Greg Smith's Research and Publications:
Page last updated October 16th 2008
- Published Papers (downloadable)
- Other Published Papers
- Conference Papers and Presentations
- Research Reports .. on local communities
- Papers Pre 1995
Book / Report
Smith G (2005) "Children’s Perspectives on Believing and Belonging" London: National Children's Bureau for Joseph Rowntree Foundation 84pp. ISBN 1 904787 53 3 (an unpublished paper arrising from this work can be downloaded here.
Published Papers (downloadable)
Great gulfs or chasms Greg Smith on the Bridge Builders Project in Preston paper presented 15th June, NCVO, London at ESRC NCVO seminar on Faith-based voluntary action, published report from the ESRC or available on the web in ESRC Public Policy Seminar Series Archive
Smith G & Soteri-Procter A. (2004) Tracing and Mapping: the challenges of compiling databases and directories
in Social Research Update, Issue 42 published on paper and on the web quarterly by the Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2
Smith G. (2003), "The Christ of the Barking Road" in J.Vincent (ed) "Faithfulness in the City " published by Monad press, St. Deiniols Library, Hawarden, CH5 3DF
Smith G. (2002). "Community Research: A practitioner's perspective on methods and values." The journal of community work and development 1(3): 31-48.
Smith G. (2003). Faith in the Voluntary Sector : A common or distinctive experience of religious organisations? Manchester, Working Papers in Applied Social Research, Dept of Sociology: University of Manchester.
Smith G. (2001) 'Religion as a source of social capital in the regeneration and globalisation of East London', (2001) Rising East, (vol 4. No.3 Spring 2001). London, Lawrence and Wishart.
Smith G. (2000 C..) Global Systems and Religious Diversity in the Inner City Migrants in the East End of London" MOST Journal on Multicultural Societies, Vol. 2, No. 1 ISSN 1564-4901 © UNESCO, 2000
Smith G. (Dec 2000) "Cars Crush Cycling" in Electronic Journal: Social Issues Volume One. Issue 1 December 2000-March 2001 Special First Edition: The New Oil Crisis
Smith G. (2006) Religious Identities, Social Networks and the Power of Information ;Field work issues in mapping religious diversity in London in Fieldwork in Religion vol 1 no 3 September 2006
Smith G. (2004). "Implicit Religion and Faith Based Urban Regeneration"… in Implicit Religion Vl 7 No 2 Augut 2004
Smith G. (2004). "Faith in Community and Communities of Faith? Government Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Urban Britain." Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol. 19, No. 2, May 2004
Religion and the Rise of Social Capitalism (2002) in Community Development Journal (April 2002 edition) Oxford. OUP.
(1998a) A Very Social Capital; Measuring the vital signs of Community Life in Newham in "Rising East" Vol.2. no.1. London Lawrence & Wishart ... reprinted in Building Civil Society&.(1998) eds. Knight B Smerdon M & Pharoah C . , West Malling Kent. Charities Aid Foundation pp 51-73
(1998b) Ethnicity Religious Belonging and Interfaith Encounter : Some Survey Findings from East London (1998) in Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol 13. No3 pp 333-351 "
(1996) "Ties, nets and an elastic bund: The concept of community in postmodern society" in Community Development Journal July 1996 (Oxford)
On line Book: Community and Communitarianism; Concepts and contexts by Greg Smith
This book length manuscript was first published in 1996 on the Web by UK Communities Online
Please obtain these via an academic library, a bookshop or the publisher or email me at greg@maister-smith.fsnet.co.uk
Smith G. (2004) "Building Community; within and without the walls of the church" in eds Eastman M. & Latham S. (2004) "Urban Church; a Practitioners Resource Book" London, SPCK, ISBN 0-281-05603- X
1996 "The Unsecular City" in Rustin & Butler "Rising in the East" London, Lawrence & Wishart
(1995) "Poverty Ethnicity and Geography: Newham in the 1991 Census" working paper of Geography Dept. Queen Mary & Westfield College, London Summary of this Smith G (1996) "Census Data" and the Church Urban Fund (guidelines for funders)". in Crucible..
