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The Association's journal, Rural Theology, free to all members, is now published twice a year and studies relevant issues in depth. Recent issues are available online to members, as detailed below. As well as new subscriptions, some old back numbers are available - as below. Other appropriate papers are sent to the members quarterly with a newsletter.
The Editor is Professor Leslie Francis, his editorial team can be contacted
at:
University of Wales, Bangor, Normal Site (Meirion), Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2PX
E-mail:
journal@rural-theology.org.uk
Within the Abstracts pages, where the edition is more than a year old, there are links to online folders of articles. These are available in either PDF or MSWord Format (see Download Help) and are password-protected (by file, or folder, or both). You will need Acrobat 5.0 or later to open the password-protected PDF files.
If you know which article(s) you are looking for, you can navigate direct to the folders (without needing to use the abstracts): http://www.rural-theology.org.uk/journal/articles/
Members can obtain the password using these pages; if prompted for a username type rta.
Abstracts
of Issues(in new 72 page large format)
The former Journal, also later called Rural Theology, had a slightly different appearance.
An index of all these past issues is available here but the following are on for for 50p each - contact the secretary
BACK COPIES OF ‘RURAL THEOLOGY’ still available
Salisbury Conference, October 10-12 1995, ‘The Holy Place: A meeting with God’, full text of proceedings, including:
Briefing Paper for RTA Groups - John Bradley
Churches as Holy Places - David Stancliffe
The Holy Place in Scripture - John Barton
Holy Places in the World - Gordon Gatward
Holy People and Holy Places - Patrick Thomas
Keele Conference (with CCC), June 25-26 1996, ‘The Holy Place: Mission and Conservation’, edited proceedings, including:
The Material and the Spiritual - Stephen Sykes
Conference Report - Jeremy Martineau
A Better Country no.42 (March 1997), including:
Seeking ‘The Common Good’ in Today’s Society - Ruth Stables
The Common Good and the Catholic Church’s Social Teaching - Robert Jeffery
Green Discipleship - Tony Hodgson
Not Strangers But Pilgrims - Eddie Adams
A Perspective from Denmark - Jette Birk
Affordable Rural Housing Revisited - Stephen Cope
Church Extensions and Adaptations - Robert Maguire
A Better Country no.44 (December 1997), including:
Orthodoxy and the Environment - Andreas Papadakis
Being in Touch: Some reflections on a non-stipendiary ministry - Bill Faull
Rural Churches’ Manifesto - Mervyn Wilson
Change in the Rural Church: A personal overview - Mervyn Wilson
The Church as a Catalyst - Tim Cawkwell
Rural Myth and Utilitarian Sociologists - Anthony Herbert
A Better Country no.45 (March 1998), including:
Rural Evangelism Conference, November 1997, opening address - Jeremy Martineau
The Millennium - Tim Royds
Alternative Trading: Traidcraft - John Stocks
An Approach to a Theology of Teamwork - Kathie Marcon
Only Church in the Village? - John Bradley
From ‘Betley Methodist Church’ to ‘Wesley Court’ - John Whitehead and Howard Cartwright
Prayer and Nature Retreats - Gillian Weymont
A Better Country no.46 (July 1998), including:
Economic Theology and the Cistercian Order - Mark Pargeter
Ecumenism - Stephen Cope
Allocution du Pasteur Michel Bertrand … UNESCO, 18 February 1998 (in French)
The Edict of Nantes 1588 - Edward Rainsberry
The Ethos of the Monk and its Consequences - Mervyn Wilson
The Rights of Nature - Michael Colebrook
A Better Country no.47 (November 1998), including:
Is St Paul a Relevant Saint for Rural Christians Today? - David Wenham
Why It Is Time to Forget George Herbert’s ‘The Country Parson’ - Ian Williams
Care for Farmers in Cornwall Can Lead to Care for Farmers in the UK - John Kinross
What Is New? How does the church relate to new opportunities? - Kenneth Hext
The Hopes and Fears of All Our Years - John Bradley
Global Pressures: Local Stories - On Bees, On the Apple - Mervyn Wilson
