- 05, 25, 2016
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- History, Identity, Rowan Williams
Thinking creatively about Europe
Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and current Master of Magdalene College Cambridge shares his fear that if Britain steps back from Europe it will be stepping back from its own heritage. In Britain we have not done too badly in sharing with and learning from others. In talking in isolationist terms we run the risk of nailing our colours to a myth.
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- 05, 17, 2016
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- Identity, Philip Giddings
Identity and risk (2)
In the second of two blogs, Philip Giddings explores Christian understandings of risks, and uncertainty and how they apply to the EU referendum. He writes that for Christians ultimate security can only be found in Almighty God. This means not having to give way to fear or fatalism in the EU referendum debates: rather we take confidence in His promise that as we walk with Him risk gives way to security and together in Him we find our true identity.
Read More- 05, 16, 2016
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- Identity, Philip Giddings
Identity and risk (1)
In the first of two opinion pieces Philip Giddings explores Christian perspectives on identity. Giddings makes the point that whatever view we take of our national history, culture, or of the differences and similarities we have with the citizens of neighbouring states, we recognize that as creatures of Almighty God they share with us the possibility of a common identity in Christ, an identity which He calls upon us to share.
Read More- 03, 23, 2016
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- David Chillingworth, EU Referendum, Identity
Managing complex identities - the modern European
David Chillingworth, the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, explores the question of Brexit from the perspective of an Irish person who now regards Scotland as home. He makes the case that small nations with distinctive identities respond positively to the idea that they can also be part of something much bigger, which is why Scotland seems to be more pro-EU than the rest of Britain. For the same reason he holds that it would be in our best interests if a Brexit were to lead to the break-up of the UK. He makes clear that he will vote for Britain to remain in the EU but he questions whether the referendum campaign with its complexity of different issues is really the best way of deciding this issue.
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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