- 06, 13, 2016
- 9 Comments.
- By ReimaginingEurope
- Belonging, Nigel Biggar
The nation state and the case for remaining in the EU
Nigel Biggar reasons there may well be good reasons for Britain to remain in the E.U. But if that is so, the unchristian nature, or the obsolescence, of the nation-state is not one of them. Nation-states are not in fact passé, and the Bible doesn’t tell us that they should be. To argue for Britain to remain in the European Union on the ground that the age of the nation-state is over is nonsensical because, of course, a federal E.U. would be nothing other than a larger state, serving the newly self-conscious nation of Europeans, and able to hold its own against the United States on the one hand, and Russia and China on the other.
Read More- 05, 23, 2016
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- Belonging, Francis Campbell, Identity, Values
Rediscovering Europe’s values
Whatever the results of the June referendum, the challenges facing Europe’s leaders will persist. Francis Campbell makes the case that rediscovering the values that have shaped Europe would help leaders with a grapple with the challenges whether that be the debt crisis or the refugee crisis. He argues that if we can look beyond our differences and guard our national interests less jealously, we will see that every EU citizen has shared values and a common identity and a commitment to live within and promote a shared pluralist space.
Read More- 01, 05, 2016
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- Adrian Hilton, Belonging, Identity, Values
Caricaturing the values of the anti-EU Christian
Political theologian Adrian Hilton explores why the caricature of anti-EU Christians as narrow minded xenophobes is indicative of a wider elite strategy aimed at closing down democratic debate.
Read More- 12, 11, 2015
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- Belonging, Identity, Tim Livesey, Values
Staying calm in a crisis
Huge external pressures are suddenly bearing in on the technocratic project that is Europe, laying bear a worryingly thin veneer of shared values and common cultural responses to perceived, or real, external threats. Former diplomat Tim Livesey makes the case that the EU will only be able to respond effectively to the multiple crises it faces if it holds firm to its values. Razor wire alone will not solve the problems.
Read More- 12, 07, 2015
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- Belonging, Dave Landrum, Identity, Values
Never closer union?
The challenge for Christians in the EU debate writes Dave Landrum is to intelligently and relentlessly expose the sandy foundations of ever closer union, and to present a vision for a plural, hospitable and harmonious Europe bonded and informed by its core, historic Christian identity – because Jesus is (quite literally) the hope of the nations.
Read More- 11, 27, 2015
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- Belonging, Guy Brandon, Identity, Values
The lure of easy answers
Guy Brandon warns against allowing the Paris terrorist attacks to lead to easy answers that sway opinion irrevocably towards the Exit option, short-circuiting meaningful discussion of what is really in our mutual best interests and deciding the outcome of the campaign before it has properly started.
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