Category Archives: Reception History
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Jesus, Christianity and (English) Socialism
6March 3, 2018 by Harnessing Chaos
‘Why Christianity matters for socialism’, or from the historical Jesus to Jeremy Corbyn, is now available on the Morning Star …
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English Political Christmasses 2017
1December 24, 2017 by Harnessing Chaos
Theresa May: The Ghost of Cameron Past Theresa May’s construction of Christmas is a little different this year. The usual …
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Theresa May’s Festive Brexit: Christmas Means Christmas
3December 5, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
Theresa May has continued the standard route of the mainstream politician by authorising her politics vaguely in Christianity and God. …
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Bible and Critical Theory latest edition: free and online
2November 15, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
The latest BCT is out and it is free, open access, and online (PDFs here.). “Manufacturing Dissent: Reflections on a …
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This Past Week in the Political Bible: Giles Fraser, Jeremy Corbyn, Class War, and Pentecostalism
4October 4, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
This past week a number of examples of the Radical Bible (i.e. the Bible roughly equated with, or having some …
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Dennis Skinner’s Radical Bible
1September 8, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
Dennis Skinner is, like Corbyn, one of the few figures from the old Labour Left to survive the Blair-Brown years. …
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BTB Open Access Article on the Bible in English Politics
1August 30, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
The following Biblical Theology Bulletin article is now open access: “By What Authority Are You Doing This? A Brief History …
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Corbyn: The New Puritan?
7July 15, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
Sects and Broad Churches Part of my interests in the history of modern English political discourses and constructions of what …
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Italian Westerns and the Radical Bible
1June 20, 2016 by Harnessing Chaos
The Italian Westerns of the 60s and 70s were tied up with discussions of radical politics, the recent fascist past …
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