Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the Country Back Together

by Graham Tomlin

Overview

The referendum may have rent the country asunder like no other issue in recent memory, but there are significant resonances with events in the past. Almost 500 years ago, in a sixteenth-century version of Article 50, Britain made a break from Europe, declaring the King – rather than the Pope – Supreme Head of the English Church.

The split did not end the story. In the turmoil that followed, ‘fake news’ spread, families were divided and blood was shed.

However, an attempt was made to find a peaceable solution. In this brief but powerful book, Graham Tomlin draws on that history to remind us of the age-old political and spiritual task of harmonizing past and future, identity and openness, the local and the universal. The events of the last three years have shown how polarization can affect even those who are naturally generous and accommodating; the challenge of rising above division, of loving our neighbours – and even our enemies – has never been greater for us all.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780281084289
Publisher:	SPCK Publishing
Publication date:	11/21/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	206 KB

About the Author

Graham Tomlin, formerly Dean of St Mellitus College and Principal of St Paul's Theological Centre, London, is Bishop of Kensington. Among his publications are Bound to be Free (Bloomsbury Continuum, 2017), The Widening Circle (SPCK, 2014), Looking through the Cross: The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2014 (Bloomsbury Continuum) and The Provocative Church (SPCK, fourth edition, 2014).

Editorial Reviews

The Widening Circle: Here we have a gripping (even exciting) new approach to priesthood . . . almost every page is rich with biblical, theological, historical and practical wisdom – to be read, considered, and then read again! Gordon Kuhrt, Anvil

The Provocative Church: A refreshingly honest book from a theologian who clearly knows that most of society doesn’t think the way the church does, and wants to do something about it.

From the Publisher

One of the best, most honest, most theologically grounded and therefore most practically helpful books on evangelism to have come out in recent years.

Stephen Cottrell