The future of Brexit Britain : Anglican reflections on national identity and European solidarity / edited by Jonathan Chaplin, Andrew Bradstock.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bradstock, Andrew, editor.

Chaplin, Jonathan, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Christianity and politics--Great Britain.

Christianity and politics.

Christianity and politics--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [2020]

Summary:

"The idea of British identity has been thrown into question by the debates around the EU Referendum, but now that Brexit is here, it's time to think positively and constructively about Britain's future. How might Britain as a multinational state understand its own defining moral and political commitments in relation to its European neighbours? If, as many suggest, a resurgence of English nationhood has been the driving force behind Brexit, how might the Church of England, as the 'national Church' in England, and its neighbouring Anglican Churches, respond to this and the many other missional challenges they face? Those of us still wondering what to make of Brexit - including reflective Christians, politicians, journalists, think-tanks and religious leaders - will find much to stimulate thought and discussion here. The contributors have a wealth of specialist knowledge of the churches, Brexit and the EU; they draw on this and the legacies of Anglican - and more broadly Christian - social and political theology to offer their rich and nuanced responses to a range of crucial questions"--Page 4 of cover

Contents:

Foreword / Rose Hudson-Wilkin

Introduction / Jonathan Chaplin and Andrew Bradstock

Part 1. Reading Brexit truthfully

Brexit : competing visions of nation / Philip North

Absent without leave : the case for the EU you never heard / Jonathan Chaplin

Patriotism and theology will have to come together again : royal consciousness and the Church of England / Sam Norton

The 'will of the people'? or the 'good of the people'? / Nick Baines

How the new liberalism contributed to Brexit / Nicholas Townsend

Part 2. Hearing diverse voices attentively

Brexit, Englishness, ethnicity and race / R. David Muir

'A welcoming, diverse and tolerant country' : Brexit and the Scottish Episcopal Church / Charlotte Mthuen

The future of Brexit Britain : a view from Wales / Sarah Rowland Jones

Brexit and Ireland / John McDowell

The eclipse of responsibility and an ethics gone awry : an outsider's view from the inside / Matthias Grebe

Part 3. Engaging Europe faithfully

A vision for Europe / Kenneth Medhurst

Independent and globally engaged : the UK after Brexit / Brian Griffiths

Britain after Brexit : retrospect and prospect / John Milbank

Britain, Europe and the wider world / Stephen Green

What really matters : key concepts in the future negotiations / Alison Rose

Part 4. Living beyond Brexit gracefully

Brexit-shaped Britain and the Church of England : looking back to look forwards / Malcom Brown

Reconciliation after Brexit : reflections from the Reformation / Graham Tomlin

Grace after Brexit / Adrian Hilton

Looking for the soul of Europe / Robert Innes

Part 5. Responses

Responses from Anglican politicians. Sal Brinton

Suzanne Evans

Dominic Grieve

Responses from beyond Anglicanism. John Denham

Doug Gay

Rachel Lampard

Anthony Reddie

Ben Ryan

Conclusion / Andrew Bradstock and Jonathan Chaplin.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-281-08430-0