Activities

• Research
• Networks
• Conferences

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Research

Leverhulme Research
Year 1   Year 2 Year 3	Literature Review (Word, 685KB) Year 1 Report (Word, 35.5KB) Year 2 Report (Word, 55.5KB) Year 3 (Final) Report (Word, 403KB) 500 Word Summary (Word, 33.5KB)
Faith and Civil Society
Rural Mission and Ministry Initiative	Glendale Alive Report 2008
Regenerating Communities: A Theological and Strategic Critique	Year Three Report - Faith in Action, the dynamic connection between spiritual and religious capital (PDF, 273 KB) Year Two Report - Telling the Stories: How churches are contributing to social capital (PDF, 2.9MB) Year Two Report - academic summary (Word, 64KB) Year Two Report - plain summary (Word, 53KB) Year One Report: Mapping The Boundaries (PDF, 1.5MB) Year One Report - Appendix 6 (Word, 409KB) Year One Report - academic summary (PDF, 211KB) Year One Report - plain summary (PDF, 222KB)
Economic Briefings
by Hannah Skinner	Flourishing Society - Summer 2006 (Word, 75KB) Women's Work - Summer 2006 (Word, 98KB) Developing the Tradition of Economic Affairs: Mapping the Agenda (Word, 121KB), a scoping paper written in the Autumn of 2005. Reflections from the Cancun Trade Ministerial Meeting - September 2003 (PDF, 192KB)

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Networks

• Proceedings of the Launch Conference of the Manchester Centre for Public Theology (PDF, 830KB)
• Manchester Research Institute for Religion and Civil Society
• Professional Doctorate in Practical Theology
• Core Cities Theological Network
• Global Network for Public Theology
• ESRC-Mapping Public Policy Landscape

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Conferences

• 'Postsecularism - religious and spiritual capital' - paper given by Chris Baker at the Social Policy Association/WTF/JRF sponsored conference entitled Social Policy, Social Capital and Religion in the UK: Taking Stock, Engaging Policy Conference at the University of Warwick, May 2009. Powerpoint presentation.

• 'Faith in the City? Negotiating the postcolonial and the postsecular' - paper given by Chris Baker for the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations at the University of Warwick, March 2009. Read here.

• 'Exploring Spiritual Capital - resource for an uncertain future' - keynote lecture by Chris Baker at the launch of the spirituality and Social Studies Liaison Network at All Hallows College, Dublin City University in February 2009. Powerpoint here.

• 'Seeking Hope in the Indifferent City' - paper given by Chris Baker at the 2008 Association of American Geographers annual conference in Boston April 2008. Read here.

• 'Religious Literacy, Faithful Capital and Language' (Word, 63.0KB) - paper delivered by Chris Baker at ESRC seminar series, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, January 2007