Description
How should British national identity be understood in the light of the UK's decision to leave the European Union?
About the Author
Dr Jonathan Chaplin is a Member of the Divinity Faculty, University of Cambridge, Theos Research Associate and co-editor with Gary Wilton of God and the EU (Routledge, 2016). Professor Emeritus Andrew Bradstock has been researching, teaching and writing about the relationship between faith, politics and social engagement for more than 30 years. From 2009-13 he was inaugural Howard Paterson Professor of Theology and Public Issues at the University of Otago where he established and directed New Zealand's first Centre for Theology and Public Issues. He is the author of David Sheppard: Batting for the Poor: The authorized biography of the celebrated cricketer and bishop (SPCK, 2019).
Reviews
This stimulating collection of essays seeks to give voice to the genuine plurality of Anglican views on the politics of Brexit. It offers an honest resource for thinking about the path to Brexit, and the life of the nation beyond it. It does not reconcile difference, but it does name it as part of the struggle of the present, and it seeks to challenge Christians of all views to imagine a future with hope. -- Anna Rowlands, St Hilda Associate Professor of Catholic Social Thought & Practice, University of Durham
The English Church played a constitutive role in the identity of the English polity. From the parish to the Lords it bore witness to the life of the nation. This is the first serious book I have read that engages with whether the Church will continue to play a covenantal role in our national life. -- Maurice Glasman, Lord Glasman of Stoke Newington
'A remarkable achievement . . . there are . . . hopeful signs of forward thinking, imagination, and intellectual fruitfulness to be found alongside the passionate conviction' * Church Times *
Jonathan Chaplin and Andrew Bradstock have done an excellent job in bringing together a wide range of church leaders, politicians, economists and theologians to present a diversity of perspectives on post Brexit Britain and the place of the Church of England within it - in a process which William Temple would recognise. -- Greg Smith * William Temple Foundation *
Book Information
ISBN 9780281084296
Author Jonathan Chaplin
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint SPCK Publishing
Publisher SPCK Publishing