Portsmouth Cathedral Institute hosts a series of talks on six books that got people talking. Join speakers at the Cathedral for a short presentation followed by an informal discussion.
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Lecture by Professor Andrew Bradstock
Published in 1985, Faith in the City offered a hard-hitting critique of the state of the UK’s inner cities at that time. Produced by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas, and addressed to both church and government, it immediately aroused controversy, being described by the Thatcher administration as – in the words of one minister – ‘pure Marxist theology’. Yet it did spur the government to action, and led to the creation of the Church Urban Fund.
