie Hopley on a thought-provoking collection of essays exploring how theology and social vocation can integrate and enrich one another.

Book review: René Padilla, What is Integral Mission?

A fine starting point for engaging with Padilla’s work and his legacy of integral mission, particularly for church groups, says James Butler

Book review: Flourishing in Tensions

James Butler struggles to recommend Michael Bräutigam's textbook discipleship, thought there were nuggets which captured his imagination.

Book review: The Evangelical Quadrilateral Vols 1 and 2

A collection from a past master shows the value of history for evangelicals, says Philip Lockley.

Book review: Churches and the Crisis of Decline

Mark Collinson finds plenty to engage the church in Britain in Andrew Root's weaving of Karl Barth, Charles Taylor and the church's search for relevance.

Book review: Church Planting in Post Christian Soil

James Butler commends a rich engagement with missional theology and a detailed study of models of church in practice

Book review: Young, Woke and Christian

Vicki Gale both loves and hates a book that demands a response