Chapters in collections
"Community Development and Christian Mission" is one chapter in a book of essays in theology of community work from six practitioners. In "Changing the Agenda" (1989) British Council of Churches:
Entry on "City" in IVP's new Dictionary of Ethics and Pastoral Theology
Book Reviews in Academic Journals ..
. "Organizing God's Work: Challenges for Churches and Synagogues. by Margaret Harris (1998) Macmillan. and Managing Religious and Faith Based Organisations an bibliography….by Margaret Harris and Malcolm Torry (2000) Aston Business School. Review appears in the journal Implicit Religion, (Vol.6 No 2 & 3 November 2003)
Anwar M, (1998) "Between Cultures, Continuity and Change in the Lives of Young Asians" , London Routledge. Review appears in JCR& Journal of Contemporary Religion Vol 14. No1 (january 1999) pp 165-166
forthcoming for Journal of Contemporary Religion ........... "Religion Identity and Change; Perspectives on Global Transformations" eds. Simon Coleman and Peter Collins; Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing: ISBN 0- 7546-0450-0
forthcoming for Journal of Contemporary Religion ....Chambers P. (2005),
"Religion, Secularization and Social Change in Wales: Congregational Studies in a Post -Christian Society" Cardiff, University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1884-3
Conference Papers and Presentations
1) "Children's Social networks, gender and faith in multicultural schools" paper presented at conference of BSA Sociology of religion study group Lancaster April 2005 (power point presentation)
2) "We don't do social":Scripture and tradition as the basis for faith based social involvement:. Conference paper given at BSA Sociology of religion group, Oxford. April 2003 (a power point presentation available from the author)
3) Andri Soteri and Greg Smith (2002) "Mapping and Tracing: Directories and Databases of the Voluntary and Community Sector Is it worth it? " Paper presented at NCVO research Conference Nottingham University September 2002.
4) Faith in Local Politics: A Case Study From An Inner London Borough: presented at conference of BSA Sociology of religion study group Birmingham April 2002 (power point presentation)
5) Smith G. (2002): "The State and Faith : Involving Religious Organisations in the delivery of urban policy in England" conference paper presented at annual conference of British Association for the Study of Religion, Roehampton / Surrey University, September 10th -12th 2002.. (a power point presentation )
6) The Faith Sector ... part of the voluntary sector or a distinct sector in itself? (presented to Voluntary Sector Studies Network meeting in Manchester Nov 4th 2002 now published as Smith G. (2003). Faith in the Voluntary Sector : A common or distinctive experience of religious organisations? Manchester, Working Papers in Applied Social Research, Dept of Sociology: University of Manchester.
7) What is a Faith Community? Government Rhetoric and Local Reality... Presentation for BASR Conference Cambridge September 10-13th 2001 (powerpoint presentation)
8) "Spiritual Building Materials; Congregations in Newham and their Buildings" presented at conference of BSA Sociology of religion study group Oxford April 2001 (powerpoint presentation) .
9) SOCIAL NETWORK METHODOLGY IN THE REAL WORLD DRAFT OF a paper..given at Social Network Methods conference… University of Southampton July 1998 .
10) Mapping Religious Organisations in the Inner City: The East London Atlas Of Faiths Project. Based on a Paper by Greg Smith (with Mohammed Sagheer) Given at Religion and Locality Conference University of Leeds September 1998
Research Reports .. on local communities Unrefereed publications and Grey Literature
February 2006 : Reports and working papers from the Bridge Builders Preston Project
A project funded by MB Reckitt Trust...Working for greater understanding and co-operation between the faith communities and local statutory agencies.All the reports and working papers of the project are available here
Urban Ministry and Mission in Preston : Towards a Strategic Overview. A paper for Preston Christian Action Network and the Anglican Commission On Urban Life And Faith OCTOBER 2004:
1) THE CRAP REPORT ON EMPLOYABILITY IN CANNING TOWN MARCH 2001
The Community Research Action Project (CRAP) was a piece of research carried out by Aston Mansfield CIU for the Canning Town SRB Partnership on the Rathbone Estate in Canning Town between November 2000 and March 2001. (summary of report)
2) The Barking Road Community Audit
A REPORT BY GREG SMITH OF THE ASTON MANSFIELD COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT UNIT ABOUT A COMMUNITY PROFILE CARRIED OUT ON BEHALF OF A LOCAL GROUP OF CHRISTIAN CHURCHES AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
3) Directory Database of Religious Groups in Newham
(funded by Aston Charities Trust) with report on the findings and implications of this commissioned by LB Newham Social Services Dept.
