Race, Power, and Privilege: Ecumenism and the Lost Narrative of Interfaith Relations in Post-Brexit Britain

This article identifies some of the developing context of interfaith relations within the ecumenical movement in the United Kingdom, where there has been a seismic shift in the national political debate that is now dominated by the decision, following a referendum, to leave the European Union. It ar...

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Published in:The ecumenical review
Subtitles:In Honesty and in Hope: Rethinking Interreligious Engagement for Our Times
Main Author: Colwell, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: The ecumenical review
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CH Christianity and Society
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
KDJ Ecumenism
ZB Sociology
Further subjects:B Dialogue
B Colonialism
B Brexit
B Racism
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Summary:This article identifies some of the developing context of interfaith relations within the ecumenical movement in the United Kingdom, where there has been a seismic shift in the national political debate that is now dominated by the decision, following a referendum, to leave the European Union. It argues that interfaith relations has lost much of its radical focus upon justice and become focused upon initiatives of social cohesion, mutual understanding, and celebration of difference, rather than addressing some of the deeper issues of justice and racism and the consequences of Britain's colonial history, much of which has re-emerged as a result of Brexit. This is of critical importance given the rise in hate crime, particularly anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
ISSN:1758-6623
Contains:Enthalten in: The ecumenical review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/erev.12469