{"title":"Political formation: being formed by the spirit in Church and world <b>Political formation: being formed by the spirit in Church and world</b> , by Jenny Leith, London, SCM Press, 2023, pp. viii + 245, £30.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-33406-303-2","authors":"Malcolm Grundy","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2255786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2255786","url":null,"abstract":"\"Political formation: being formed by the spirit in Church and world.\" Rural Theology, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135094588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Christ in the Book of Revelation <b>Christ in the Book of Revelation</b> , by Ian Boxall (Biblical Studies Series Catholic Biblical Association), Mahwah, NJ, 2021, Paulist Press. pp. 112, £14.55 (pbk), ISBN 978-0-80915-455-5","authors":"James M. M. Francis","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2255781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2255781","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135095136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Salvation not purchased: overcoming the ransom idea to rediscover the original gospel teaching <b>Salvation not purchased: overcoming the ransom idea to rediscover the original gospel teaching</b> , by Stephen Finlan, Eugene, OR, Wipf & Stock, 2020, pp. xiv + 90, £13.20 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-7252-5582-1","authors":"Jeff Astley","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2255780","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2255780","url":null,"abstract":"\"Salvation not purchased: overcoming the ransom idea to rediscover the original gospel teaching.\" Rural Theology, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135095659","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voices long silenced: women biblical interpreters through the centuries <b>Voices long silenced: women biblical interpreters through the centuries</b> , by Joy A. Schroeder, and Marion Ann Taylor, Louisville, KY, Westminster John Knox Press, 2022, pp. 355, £29.00 (pbk), ISBN 978-06642-651-X","authors":"James M. M. Francis","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2255782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2255782","url":null,"abstract":"\"Voices long silenced: women biblical interpreters through the centuries.\" Rural Theology, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135095678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Waking up to God: rediscovering faith in post-pandemic times <b>Waking up to God: rediscovering faith in post-pandemic times</b> , by Neil G. Richardson, London, Sacristy Press, 2022, pp. xvi + 154, £14.99 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-78959-237-5","authors":"Malcolm Grundy","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2255787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2255787","url":null,"abstract":"\"Waking up to God: rediscovering faith in post-pandemic times.\" Rural Theology, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135095683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sunday at Llanedwen: An Elegy","authors":"Peter Hollindale","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2179003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2179003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48022092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial","authors":"Leslie J. Francis","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2186868","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2186868","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44234469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Through the Eyes of Retired Clergy: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the Future for the Church of England","authors":"Ursula Mckenna, Tony Neal, Leslie J. Francis","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2179006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2179006","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Data from the Coronavirus, Church & You Survey indicated that retired clergy were feeling less comfortable with the Church’s responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and more disaffected from the institutional Church. The subsequent project, Through the eyes of retired clergy, listened in greater depth to how retired clergy felt about the ways in which the Church had responded to the pandemic and to how they saw the future for the Church. In terms of the Church’s response to the pandemic, retired clergy were not only realistic and affirming, but also engaged and critical. In terms of the future for the church, retired clergy were realistic and pessimistic. The general view was that the pandemic had accelerated the effect of trends evident before the pandemic. Some would argue that, while the pandemic could have reinforced the visibility of the Church in the local community, such opportunities were largely missed.","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45508101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seeking Signs of Dormant Catholicity in Rural Anglican Parishes: An Enquiry Among Churchgoers in Wales","authors":"Richard A. Vroom","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2179007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2179007","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Anglican Church occupies a unique position within the inherited church structure emerging from the nineteenth century. The distinctive claim of the Anglican Church is that it is both Catholic and Reformed, occupying a mid-position between the Catholic Church and the Reformed Churches. The aim of the present study was to explore the extent to which traces of Catholic belief and practice can still be found in rural Anglican parishes in Wales. In a pilot project a modified form of the 21-item Anglo Catholic Orientation Scale proposed by Francis and Littler was completed by 75 churchgoers within five rural Anglican parishes in Wales. The data supported the internal consistency reliability of the revised instrument (α = .94) and demonstrated endorsement of a number of Catholic beliefs and practices, including praying for the dead (80%), priests using vestments, lighting votive candles (65%), and using holy oils (57%).","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49588168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revising the Marks of the Fragile Rural Church","authors":"S. Anne Lawson","doi":"10.1080/14704994.2023.2179002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14704994.2023.2179002","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The hypothesis of the fragile rural church was first advanced by Lawson (2018) and refined by Lawson (2019) using qualitative data from interviews with Church of England clergy with responsibility for three or more rural churches. Quantitative research by Francis, Village and Lawson (2020, 2021a, 2021b) confirmed the proposed five major marks of the fragile rural church, demonstrating that these marks were most prevalent in the rural situation. The current research, based on interviews with 17 rural Church of England clergy with responsibility for four or more churches, and focus groups involving 33 lay people from the same parishes, confirms the five major marks of the fragile rural church and proposes one further mark.","PeriodicalId":41896,"journal":{"name":"Rural Theology-International Ecumencial and Interdisciplinary Perspectives","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2023-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46833984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}