"David Walker's analysis is incisive and hard hitting. Anyone who believes in the power of social science to inform better policy making should take his criticisms seriously."
- Sue Duncan, Former Chief Government Social Researcher and Head of the Government Social Research Service

"David Walker has written an unofficial summary of ESRC's achievements and struggles. He brings to the task long experience of the organisation and of the key players, a great familiarity with the literature and a sceptical nature. The result is stimulating, instructive,...

God’s Belongers should transform our thinking about what it means to belong to church. Uniquely, David Walker replaces the old and worn division between ‘members’ and ‘nonmembers’ with a fourfold model of belonging: through relationship, through place, through events, and through activities. From his extensive practical research, the author shows how ‘belonging’ can encompass a far wider group of people than those who attend weekly services. This opens up creative opportunities for mission in today’s world. ‘In this excellent book David Walker brings together his...