Church and State in the New Millennium - Brossura

Holloway, David

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0002740605 ISBN 13: 9780002740609

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2000

Riassunto

Has the Church anything left to say to the State and to political life in the new millennium? Often weak in the views it expresses, can it help to shape the leadership of Western life in the future?

David Holloway argues that it must. He looks at key areas of public concern to see where the church can and must take a lead, despite its failings of recent years. Much of what he has to say will be highly controversial.

Morality has been privatised in the Western world (Robin Cook, Bill Clinton) and this must change, he argues, for the new millennium.

The Monarchy must give a moral lead, based on the Christian frame of reference that Western democracies are built on; but how does this take shape in a world of supra-nationalism (e.g. Europe)?

Education is key, but secular humanism and multi-faithism is confusing the young.

The disruption of the traditional family is damaging, and yet ‘traditional family’ is a no-go phrase in the church. Likewise, the church isn’t helping the West’s destabilisation of sexual culture in its weak instruction on homosexuality.

He maintains that the church must be clear on theological absolutes and needs to be united as religious wars and questions continue to grow in the new millennium. Going against the flow is key to the Christian calling.

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L'autore:

DAVID HOLLOWAY is Vicar of Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle. A member of Synod, he has been involved in Church and State issues since 1975 when he was appointed to the Board for Social Responsibility. He is perhaps the most outspoken member of REFORM, an Anglican group with a conservative theology.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

WHAT ROLE SHOULD THE CHURCH HAVE IN TODAYS SECULAR SOCIETY?

'Church and the State in the New Millenium' pinpoints where the church must give direction, despite its failures to do so in recent years. David Holloway deals with issues ranging from the privatisation of morality to the loss of the traditional family, from the role of the monarchy to increased supra-nationalism.

He maintains that the church cannot allow a sweeping tide of secular humanist policies to dominate education, health care and the social services. When it does so, systems of social cohesion and shared values that have taken centuries to build are placed in danger of destruction.

Many see this book as controversial, but it is a catalyst to a necessary debate on the role of Christianity in public life.

REV. DAVID HOLLOWAY is a leading Anglican evangelical, and the author of 'A Nation Under God' and several other books.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0002740605
• ISBN 13: 9780002740609
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 272