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Christianity's multifaceted role in English political discourse.

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'Crossley shifts decisively to analysing the last decade of English politics and its intersections with religion - all in the context of Brexit, Islam and the rediscovery of a socialist left. Sharp analysis, insights aplenty, a major contribution to serious political debate in the UK' -- Roland Boer, Xin Ao Distinguished Overseas Professor at Renmin University of China, Beijing, Research Professor at the University of Newcastle

Table of Contents
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

Cults Martyrs and Good Samaritans

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      Publisher: Pluto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 20/07/2018
      ISBN13: 9780745338293, 978-0745338293
      ISBN10: 0745338291
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Christianity's multifaceted role in English political discourse.

      Trade Review
      'Crossley shifts decisively to analysing the last decade of English politics and its intersections with religion - all in the context of Brexit, Islam and the rediscovery of a socialist left. Sharp analysis, insights aplenty, a major contribution to serious political debate in the UK' -- Roland Boer, Xin Ao Distinguished Overseas Professor at Renmin University of China, Beijing, Research Professor at the University of Newcastle

      Table of Contents
      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

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