Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans

James Crossley

Description

James Crossley holds a mirror up to English politics, examining how Christianity is often used to legitimise ideological positions and parties.



From the paternalistic Christianity used to justify ever-intensifiying neoliberalism, to the ethnonationalist and economic protectionist Christianity of Theresa May and Brexit, and encompassing the socialist constructions of Christianity by Jeremy Corbyn and a resurgent Left, Crossley guides us through politics' love affair with Christianity.



Drawing on interviews with politicians, leave and remain voters, activists, and revolutionaries, Crossley reveals how religion is linked to positions relating to class, capitalism and foreign policy: obfuscating potential causes of unrest, justifying military intervention and challenging dominant class interests.
Introduction

1. Religion in English Political Discourse, 1979-2017: A Brief History

2. Brexit Means Christmas, Christmas Means Socialism, and a Time for 'Homosexual Sex': Shifting Notions of Religion from the Frontbenches

3. Muslims, the 'Perversion of Islam', and Christian England on the (Far) Right

4. Brexit Barrow: Religion in Real-Time During a Summer of Political Chaos

5. Manufacturing Dissent from the Centre: Cults, Corbyn and the Guardian

6. Red Apocalypticism on the Corbynite Left: Martyrdom, Rojava and the Bob Crow Brigade

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Sujets

• Political Ideologies
• POLITICAL SCIENCE
• Philosophie et théologie
• Aeropuerto Internacional de Eldoret
• ISIS
• Religión
• UKIP
• Clase (informática)
• Reino Unido
• BBC
• 21st century
• Liberal Democrats
• Political science of religion
• Communism
• Homosexuality
• Catholicism
• Britishness
• Marxism
• Tim Farron
• Central government
• Isis (disambiguation)
• EDL
• Jeremy Corbyn
• State
• UK Independence Party
• Conservative Party
• General officer
• Neoliberalism
• Ideology
• United Kingdom
• Socialism
• Politics
• Fascism
• Christianity
• Anglicanism
• Antisemitism
• Noam Chomsky
• Theresa May
• Nigel Farage
• Great Britain
• Religion
• Central
• Image and Scanner Interface Specification
• General
• Class
• Tony Benn
• Identity
• Islam
• Barrow-in-Furness
• Parti pour l'indépendance du Royaume-Uni
• David Cameron
• Communisme
• Neil Kinnock
• Labour Party
• Démocrates libéraux (Royaume-Uni)
• Parti conservateur
• Christmas
• Margaret Thatcher
• Tony Blair
• London
• 7
• 9
• 11
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Socialisme
• Royaume-Uni
• Bible

Informations

• Publié par: Pluto Press
• Date de parution: 20 juillet 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781786803108
• Langue: English

Extrait

Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans

Cults, Martyrs and Good Samaritans

Religion in Contemporary English Politiçal Disçourse

James Crossley