Harnessing Chaos
The Bible in English Political Discourse Since 1968
Author(s)
Crossley, James G.
Collection
Knowledge Unlatched (KU)Number
101124Language
EnglishAbstract
"Harnessing Chaos" is an explanation of changes in dominant politicalized assumptions about what the Bible really means in English culture since the 1960s. James G. Crossley looks at how the social upheavals of the 1960s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of Keynesianism to the post-1970s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the Bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideas. This book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) Margaret Thatcher's re-reading of the liberal Bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) Thatcherism more generally.
Keywords
Arts; Theology & Religion; Bible; Jesus; Margaret Thatcher; Tony BlairDOI
10.5040/9780567659347ISBN
9780567669599;97805676555OCN
1086995657Publisher
Bloomsbury AcademicPublisher website
https://www.bloomsbury.com/academic/Publication date and place
London, England, 2016-05-19Series
The Library of New Testament Studies,Classification
Bibles