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‘For’ the poor or ‘of’ the poor?

Posted on 30 August 2017 by Liam Purcell
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churchforthepoorA Church for the Poor, a new book from Jubilee Plus, explores the same questions as Church Action on Poverty’s ‘Church of the Poor?’ project. In this guest post, Greg Smith, Development Worker for Together Lancashire, reviews the book.

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Hope where Christ is found

Posted on 28 April 2017 by Liam Purcell
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41wleyy2aml-_ac_us200_David Primrose, Director of Transforming Communities in the Diocese of Lichfield and a trustee of Church Action on Poverty, reviews the first two volumes of an exciting new series edited by Paul Cloke and Mike Pears: Mission in Marginal Places.

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Book review: ‘Re-Enchanting the Activist’ by Keith Hebden

Posted on 14 December 2016 by Liam Purcell
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51iwvww3iul-_sx327_bo1204203200_Re-Enchanting the Activist: Spirituality and Social Change is a new book by Keith Hebden, who led the End Hunger Fast in 2014 and is now Director of the Urban Theology Unit. This review is by Sandra Dutson, a member of Church Action on Poverty’s Council of Management.

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Book review:’Blessed Are the Poor?’

Posted on 10 December 2015 by Liam Purcell
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blessedarethepoorSandra Dutson, a member of Church Action on Poverty’s Council of Management, reviews a new book of contextual theology by Bishop Laurie Green.

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Why We Can’t Afford the Rich

Posted on 19 November 2015 by niallcooper
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Why we cant afford the richChristmas stocking filler no 1…
Winner of the British Academy Peter Townsend Prize for 2015
Andrew Sayer
£9.99
448 pages, published: 11 Nov 2015

“A timely and insightful guide to how the rich managed top shape a language and political agenda that suited their purposes just perfectly.” Tax Justice Focus

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A Faithful Presence

Posted on 4 November 2015 by Liam Purcell
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HIlary RussellHilary Russell, former chair of Church Action on Poverty, has a new book out which will be of interest to our supporters. We asked her to tell us a bit about it.

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Spiritual Activism book review

Posted on 4 November 2015 by Liam Purcell
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Spiritual ActivismAlison Jackson, chair of Church Action on Poverty’s Council of Management, shares her thoughts on Spiritual Activism, an interesting new book from Alastair McIntosh and Matt Carmichael.

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