Revd Dr Mike Pears

Research Interests:

The theology of place, especially as that relates to issues of power and inequality; the interplay of ethnography with embodied Christian and missional practice; mission in relation to deprivation and social exclusion (with a particular focus on ‘estates’; theology and missiology of urban environments.

Recent Publications:

2016: Cloke, Paul and Mike Pears, Mission in Marginal Places: The Theory, Milton Keynes: Paternoster

2016: Cloke, Paul and Mike Pears, Mission in Marginal Places: The Praxis, Milton Keynes: Paternoster

2013: ‘Urban Expression: Convictional Communities and Urban Social Justice’ in Cloke, Paul, Justin Beaumont, and Andrew Williams, Working Faith, Milton Keynes: Paternoster