Richard Lennan is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Systematic Theology, Catholic Institute of Sydney.

• Introduction ; 1. A Church at Risk ; 2. An Undreamed of Possibility for Love ; 3. Where The Spirit Flourishes ; 4. This Church ; 5. The Existing Season ; 6. The Overmuch and Unfamiliar ; Epilogue

Lannan's Risking the Church offers a refreshing look at the church both as "an undreamed of possibility of love" and as the community "where the Spirit flourishes"...Lennan provides an appropriate and dynamic understanding of tradition as well as its proper exercise of authority in the church...This book makes a valuable contribution to how we might think and speak of the church today and how it might appeal to people who do not see any relevance for its existence. It is indeed worth every pound to have this book.