Duncan B. Forrester is Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology in the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

• Section One: Practical Theology, A Contradiction in Terms?What is Practice?Theory and PracticePractical Theology as an Academic DisciplinePractical Theology and Christian EthicsSection Two: Issues in Church and MinistryTransforming MinistryPower and Pastoral CareLiberating WorshipSection Three: Public TheologyPublic Practical TheologyThe Public Church RebornThe Public Theology of a Servant PeopleSection Four: Diversities of PracticeReformed Radical Orthodoxy: Can It Be Retrieved?Ecumenical Practice: Reflections on Ecclesiology and EthicsThe Practice of Mission: An Indian Case Study

'For over two decades Professor Forrester has been at the heart of shaping practical theology at Edinburgh University. A number of passions have been central to his task: ecumenism, public theology, justice and poverty in Britain and overseas. These passions appear on almost every page of this splendid and challenging collection of studies. Here are the mature judgments of a theologian and churchperson who really cares.' Professor Robin Gill, University of Kent at Canterbury 'The international ferment over the birth of a new practical theology will be greatly enriched by Truthful Action. We have needed a clear and forceful model of practical theology that is simultaneously confessional, ecclesial, and public - one that brings Barth and MacIntyre into the centre of the world practical theology discussion. Duncan Forrester's new book answers this need.' Professor Don Browning, University of Chicago