Cults, martyrs and good Samaritans : religion in contemporary English political discourse / / James Crossley

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821197803321
• Autore: Crossley James G.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Pluto Press, , 2018
• ISBN: 1-78680-310-0; 1-78680-309-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 pages)
• Disciplina: 324.241
• Soggetti: Christianity and politics - Great Britain; Great Britain Politics and government 1945-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Christianity's multifaceted role in English political discourse.