Believing in Britain by Ian Bradley
It is often claimed that Great Britain is one of the most secular nations on earth, but Ian Bradley argues that 'Britishness' (like the overlapping crosses on the 400-year-old Union flag) is best understood in religious terms. He maintains that the idea of 'being British' has special value as a broad church measure of spiritual and cultural inclusiveness - and as a positive alternative to fundamentalism, narrow nationalism and jingoism. The author explores various distinctive contributions to Britishness made over the centuries by the Celts, the Anglo-Saxons, the Scots, and the new black and Asian Britons. Looking to a new sense of British identity that combines myth, imagination and tradition with an open-minded respect for difference, Believing in Britain makes a thoughtful and challenging contribution to one of the most important discussions of our time.
Ian Bradley is Senior Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of St Andrews and a Church of Scotland minister. A former political correspondent on The Times, his books for Lion include The Call to Seriousness (2005), Enlightened Entrepreneurs (2007) and Believing in Britain (2008)
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| ISBN 13 | 9780745953007 |
| ISBN 10 | 074595300X |
| Title | Believing in Britain |
| Author | Ian Bradley |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | SPCK Publishing |
| Year published | 2008-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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