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Von Hügel Institute

for Critical Catholic Inquiry
 

READING GROUP: RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE

This is the final session of the reading group.

A case study:  religion and politics in the United Kingdom. In-depth examination of the British case. Relationship between state and churches; relevance of religion in public life; religious components in the national and partisan political culture.

Core reading:

- Kotler-Berkowitz, L., Religion and voting behavior in Great Britain, in British Journal of Political science, n. 31, 2001.

- Baker, C.R., Graham, E.L., Manley Scott, P., Remoralizing Britain?: Political, Ethical and Theological Perspectives on New Labour: Social, Ethical and Theological Perspectives on New Labour. Continuum. London, 2009. Chapter 1.

- Seawright, D. The British Conservative Party and One Nation Politics. Continuum. New York, 2010. Chapter 8.

Date: 
Thursday, 13 March, 2014 - 14:00 to 16:00
Event location: 
St Edmund's College, Okinaga Room

 

 

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