Most Christians think they know what makes people tick. But do they? If the truth be told, this is often more anecdotal than factual.

Consider the following:

• Are the unchurched hostile, ill-informed or simply disengaged?

• Is it God, Christianity, Christians or the church that puts people off?

• Is it people's own lives, their beliefs, attitudes and habits that prevent them from exploring Christianity?

The Responsive Church aims to find out the answers to these questions and more. Drawing upon research from London Institute of Contemporary Christianity, author Nick Spencer explores the landscape of twenty-first-century religions and spiritual beliefs. His findings are fascinating. But it doesn't end there.

While listening closely and critically to what people are saying, Graham Tomlin listens to what God is saying throughout the Bible: Scripture is after all the touchstone by which we need to measure all things, the light in which we need to walk. Sometimes listening to critics of the church helps us to see things we have never noticed before. And if the voices from outside tell us where we are, we can expect Scripture to point us to where we need to go from here.