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What is Crucible?

Crucible makes a tremendous contribution to the Church's social responsibility work, pulling together some of the best practitioners and thinkers in the field. In my view, a subscription is a vital tool for all who have a concern for the Church's work.

Stephen Platten

Chair of the Crucible Editorial board

Crucible is the Christian journal of social ethics. It is produced quarterly, pulling together some of the best practitioners, thinkers, and theologians in the field. Each issue reflects theologically on a key theme of political, social, cultural, or environmental significance.

Crucible was formerly the house journal of the C of E's Mission and Public Affairs Division. In recent years, it has been published by Hymns Ancient & Modern, together with the Church Times and Third Way.

The editors are Margaret Whipp and John Atherton.

Future issues will cover:

  • Work
  • Prisons
  • Anglican social ethics

Past issues (still available) have tackled:

  • Morality and the local community
  • Ethics and the State
  • Wellbeing in the 21st century
  • William Temple remembered
  • Reclaiming the land
  • Islam in Britain

 Every issue contains reviews of books relevant to the social ethics field.