The Church, The Far Right, and The Claim to Christianity

Helen Paynter, Maria Power (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

192 Seiten

2024
SCM Press (Verlag)
978-0-334-06549-4 (ISBN)

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In recent years, far-right organisations have invaded mosques across the UK with army-issued Bibles, declaring their actions a 'Christian crusade’. Others have paraded large crosses through Muslim-majority areas, and invaded 'migrant hotels,' harassing residents in their so-called crusade.

Far-right appeals to ‘clean up society’, and ‘restore Christian Britain’ can be quite attractive to some Christians. However, what they may fail to appreciate is that this rhetoric may be cynically employed by those whose allegiance and values are quite contrary to Christian ones. Despite all this, the response from official church sources in the UK has been notably subdued, and resources to help churches address hate crimes or racial tensions are scarce. This book aims to fill that void.

Bringing together insights from theologians, church practitioners, and leading experts, this volume examines the church's response to the rise of far-right thinking in UK society and explores how it can respond more effectively. With a foreword by David Gushee, this book offers critical and constructive perspectives for the church to confront these challenges

Helen Paynter is Director of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Violence, and Coordinator of Theological Education. She is the author of numerous titles, among them and Telling Terror in Judges 19. Maria Power is a Fellow of Blackfriars Hall, Oxford where she a Senior Research Fellow in Human Dignity at the Las Casas Institute for Social Justice.

Foreword – David Gushee
Introduction – Helen Paynter
From the coal-face
1A Norwegian perspective
Steinar Ims
2From prejudice to pride - towards an organized anti racist community
Henrik Frykberg
3Putting the Semantic Struggle into Practice: A Response to Steinar Ims and Henrik Frykberg.
Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel
The Interfaith perspective
4A Lebanese Perspective on Religion-Inspired Political Extremism.
Martin Accad
5Beyond the Far Right: 'Respectable racism' and British Muslims
Shenaz Bunglawara
6Contextualizing the Claim to Christianity: A Response to Martin Accad and Shenaz Bunglawala
Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel
Politics of the Far Right and the Church
7Encountering and Countering the Far Right in Britain Today
James Crossley
8‘Stop waving crosses around and making them a symbol of hate’: Localised Christian Responses to the Populist Radical Right in the UK
William Allchorn
9Probing Challenges and Chances in UK Politics: A Response to James Crossley and William Allchorn
Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel
Christian Theologians Respond
10The ‘semantic struggle’ against the Christian Far Right: Learning from the Good Samaritan
Nick Spencer
11Challenging Far Right Claims to Christianity: A Northern Irish Perspective
Chris Wilson
12Taking Theology out of the Trap: A Response to Nick Spencer and Chris Wilson. Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel
Conclusion
The church, the far right, and the claim to Christianity: Towards some recommendations. Helen Paynter
Afterword: Lived Theology.
Hannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel

Erscheinungsdatum	28.08.2024
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-334-06549-6 / 0334065496
ISBN-13	978-0-334-06549-4 / 9780334065494
Zustand	Neuware