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.

04, 06, 2016
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Patrick Curran, Postcard from...

Postcard from Vienna

Writing from Vienna, Patrick Curran laments that a vote to simply stay in the European Union without a change of attitude is only a short-term gain unless a positive and constructively critical narrative is allowed to emerge, which in turn will strengthen the European Union for all her citizens and those who live on her borders. The Eurosceptics will not be satisfied until sovereignty has been restored to Westminster.

02, 29, 2016
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Postcard from...

Postcard from Prague

In this postcard from Prague, Revd Ricky Yates, the Anglican Chaplain in Prague, takes a closer look at Czech attitudes to EU integration and David Cameron’s efforts to reform the EU. He shows that the one issue for which the British Prime Minister found no Czech support was regarding any suggestion of restrictions being introduced, impinging on the right of EU citizens to freely move to and work in other member states.

11, 06, 2015
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Patrick Curran, Postcard from...

Postcard from Vienna

Patrick Curran, the Anglican Chaplain in Vienna, reflects on Austrian attitudes to the EU and the prospects for EU reform.

10, 19, 2015
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Culture, Francis Campbell, History, Memory

Europe’s past invades the present

Francis Campbell shows that despite the EU’s evident successes, the asymmetry in memories across EU member states remains a source of division and tension.