Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together

Graham Tomlin

ISBN 10: 0281084270 / ISBN 13: 9780281084272

Editore: SPCK Publishing 2019-11-21, 2019

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Riassunto:

The referendum may have rent the country asunder like no other issue in recent memory, but there are significant resonances with events in the past. Almost 500 years ago, in a sixteenth-century version of Article 50, Britain made a break from Europe, declaring the King – rather than the Pope – Supreme Head of the English Church.

The split did not end the story. In the turmoil that followed, ‘fake news’ spread, families were divided and blood was shed.

However, an attempt was made to find a peaceable solution. In this brief but powerful book, Graham Tomlin draws on that history to remind us of the age-old political and spiritual task of harmonizing past and future, identity and openness, the local and the universal. The events of the last three years have shown how polarization can affect even those who are naturally generous and accommodating; the challenge of rising above division, of loving our neighbours – and even our enemies – has never been greater for us all.

Graham is regarded as a theologian of the first rank, a writer with a keen pastoral commitment, and celebrated for his common touch He has a strong Twitter following @gtomlin: ‘Husband, Father, grandfather, Bishop of Kensington, President of St Mellitus College. Sorry for all the tweets about Bristol City.’ He has been hugely influential in the growth of St Mellitus - one of newest, most dynamic and largest theological Colleges in the Church of England - and has been involved in training Anglican and other clergy for over 25 years His ministry as Bishop of Kensington in support of those involved in the Grenfell Tower tragedy (of many faiths and none) has been appreciated and much praised

Informazioni sull'autore: Graham Tomlin, formerly Dean of St Mellitus College and Principal of St Paul's Theological Centre, London, is Bishop of Kensington. Among his publications are Bound to be Free (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017), The Widening Circle (SPCK, 2014), Looking through the Cross: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2014 (Bloomsbury Continuum) and The Provocative Church (SPCK, fourth edition, 2014).

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Titolo: Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country ...
Casa editrice: SPCK Publishing 2019-11-21
Data di pubblicazione: 2019
Legatura: Paperback
Condizione: New