Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together - Softcover

Tomlin, The Rt Revd Dr Graham

 
9780281084272: Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0281084270 ISBN 13: 9780281084272
Publisher: SPCK Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

The referendum may have rent the country asunder like no other issue in recent memory, but there are significant resonances with events in the past. Almost 500 years ago, in a sixteenth-century version of Article 50, Britain made a break from Europe, declaring the King - rather than the Pope - Supreme Head of the English Church.

The split did not end the story. In the turmoil that followed, 'fake news' spread, families were divided and blood was shed.

However, an attempt was made to find a peaceable solution. In this brief but powerful book, Graham Tomlin draws on that history to remind us of the age-old political and spiritual task of harmonizing past and future, identity and openness, the local and the universal. The events of the last three years have shown how polarization can affect even those who are naturally generous and accommodating; the challenge of rising above division, of loving our neighbours - and even our enemies - has never been greater for us all.

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About the Author

Graham Tomlin is Dean of St Mellitus College, London. He is author of Luther and His World,
The Provocative Church and Looking Through the Cross: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2014.

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Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0281084270
ISBN 13 
9780281084272
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
48