Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in 'Secular' Britain

The late Lesslie Newbigin was one of the twentieth century's most influential Christian thinkers. A founding bishop of the Church in South India, he later served as an associate general secretary of the World Council of Churches, before being called back to southern India as Bishop in Madras in 1965.Lamin Sanneh is D. Willis James Professor of Missions & World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale University.Jenny Taylor was a friend and collaborator of Lesslie Newbigin until his death just before the present volume was first published. She is a writer and consultant on religion and public policy and Director of Lapido Media. She completed her doctorate -- ÒAfter Secularism: Inner City Governance and the New Religious DiscourseÓ -- at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University, in 2001. She has contributed to 'The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs', 'Political Theology', and the collection 'Predicting Religion: Christian, Secular and Alternative Futures'.Newbigin, Lesslie is the author of 'Faith and Power: Christianity and Islam in 'Secular' Britain' with ISBN 9781597522281 and ISBN 1597522287.