Publication: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Elaine Graham)

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Public Theology in a Post-Secular Age

This book begins with sociological theories of secularization and the ‘post-secular’, and proceeds, via public theology, to Christian apologetics. My concern is to respond to social and cultural trends in the West which suggest that religion, far from becoming marginal to society, is returning to public prominence as a significant factor in global politics and civil society. Tony Blair’s recent comment that ‘religious extremism’ will