4) 'Faith Makes Community Work,'
full archive report of an evaluation of Shaftesbury's community worker scheme, in the wider context of faith-based regeneration funded by the DETR
5) Review of Service of Newham Council for Racial Equality with Mark Patchett of MPCS Spring 1999
6) Feasibility study for East London Day Centre for Homeless People with Alexis Keir for Newham Community Renewal Programme, followed by evaluation of the Turnaround Project Spring 2000
7) "Networking for Urban Mission; A case study of the UK in the 1980s"
(it was refereed and accepted for publication in Urban Mission Journal in the USA but the journal went broke and ceased to publish
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other papers on Social Network Analysis
zipped up files of papers looking at network relationships in the Voluntary Sector in East London
Paper on religious networks presented at ISSR Toulouse 1997
looks at inter church relationships in East London...
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Unpublished paper More than a little quiet care... analyis of the contribution of churches to social welfare in East London
IT Rams CD.. How Community Work Became Computer Work Published alongside Bulletin of Standing Conference on Community Development September 1999
1999 With F. Handem "CANNING TOWN AND FAMILY LIFE TODAY STATISTICAL REVIEW"by FELISBERTA HANDEM & GREG SMITH JULY 1999 Aston Community Involvement Unit, London E7 9AB
Building Bridges or Barriers Christians and Muslims in Newham: in City Cries Journal of ECUM, No 36 (autumn 1998)
Cycling
"ON YOUR BIKE NEWHAM: The cyclists guide to East London" (1989)Greg Smith joint author with other members of London Cycling Campaign (Newham Group).
Smith G. (1988) "Inner City Christianity; Some SociologicalIssues" MARC monograph series number 17.
Smith G. (1989) "Evangelicals and Liberation Theology" from
Christian Urban Resource Unit, University of Bradford
Smith G. (1991) "Poverty and its Alleviation ; Strategies for
Community Work" from Christian Urban Resource Unit, University of Bradford
Smith G. (1993) "Neighbourhood Profiles; Pt.1 Some Background onSurveys and the Census. Pt.2 Doing a Survey and Presenting theResults" published as Alliance Briefings No 8 & No. 9 by Churches Community Work Alliance, Westhill College, Birmingham. (The same
material is also published by the Association of Community
Workers in their "Talking Point" series of papers and as part of
the ACW "Community Work Training Skills Manual".
Smith G. (1994) "(Almost) All You Could Ever Want To Know;
Newham in the 1991 Census, Implications for Community Work" in "Newham Needs and Responses ; CIU Annual for 1994" , Aston Community Involvement Unit.
Smith G. (1993) "West Ham Parish Survey Report" summary version available from Aston Community Involvement Unit.
Smith G. (1994) "Neighbourhood and Networks in Newham; report on
a research project ...... by a team of medical students" from
Aston Community Involvement Unit.
Smith G. & Rodrigues D. (1994) "The directory of Research in
Newham" published by Newham Community Research Forum available from Aston Community Involvement Unit.
Smith G (circulated by Aston CIU) "Census information on Newham;Update of Findings and Sources Spring 1995
"Grey" literature (Printed or Xeroxed only )
Smith G. & Byrne D. (1994) "The Religious Directory of Newham, 2nd Edition 1994-95" from Aston Community Involvement Unit.
QMCW medical students with Smith G. (1993) "(UN)Wealth and (UN)Health; Survey Reveals Sickening Poverty In Newham" from Aston Community Involvement Unit.
Various book reviews and reports in ARVAC bulletin from 1991 onwards.
Urban Mission 1983-1991
Published monographs
"Christian Ethnics : Church Growth in Multicultural Britain"
Smith.G.(1983) British Church Growth Association
Sociological discussion of how ethnicity is defined in British society and in the Bible, and the implications for churches in a racist society.
In the Inner City: How Can we Tell if God is at Work?" Smith.G.
(1986) Handsel Press for British Church Growth Association
Theological discussion about discerning the signs of the Kingdom of God in the urban church and world.
