Salt of the Earth

The Very Reverend Professor Martyn Percy is member of the Faculty of Theology at Oxford University, Professor of Theological Education at King’s College London and Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and Dean of Christchurch College, Oxford University, UK.

• IntroductionPart I – Church and Culture1. Resistance and Accommodation: Theology and Contemporary Culture2. A Knowledge of Angles: How Spiritual Are the English?3. Cultural History: The Revision of Secularization Theories4. Church-State Relations in Britain: Transforming Culture5. A Clash of Cultures: Church Autonomy and Human RightsPart II – Christianity and Popular Culture6. The Church in the Market-Place: Advertising, Media and Religion7. Shopping for God: Production, Consumption and Globalization8. Leisure, Ecstasy and Identity: Football and Contemporary Religion9. From Eternity to Here: Sin, Censorship and Society10. Sympathy for the Devil: On Discerning the DemonicPart III – Ministry and Mission in Contemporary Culture11. Pilgrimage and Place: The Journey Within12. Religious Power: People, Politics and Prophecy13. Care-Taking and Health in Contemporary Culture: Exploring the Vocational14. The Gift of Authority: Of Ministry, Morals and Money15. Christ and Culture: The Development of Doctrine and the Meaning of MissionAfterword: The Perennial Need for ReligionBibliographyIndex