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Political and religious identities of British evangelicals

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Political and religious identities of British evangelicals/ by Andrea C. Hatcher.
Author:	Hatcher, Andrea C.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2017.,
Description:	xiii, 249 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Evangelists - Political activity - Great Britain. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7
ISBN:	9783319562827

Political and religious identities of British evangelicals
Hatcher, Andrea C.

Political and religious identities of British evangelicals[electronic resource] /by Andrea C. Hatcher. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2017. - xiii, 249 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

This book examines the paradoxical relationship between the religious and political behaviors of American and British Evangelicals, who exhibit nearly identical religious canon and practice, but sharply divergent political beliefs and action. Relying on interviews with British religious and political elites (journalists, MPs, activists, clergy) as well as focus groups in ten Evangelical congregations, this study reveals that British Evangelicals, unlike their American counterparts known for their extensive involvement in party politics, have no discernible ideological or partisan orientation, choosing to pursue their political interests through civic or social organizations rather than electoral influence. It goes further to show that many British Evangelicals shun the label itself for its negative political connotations and in-/out-group sensibility, and choose to focus on a broader social justice imperative rendered almost incoherent by a lack of group identity. Placing itself at the forefront of an incipient but growing segment of comparative research into the intersectionality of religion and politics, the work satisfies a lacuna of how the same religious tradition can act differently in public squares contextualized by political and cultural variables.

ISBN: 9783319562827

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1199356
Evangelists
--Political activity--Great Britain.

LC Class. No.: BR115.P7 / H363 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 261.70941

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