.................................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 4 Part I Christ in our place: The Anglican parish in theory and tradition ............................. 13 Chapter 1: The dynamics of place-formation ................................................................... 14 Chapter 2: Place in Christological perspective ................................................................ 28 Chapter 3: Spatial theory and the praxis of parish ........................................................ 57 Part II Common Ground: The Anglican parish in vocation & practice ............................... 80 Chapter 4: The national parish ............................................................................................... 81 Chapter 5: The parish as neighbourhood ........................................................................ 102 Chapter 6: The natural parish .............................................................................................. 133 Conclusion: A kind of belonging ............................................................................................... 159 Appendix: Parish and Belonging in Oxted and Tandridge ............................................ 166 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................................... 212