John Williams: Published articles

‘“A Bishop should speak out- but what can he say?” Secularisation, Establishment and the Voice of the Church’, Crucible, January - March 1985, pp 15-23.

‘The Shape of the Church to Come?’ Theology, Vol. LXXXIX, May 1986, pp 194-202.

‘Jesus and the Shape of the Gospel: Christian Radicalism Revisited’, The Modern Churchman, New Series Vol. XXXI No.2, 1989, pp 29-37.

‘Ronald Gregor Smith, Critical Faith and the Practice of Religion’, Scottish Journal of Theology, Vol. 42, No. 1, 1989, pp 85-100.

‘The Sociology of Religion and Contemporary Strategies for the Church’, Anvil, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1989, pp 135-148.

‘Christians and the State of the Party: an Attempt to do Theology in Current British Politics’, MC, New Series, Vol. XXXIII, No. 4, 1992, pp 6-12.

‘The Gospel as Public Truth: a Critical Appreciation of the Theological Programme of Lesslie Newbigin’, Anvil, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1993, pp 11-24.

‘Towards Diversity: Renewing the Church’s Ministry’, Anvil, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1998, pp 41-51.

‘Set Apart?’ Ministry, Vol. 2, Edition 4, January 2000.

‘Farewell to the League of Gentlemen: Ordained Ministry as Vocation, Profession and Career’, Third Millennium 4, September 2001, pp 5-19.

‘Local Ministry: Subversion or Solution?’ Ministry, Vol. 2, Edition 10, Spring/Summer 2002, pp 7-8.

‘The Contribution of David Martin to the Dialogue between Theology and Sociology’, Modern Believing, Vol. 44:1, 2003, pp 14-27.

‘“Teaching the Faith” or “Learning the Life”?’ AYCE Summer 2003.

‘Towards a People’s Church’, Modern Believing, Vol.45:2, 2004, pp 27-46.

‘Alien Voices: Listening to Faith’s Passionate Agnostics’, Anvil, Vol. 21 No.3, 2004, pp 189-198.

‘Experiential Learning in Local Ministry Training: insights from a “four villages” framework’, Journal of Adult Theological Education, Vol. 4 No. 1, 2007, pp 63-73.