- 06, 24, 2016
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- EU Referendum, Sentamu, Welby
Building a good UK, playing its part amongst the nations
Following the decision by the British people t leave the EU on 23 June, Archbishop Justin Welby and Archbishop John Sentamu issued a joint statement asking everyone to act with humility and courage - being true to the principles that make the very best of the UK.
Read More- 06, 20, 2016
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- Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga, Postcard from...
Rulers come and go
Jāna Jēruma-Grīnberga the chaplain of St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Riga Latvia takes a closer look the sense of bemusement that shape local perception son the UK EU referendum. She argues that in today’s complex political situation, overlaid with anxiety about national sovereignty and the impact of migration, the greatest threat comes from within ourselves, and from the possibility that our fears and insecurities will change our core values and make us increasingly wary of the stranger and the vulnerable, increasingly hostile and inhospitable.
Read More- 06, 02, 2016
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- Postcard from..., Potter
Postcard from Switzerland
Peter Potter, the Anglican Archdeacon of Switzerland, observes that while the Swiss take their referendums very seriously it doesn’t always make for clever politics. Not all political decisions can be answered in simple yes and no terms.
Read More- 05, 12, 2016
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- Postcard from..., Tuomas Mäkipää
Springtime in Helsinki
Tuomas Mäkipää a priest of the Anglican Church in Helsinki explains how the harsh weather conditions in Finland as well as its geographical location shape how the Finns think about politics not least the politics of the EU.
Read More- 03, 21, 2016
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- Caroline Spelman, Unity and Diversity
Strength in unity through diversity
Caroline Spelman looks at the diversity across the Anglican Communion to make the case that it is this breadth of diversity that gives the Communion its strength. She holds that it is the same for the EU. The diversity of the European Union benefits us, amongst other things, in terms of travel and trade. Diversity often appears to be the strength behind unity, offering a variety of different approaches, understanding and skills in the face of adversity in a way that homogeneity cannot.
Read More- 02, 19, 2016
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- Livesey, The vote, Tim Livesey
One small vote, one hugely important outcome
Tim Livesey takes a closer look at the process of voting in any referendum on UK membership of the EU. He urges the electorate to both vote and to vote in a responsible way. The result of the forthcoming referendum is crucial to all our lives, and many others besides. We cannot predict the precise consequences of either a yes, or a no vote. But we can be sure that a no vote would have huge consequences, most of which are at present largely unexplored.
Read More- 02, 08, 2016
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- Chaplin
The EU and the culpable silence of English speaking political theology
In this opinion piece Jonathan Chaplin laments the lack of a political theology on the EU. He makes the case that although a well thought out political theology won’t generate detailed policy programmes or constitutional blueprints, it could help the next generation of British and EU political actors to think with greater theological clarity and act with greater political wisdom as they seek to shape the sprawling, fumbling political entity that has become the EU.
Read More- 01, 27, 2016
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- Jonathan Boardman, Postcard from...
Postcard from Rome
In this postcard from Rome, Jonathan Boardman, the Anglican Chaplain at All Saints’ Rome, looks at Italian attitudes to the EU which appear to encourage in and out tendencies at the same time. How do these contradictory tendencies shape Italian views towards Brexit?
Read More- 12, 10, 2015
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- Forgiveness, Francis Campbell, Peace, Reconciliation
The fragility of European unity
The achievement of a lasting peace between former enemies has undoubtedly been the great success of the European project, but as Sir Francis Campbell explores in this blog this strength has masked a deeper fagility that is slowly being exposed by a series of political and economic crises.
Read More- 12, 08, 2015
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- Booth, Subsidiarity
The liberal’s dilemma
Philip Booth makes the case that Eurosceptics tend to suffer from nirvana fallacy – they compare the EU with all its faults to a perfect policy environment in the UK. They ignore the positive aspects of the EU record, such as the action that has been taken to free the movement of capital and labour, and also ignore the negative aspects of the Westminster government’s record.To Philip Booth, a liberal economist, the Brexit dilemma is that we might end up with all the EU regulation and, in addition, more restrictions on migration.
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