Description: Drawing together theorists from a range of backgrounds, this interdisciplinary collection gives a decade of New Labour an ethical and theological reckoning.
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Peter Manley Scott is Senior Lecturer in Christian Social Thought and Director of the Lincoln Theological Institute, University of Manchester.
Review Quotes: "The authors of this engaging book provide a multifaceted theological engagement with the last ten years of British politics, or the 'Blair years'. These years marked a decline in political engagement in Britain, and a loss of faith in politics. They also revealed a continuing moral decline that was only exacerbated by the moral confusion in Blair's own leadership. The authors suggest that only an ecclesial politics can provide the resources for a remoralization of Britain in the context of the evident moral decline that has marked the last forty years of liberalism and neoliberalism. They suggest that while the churches in Britain face a variety of challenges, not least from the decline in churchgoing, nonetheless they remain a more deliberative and participative form of political organisation than any of Britain's political parties. This collection makes a powerful case for the continuing public significance of religion as a source of moral and political capital in contemporary Britain and makes a crucial contribution in this time of social and economic crisis." - Professor Michael Northcott, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, UK