Dunkerley, D. and Thompson, A. (eds), Wales Today ( Cardiff: University of Wales Press , 1999). An excellent collection of key essays on the current state of the nation, including the economy, women, homelessness, welfare, racism.
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Evans, D. Gareth , A History of Wales 1906Œ2000 ( Cardiff: University of Wales Press , 2000). A comprehensive study of all aspects of Welsh life.
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McLean, I. and Johnes, M. , AberfanΠGovernment and Disasters( Cardiff: Welsh Academic Press , 2000). A critical study of the lessons to be taken from the official response to the 1966 disaster.
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Miller, Joan , Aberfan Πa Disaster and its Aftermath ( London: Constable , 1974). A sensitive account of the disaster and its healing processes, including a chapter on Ty Toronto, by one who was a participant observer in the process.
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Ballard, Paul (ed.), Issues in Church Related Community Work, HOLI 6 ( Cardiff: Social and Pastoral Care Unit, University of Wales , 1990). A collection of papers discussing the nature of community work, its practice and spirituality, and place in the life of the churches, based on work done for the British Council of Churches.
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Ballard, Paul , In and Out of Work ΠA Pastoral Perspective( Edinburgh: Saint Andrew Press , 1988). A look at the nature of work in modern society and the pastoral implications of having or losing a job.
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Ballard, Paul H. , Towards a Contemporary Theology of Work, HOLI 3 ( Cardiff: Faculty of Theology, University of Wales , 1982). The report of a working party set up by the Industrial Committee of the Council of Churches of Wales.
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Ballard, Paul H. , and Jones, D. Hugh (eds), This Land and People, HOLI 2 ( Cardiff: Faculty of Theology, University of Wales , 1979). A discussion, with an historical setting, of the debate about Welsh identity and its relation to the Christian faith.
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Ballard, Paul H. , and Jones, Erastus (eds), The Valleys Call( Rhondda: Ron Jones Publications , 1975). The report of the Year of the Valleys, incorporating the papers and reports of the various conferences and working parties.
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Cruchley-Jones, Peter , Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land?( Frankfurt-am-Main: Peter Lang , 2001). A missiological reflection on the Church in the deprived housing area of Ely, Cardiff.
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Davies, Noel , Un er Mwyn Byd( Bangor: Advanced Studies in Religion in Wales , 1998). A history of the Ecumenical Movement in Wales that includes references to the various church-related initiatives. An English version to follow.
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Davies, Noel , God in the Centre, HOLI 9 ( Cardiff University: Religious and Theological Studies , 2000). A report done for the Cardiff Churches Forum on the possibilities for developing new and relevant ministries in Cardiff’s commercial, retail and administrative city centre.
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Faith in Wales: Part I: A Challenge to Faith. Part II: An Atlas of Disadvantage. Division for Social responsibility, Church in Wales, Penarth , 1988. The Welsh response to Faith in the City, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Urban Priority Areas.
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Jones, Vivian , The Church in a Mobile Society ( Blaendulais: Blaendulais Ecumenical Centre , 1967). A study of the way the churches of the Lower Swansea Valley were relating to the changing industrial and social scene, done as part of the World Council of Churches’ study, ‘The Missionary Structure of the Congregation’.
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Redundancy Πa Survival Kit( Newport: Newport and Gwent Industrial Mission ). This was designed as a practical handbook to help those who have lost their jobs to look responsibly at the personal, financial, social, psychological and other implications.
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Robinson, Wendy (ed.), Down to Earth( London: British Council of Churches 19 ,. A series of stories about church-related community work, including Community House, Newport.
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Wales: A Moral Society?Cytun ΠChurches together in Wales, Swansea , 1996. The report on the state of Wales in response to and addressed to John Redwood, Secretary of State for Wales.
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Askonas, Peter and Stewart, Argus (eds), Social Inclusion ΠPossibilities and Tensions( London: Macmillan , 2000). A collection of essays by leading social thinkers on the concept of social inclusion and its practical and political implications.
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Beresford, Peter and Lister, Ruth et al., Poverty First Hand ΠPoor people speak for themselves( London: Child Poverty Action Group , 1999). An exercise in allowing the poor to speak, confirming and illuminating the experience of poverty in the UK.
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Holman, Robert , Poverty( London: Martin Robertson , 1978). The standard discussion of the nature and explorations of social deprivation by the leading academic who also lives with and for the poor.
