Faculty Member, Theology & Religious Studies
Senior Lecturer - Public and Urban Theology
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Director of Research for the William Temple Foundation, Director of the Centre for Faiths and Public Policy at the University of Chester, and Senior Lecturer in Urban and Public Theology at the University of Chester, Chris Baker is a leading researcher and published author in the field of religion and public life, with 7 books and a further 25 journal articles and chapter contributions in this field of enquiry. His particular focus is on the relationship between religion and urbanisation, the role of religion in public policy and social welfare, and the role of religion in civil society and the reshaping of church within the urban environment. To this end Chris is a leading theorist and exponent on ideas relating to the postsecular city and religious and spiritual capital. His work is focussed on the UK experience, but is also impacting on debates within Europe and Australia.
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Below is list of book contributions and chapters.
1. Chris Baker, ‘From the Land of the Concrete Cow', ed. J.Vincent, Faithfulness in the City, Chester: Monad Press, (2003).
2. Chris Baker, ‘The global and local context of the local church', eds. H.Cameron et al., Studying Local Churches: A Handbook, London: SCM Press, (2005).
3. Above chapter reproduce in Theological Reflections: Sources: 2, eds. Elaine Graham, Heather Walton and Frankie Ward, London: SCM Press, (2007).
4. John Atherton, Chris Baker and Elaine Graham, ‘A "Genius of Place"? Manchester as a Case Study in Public Theology', eds. E.Graham and A.Rowlands, Pathways to the Public, Munster: Lit Verlag, (2005).
5. Chris Baker, ‘Entry to Enterprise: Constructing Local Political Economies in Manchester', eds. J. Atherton and H. Skinner, Through the Eye of a Needle - theological conversations over political economy Peterborough: Epworth Press, (2008).
6. Chris Baker, ‘Contemporary renewal in the centre of the city', ed. P. Ballard, The Church at the Centre of the City, Peterborough: Epworth, (2008).
7. Chris Baker, ‘Faith, language and faith literacy', eds. A. Dinham, R. Furbey and V. Lowndes, Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Polices and Practices, Bristol: Policy Press, (2009).
8. Chris Baker, ‘Social, Religious and Spiritual capitals: A Psychological Perspective?' eds. de Souza, M., Francis, L.J., O'Higgins-Norman, J., Scott, D, International handbook of Education for Spirituality, Care and Wellbeing, London and New York: Springer, (2009).
9. Chris Baker, ‘The ‘one in the morning’ knock: exploring the connections between faith, participation and wellbeing’,eds. J.Atherton, E.Graham and I.Steedman, The Practices of Happiness – political economy, religion and wellbeing, London: Routledge, (2010).
10. Christopher Baker and Justin Beaumont, ‘Postcolonialism and Religion: New Spaces of Belonging and Becoming in the Postsecular City’, eds. J.Beaumont and C.Baker, Postsecular Cities – space, theory and practice, London and New York: Continuum, (2011).
11. Justin Beaumont and Christopher Baker, ‘Introduction’, eds. J.Beaumont and C.Baker, Postsecular Cities – space, theory and practice, London and New York: Continuum, (2011).
12. Christopher Baker and Justin Beaumont, ‘Afterword’, eds. J.Beaumont and C.Baker, Postsecular Cities – space, theory and practice, London and New York: Continuum, (2011).
13. Chris Baker, ‘Exploring Spiritual Capital – a resource for an uncertain future?, eds. M. O’Sullivan and B. Flanagan, Spiritual Capital – Spirituality in Practice in Christian Perspective, Farnham: Ashgate, (2012).
14. Chris Baker, ‘Believing, Belonging and Participation in the Postsecular City’, eds. J.Garnett and A.Harris, Rescripting Religion in the City: Migration and Religious Identity in the Modern Metropolis, Farnham: Ashgate (2012)
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