Regeneration and Renewal are words which often go together. Malcolm Torry is not talking about spiritual renewal or the Charismatic Movement, but the kind of social renewal which goes which community regeneration projects. This book, subtitled ‘the church in new and changing communities’ explores just that in the context of the Anglican church in south London. This is chiefly done through story, with various contributors telling their story of the local church which has engaged with huge issues, literally on the doorstep. Though a specific style, context, and subject, which will mean it probably has a relatively small circle of people initially interested, Torry paints a picture of church engagement which can, and has been, replicated across the country. It therefore deserves to be widely read.