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.

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.

09, 22, 2015
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Adrian Hilton, Culture, History, Memory

The history of the European Union is not our memory of Europe

Is the EU an inescapable part of us? Political theologian Adrian Hilton argues that Britain is part of Europe but it is not part of the EU’s Europe.

09, 19, 2015
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Caroline Spelman, Culture, History, Memory

Choral diplomacy and the songs of peace

Caroline Spelman reflects on the lessons to be learnt from last year’s joint concert involving the parliamentary choirs from Germany and the UK.

09, 10, 2015
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Culture, Current Themes, History, Memory, Rowland-Jones

‘… every tribe and language and people and nation …’

Moral theologian Sarah Rowland Jones looks again at Revelation’s picture of heaven to see how it might help us make sense of the diversity of tribes and nations that shape our understanding of Europe.