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'Nick Spencer ranges stylishly over English history from Saint Augustine's landing in Kent to Saint Tony Blair and beyond, richly documenting how this realm of England was a biblically based culture even before the realm of England was invented. Clarity and learning lightly worn make this book stand out from the herd in this year celebrating King James's contribution to biblical translation.'
(Diarmaid MacCulloch, Professor of the History of the Church, University of Oxford )'For anyone freshly curious to understand that jagged and sometimes bloodstained terrain between religion and politics, Church and State in these islands, this is the book for you. Nick Spencer is an ace historical cartographer of that landscape; a guide of fluency and judgement for those who wish to cross it from the seventh century to the present day.' (Lord Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, University of London. )
'In a book that somehow manages to be both sweeping and concise, Nick Spencer demonstrates just how much the political culture of Britain owes to that massive seedbed of ideas, the Bible.' (Tom Holland, historian and author of Rubicon )
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2011 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James' Bible and will see a great deal of celebration and comment about the impact of the Bible on British culture. Much of the story is well-known, such as the Bible's seminal influence on British language and literature, but one aspect - the influence of the Bible on English politics - is largely unknown or ignored. Moreover, when it is not ignored, the Bible's influence on politics is treated as that from which we have escaped, in order that we may enjoy our current freedoms, rather than something that contributed positively to political thought or history.
This is misleading. FREEDOM AND ORDER seeks to inform people of the Bible's critical and positive influence on politics in Britain throughout modern history. (20110224)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Of the multitude of books written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the King James' version of the Bible I found `Freedom and order' the most satisfying and relevant to the modern world. Nick Spencer has condensed his thoroughly researched material into a coherent narrative which both kept my interest, and gave a real understanding of the impact of the English Bible on the political development of English speaking societies. In particular it gave a fascinating insight into the centrality of the Bible to the development of the United States of America from the insignificant frontier society of the Pilgrim Fathers to the world superpower we know today. I particularly liked the key quotations at the head of each chapter. Freedom and Order: History, Politics and the English Bible
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An excellent and thought provoking book that has some really good historical context to challenge your thinking about the bible and the effect it has had on society. Thoroughly recommended.
Format:Hardcover
This is one of my books of 2011- I read it in three days and felt better informed about more than just politics and religion by the end. Considering the depth of research and breadth of information it contains, it is very easy to digest and completely compelling. Perhaps the most interesting section comes at the very end, when Spencer, having made a historical case for the bible as foundational for British politics, poses a normative question. With most of the population not only not believing, but no knowing, the bible, can our political system remain committed to the virtues drawn from it? And if not, where is the alternative foundation?
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