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Representing God - Christian Legal Activism in Contemporary England (Paperback)
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How evangelical activism in England contributes to the secularizing
forces it seeks to challenge Over the past two decades, a growing
number of Christians in England have gone to court to enforce their
right to religious liberty. Funded by conservative lobby groups and
influenced by the legal strategies of their American peers, these
claimants—registrars who conscientiously object to performing the
marriages of same-sex couples, say, or employees asking for
exceptions to uniform policies that forbid visible
crucifixes—highlight the uneasy truce between law and religion in
a country that maintains an established Church but is wary of
public displays of religious conviction. Representing God charts
the changing place of public Christianity in England through the
rise of Christian political activism and litigation. Based on two
years of fieldwork split between a conservative Christian lobby
group and a conservative evangelical church, Méadhbh McIvor
explores the ideas and contested reception of this ostensibly
American-inspired legal rhetoric. She argues that legal challenges
aimed at protecting “Christian values” ultimately jeopardize
those values, as moralities woven into the fabric of English
national life are filtered from their quotidian context and
rebranded as the niche interests of a cultural minority. By framing
certain moral practices as specifically Christian, these activists
present their religious convictions as something increasingly set
apart from broader English culture, thereby hastening the
secularization they seek to counter. Representing God offers a
unique look at how Christian politico-legal activism in England
simultaneously responds to and constitutes the religious life of a
nation.
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