Invites Christians in western culture to embrace marginality and discover fresh ways of being church in the strange new world of post-Christendom.

The end of Christendom, where the Christian story
was known and the church was central, invites
Christians in western culture to embrace marginality
and discover fresh ways of being church and
engaging in mission. Whilst the transition from
modernity to postmodernity has received a huge
amount of attention, the shift from Christendom to
post-Christendom has not yet been fully explored.


This book is an introduction: a journey into the past,
an interpretation of the present and an invitation to
ask what following Jesus might mean in the strange
new world of post-Christendom.


Drawing on insights from the early Christians,
dissident movements and the world church, this book
challenges conventional ways of thinking. For those
who dare to imagine new ways of following Jesus on
the margins, it invites a realistic and hopeful response
to challenges and opportunities awaiting us in the
twenty-first century.