SEEKING A CITY WITH FOUNDATIONS
Theology for an urban world
By David Smith. IVP. 288 pages. £16.99
ISBN 978 1 844 745 319
This is a magisterial book from David W. Smith, Senior Research Fellow at the International Christian College in Glasgow.
He is a former pastor, missionary lecturer and college principal. The book has a particular relevance in the light of two major events that have dominated the news in recent days, namely the riots in English cities and the fall of Tripoli. This, for me, added to the book’s value as it gave to it a prophetic edge. Not that it is an easy read, for it makes demands upon the reader that will repay the effort. The target readership is four-fold:
