We don't do God / John Burton, Eileen McCabe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burton, John, 1940-

Contributor:

McCabe, Eileen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blair, Tony, 1953---Religion.

Blair, Tony.

Blair, Tony, 1953-.

Ex-prime ministers--Great Britain--Religious life and customs.

Ex-prime ministers.

Spiritual biography--Great Britain.

Spiritual biography.

Religion and politics--Great Britain.

Religion and politics.

Religion.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xx, 231 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2009.

Summary:

In the days following the 2009 presidential election, world leaders lined up in the hope of being the first to visit Barack Obama. In the event it was Tony Blair who, two weeks into the new Administration, stood shoulder to shoulder with Obama at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.

Blair was back on the world stage eighteen months after leaving office, the man of deep Christian faith who, during his premiership, became a political warrior. With the new President by his side, the former Prime Minister gave full vent to his belief in the importance of the global role of religion in political life: "The 21st century will be poorer in spirit, meaner in ambition, less disciplined in conscience, if it is not under the guardianship of faith in God." The impassioned plea was a far cry from his public pronouncements as Prime Minister when he was virtually gagged on the question of religion which, advisers warned, was 'off message.'

Based on new material from revealing conversations from those closest to Blair, We Don't Do God traces the influences that helped shaped Blair's world viewpoint. Drawn on previously unpublished interviews, the book concludes that his political thinking was ruled by a profound sense of mission, shaped by 'the four or five principal influences in my life.'

Contents:

Part 1

1 Oxford to Sedgefield 3

2 Sedgefield to Westminster 17

3 MP to Leader of the Labour Party 27

4 Leader of the Labour Party to Prime Minister 49

Part 2

5 Domestic Policy 75

6 Bringing Peace to Northern Ireland 105

7 Striding the International Stage 123

8 Three Times a Winner 153

Part 3

9 Post Premiership 189

10 And Finally... 221.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781847063526

1847063527

OCLC:

277204435