Industrial Mission history

A history of the South London Industrial Mission

From 'The practice and theology of the South London Industrial Mission', by Malcolm Torry, submitted for the Ph.D. degree of the University of London, 1990, and subsequently revised.

Abstract

Introduction

Chapter 1 - A Parochial Church in a Secular World

Chapter 2 - Getting Alongside - The Beginnings of SLIM

Chapter 3 - Padres, Factories and a Council: The 1950s

Chapter 4 - Change, Consolidation and Conferences: The early 1960s

Chapter 5 - A New Constution and some New Words: The late 1960s

Chapter 6 - Issues, Structures, and Global Awareness: 1970-1982

Chapter 7 - No More Boundaries? The 1980s

Chapter 8 - A Change of Gear: The 1990s

Chapter 9 - Conclusions I: SLIM's Theology

Chapter 10 - Conclusions II: SLIM's practice

Chapter 11 - Conclusions III

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

©Malcolm Torry. The South London Industrial Mission's permission to quote from its archive, and interviewees' and questionnaire respondents' permissions to quote from their contributions, are gratefully acknowledged. Permission is granted to quote from this material provided an acknowledgement in the same form as this one is appended to the quotation.

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