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Changing Rural Life – a Christian response to key rural issues
Edited by Jeremy Martineau, Leslie Francis and Peter Francis SCM Canterbury Press, 2004 ISBN 1853115991 £19.99
It takes a Methodist to provide the foreword to a book by 13 Anglican Bishops and the Archbishop of Canterbury! The Church’s commitment to rural areas is well demonstrated by these chapters – Bishops know as much about rural policy and the needs of rural people and their environment as any academic or politician. Written by Bishops with a knowledge of all parts of the United Kingdom, this book will help all involved or interested in rural life gain a deeper understanding of some of the Christian principles that have underpinned our national life for many centuries. Government may keep changing their systems for trying to manage rural policy but the Churches keep faithful to their dedication to serving people at the local level.
The fox on the cover is not to be found in the index, for this is a serious book about bigger issues affecting all who live in rural areas. It is about who lives there, how they will
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work in future and how the forces shaping rural life are impacting from afar. It is good that Archbishop Rowan Williams appreciates the special quality of rural life. This book demonstrates that perhaps the rural church is just beginning again to make its own special contribution to the quality of life for the millions of people who live in rural Britain.
A good read for those in and out of church life with a passion for rural things.
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