Books By Chris (University of Birmingham, UK) Shannahan - Author

Chris Shannahan is a Research Fellow in Urban Theology at the University of Birmingham and Director of the University’s Urban Religion Community Education Programme. He worked previously as an inner city Methodist Minister for sixteen years. He is actively involved in a range of community development projects in Birmingham. He has taught Urban and Practical Theology at the Queens Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education, the University of Birmingham and Newman College University in Birmingham and spoken at conferences held by the Iona Community, the Progressive Christianity Network, the Institute for Urban Theology and the Association of American Geographers. He has recently launched a Metropolitan Religion Study group at the University of Birmingham aimed at graduates in the West Midlands and a community centred Urban Theology Forum. His first book, Voices from the Borderland (2010), provided a critical exploration of contemporary urban theologies and called for the development of a new interdisciplin