The Village School - Geoff Platt
A Better Country no.48 (March 1999), including:
Global Persuaders: Unsolicited changes in the countryside - Philip Goodrich
Biotechnology and Ethics: Extracts from an introductory paper - David Hardy
Genetic Manipulation: For whose benefit is it anyway? - David Swales
Little Lamb Lost - Mark Pargeter
A Better Country no.49 (July 1999), including:
Priest, Theologian, Writer, Teacher: Bishop Henry Robert McAdoo - Richard Clarke
The Call of the 4988 - Paul Lack
Town and Country: One life, two faces, not the same - Mervyn Wilson
A Charter for Rural Parishes - Tony Hodgson
A Casebook Study in Rural Evangelism - Stephen Cope
Rural Theology Journal no.50 (November 1999), including:
Rural Rivalry and Reconciliation - Jim Mynors
In Search of a Rural Theology of Liberation - David Bryan
Discipleship Lite? - John Bradley
Rural Theology no.51 (March 2000), including:
Possible Responses to Global Pressures on UK Agriculture and Rural Communities - John Wibberley
You Wretched Corinthians: a rural perspective - David Gent
Hierarchical Direction and Movement at the Grass Roots - Mervyn Wilson
Rural Theology no.53 (November 2000), including:
Ethics and Economics - Mervyn Wilson
Old Rural Buildings and Worship in the New Millennium - Jim Mynors
Reflections on Local Ministry and the Rural Parish - Adrian Leighton
Understanding the Countryside Congregation - Andrew Bowden
Seasonal Worship in the Countryside - John Lovatt
The Arthur Rank Centre - Jane Hald
Rural Theology no.54 (March 2001), including:
How Inclusive Is My Valley? - David Gent
Good News for Farming? - Geoff Dodgson
New Ideas for Rural Farming - John Terry
God, Science and the Return of the Nature Gods - Ray Mathias
Re-inventing the Parish Priest - Richard Bending
Rural Theology no.55 (July 2001), including:
God’s Values for Today’s Farming Practices - John Neal
Is the Rural Church in Exile? A theological reflection on the issues of migration in rural communities - Kathie Marcon
Exile, Migration and Asylum Seeking: Where is the church? - Alison Howard
Church Culture and Agriculture in Ethiopia - Mervyn Wilson
Scientism, Paganism and the Death of Science? - Ray Mathias
Rural Theology no.56 (November 2001), including:
A Future for Farming? A review of a Family Farmers’ Association Discussion Paper - Watson Fuller
Farmers, Pharisees and Tax Collectors - Jim Mynors
Genoa and All That - Tony Hodgson
The Future of UK Agriculture: Aspects and agritheology - John Wibberley
The Warning of Laodicea - David Nichol
Rural Theology no.57 (March 2002), including:
Town and Country Community: Reality v. illusion? Inclusive v. exclusive? - Nick Shutt
The Urban-Rural Divide: Bridging the Gap - Joy Gadsby
The Forest of Dean: A glimpse of the Kingdom? - David Lawrence
The Country of Galilee, the City of Jerusalem: Denial and destiny - John Whitehead
‘The Pub Is the Hub’ - Geoff Platt
A Theology of Nimbyism - Jim Mynors
The Pull of the Countryside for Townies: The influence of English country writers from 1918 until today - Anthony Herbert
Rural Theology no.58 (July 2002), including:
The Curry Commission on Farming and Food: On first looking into it, a farmer’s response - John Neal
Rural Churches in the Red: Shall we treasure them? - Jean Coates
Church Buildings: Thinking the unthinkable - Richard Bending
Consumerism and the Church - Norman Morris
Rural Theology no.59 (November 2002), including:
Does God Speak Circumstantially? - David Ursell
Creation and Recreation: Abbreviated address given to the ‘Rural Resurrection?’ conference, May 2002, Swanwick - Rosalind Brown
Global/Local: Another way? - Tony Hodgson
Rural Theology no.60 (May 2003), including:
Mark the Rural Evangelist - Glyn Evans
A Puckring Kosh to Nowhere: A theological reflection on the plight of gypsies and travellers - Roger Redding
Has the Church Lost Its Way? - anonymous
Responding to the Countryside Alliance - Robert Barlow
The Eden Project: Eighth wonder of the post-modern world - Anthony Herbert
Computer Usage: Profiles of British rural clergy - Stella Mills
Esau’s England: A reflection on a Sunday in London - Simon Shouler