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Book SynopsisChristianity'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 ContentsIntroduction
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