Inner City Christianity: Some Sociological Issues" Smith G.
(1988) published as MARC monograph no 17
The urban church examined in the light of insights from sociology of religion.
Smith, G & Driscoll, D (1984) "West Ham Church Life Survey"
Document submitted to Archbishops Commission on Urban Priority Areas.
Smith, G (1985) "West Ham Christians: 1984" summary of above
Evangelical Coalition for Urban Mission
Smith, G. (1986) "God's in E7" Evangelical Coalition for Urban
Mission / British Church Growth Association
"Equal Partners; Theological Colleges and Racism" with Raj Patel and Maurice Hobbs (1991) published by Community and Race Relations Unit, CCBI
Urban Mission 'Grey literature'
Ecum In House Publications
A number of discussion papers and reports written by Greg Smith
include.
1) Biblical Bases of Socio-Political Action 20p
2) Mission Audits: Resources for UPA Churches 20p
3) Mission Audits: towards an appropriate methodology. stlg1
4) Base Communities: Models of Good Practice in Urban UK.
5) Mustard Seed Missions 1987
(a report on 17 local innner city evangelistic campaigns)
6) Crumbletown: A role play exercise
looking at the politics of inner city housing.
7) Ray Bakke Tour 1987 ( A report on consultations in seven
British cities by Greg Smith & John Oliver)
8) Report on a visit to Singapore and Asia Theological
Association Urban Ministry conference.
9)"Christian Youth Work in Newham 1986" with Shirley Jackson
A report of the Newham Youth for Christ Survey of 86 churches.
10) Newham Churches and Homelessness (1990) report on NCRP's
pastoral care of the homeless working party. A summary popular
version called "Home Truths" is also available. Both from NCRP,
170 Harold Road, London E13 OSE.
Articles in Christian magaziners etc CITY CRIES and ECUM Bulletin :
I held partial editorial responsibilities for this magazine and
briefing notes on Urban Mission from 1987-91:
Articles published here by Greg Smith include:
Trends in Evangelical Urban mission the Last Ten Years. (Issue
No. 16 (1988)
Paranoia And Spiritual Warfare (Issue No 17 1988)
God's Heart for the City (Issue No 18 1989)
Third Way articles etc
Red & Yellow Black & white (ethnic churches) 1987?
The Newham Sect (Christians in politics) 1988?
On insurance (1991)
You and Who Else (on concept and theology of community) Feb 1995
Open letter to Brian Griffiths
Review article on Liberation Theology
Reviews on various books
Various articles and served on editorial board of "Church Growth
Digest" (1987 - 1992)
Various articles and partial editorial responsibility from 1980
to present in "Racial Justice" magazine of Evangelical Christians
for Racial Justice.
"Christian Living in a Plural Society" 1991 / unpublished
monograph or possible book chapter.
Earlier work
A) 1975 - 85 LINGUISTICS & SOCIOLINGUISTICS
(1975) Some errors of Telugu speakers of English (Journal of
Central Institute of English Hyderbad India
1980 "Language and Racial Attitudes in East London) Unpublished
M.Phil Thesis University College London
LINGUISTIC MINORITIES PROJECT AND COMMUNITY LANGUAGES & EDUCATION
PROJECT 1979-1985
Greg Smith was one of six collective authors of:
"The Other Languages of England" (1985) Routledge & Kegan Paul
and
"Linguistic Minorities in England" The report of LMP submitted to
the DES in July 1983
Greg Smith alone published:
"Locating Populations of Minority Language Speakers: An example
of practice from the Coventry Languages Project" (1982) LMP
working Papers No 1
"The Geography and Demography of South Asian languages in
England: some methodological problems: (1982) LMP working Papers
No.2. (Part of this republished in India in 1983 in a collection
"Essays in honour of by Regional Institute of English,
Bangalore)
"Representative Sampling of Linguistic Minorities" (1984) LMP
working Paper No. 4.
"Language, Ethnicity, Employment, Education and Research: The
Struggle of Sylheti Speaking People in London (1985) LMP Working
Paper No. 13
and was also joint author of LMP working papers Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11
and 12.
All LMP / CLE publications available from Information Office,
Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL
