Research, networking, and conference activity of the William Temple Foundation

Activities

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Leverhulme Research
Year 1	Literature Review (Word, 685KB)
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 (75KB) Women's Work - Summer 2006 (98 KB) 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)

‘Faith–based organisations and Poverty in the City’ , University of Antwerp 7/8th December, 2006, Chris Baker will be presenting a paper at this conference on the contribution of Religious Capital to social and economic capital in regenerating communities. Other UK speakers include Ian Linden from the School of Oriental and African Studies and Vivien Lowndes from De Monfort University in Leicester.Further details available from www.ucsia.org.
God, City and Place: Interdisciplinary Perspectives – University of Manchester, 8th December 2006 - speakers include Edward Soja (Department of Urban Planning, University of California), Sigurd Bergmann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) and Tim Gorringe (University of Exeter). This conference is organised by the Lincoln Theological Institute. Further details and booking form available on www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/religionstheology/research/crpc/lti

Remoralising Britain? 10 years of New Labour: Faith, Morals and Governance – Manchester, May 17th/18th 2007 - speakers include Anthony Giddens, Will Hutton, Joe Stoker, Elaine Graham and our very own John Atherton. This conference has been organised by the Manchester Centre for Public Theology. Further details and booking form on www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/subjectareas/relgionstheology/research/crpc/mcpt

Cardiff, 2005 - a report of the conference can be viewed at www.methodistcitycentregroup.org.uk/docs/ReportCardiff.doc. Read Chris Baker's keynote lecture The Church in the City Centre - the emergence of the City Lite (with reference to Cardiff and Manchester city centres) (PDF, 94 KB)
BURA, 2005 - 'Creating Common Wealth' brought together professionals from all sectors to debate the impact that faith and diversity has upon regeneration. The day was described as 'very interesting and inspiring' and attendees commented on the value of hearing from different perspectives. One delegate observed that 'it was a very courageous conference and a huge credit to BURA for having a go' and another evaluated the day as "the most energising event I've been to for ages!" (April 2006 newsletter on www.bura.org.uk.)