Representing God : Christian legal activism in contemporary England / Méadhbh McIvor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIvor, Méadhbh, author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and law--England.

Religion and law.

Christianity and law.

Christianity and politics--England.

Christianity and politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Over the past two decades, a growing number of Christians in England have gone to court to enforce their right to religious liberty. Funded by conservative lobby groups and influenced by the legal strategies of their American peers, these claimants - registrars who conscientiously object to performing the marriages of same-sex couples, say, or employees asking for exceptions to uniform policies that forbid visible crucifixes - highlight the uneasy truce between law and religion in a country that maintains an established Church but is wary of public displays of religious conviction. 'Representing God' charts the changing place of public Christianity in England through the rise of Christian political activism and litigation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Palm Fronds in the Public Square

Chapter one. Confronting a Hostile World

Chapter two. Grace and Law

Chapter three. Broken Cisterns

Chapter four. Getting Rights ‘Right’

Chapter five. Communicative Doubt

Conclusion: Good Things Worth Sharing?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691193625

0691193622

OCLC:

1183730482