Eliza Filby

God and Mrs Thatcher (eBook, ePUB)

The Battle For Britain's Soul

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A woman demonised by the left and sanctified by the right, there has always been a religious undercurrent to discussions of Margaret Thatcher. However, while her Methodist roots are well known, the impact of her faith on her politics is often overlooked. In an attempt to source the origins of Margaret Thatcher's 'conviction politics', Eliza Filby explores how Thatcher's worldview was shaped and guided by the lessons of piety, thrift and the Protestant work ethic learnt in Finkin Street Methodist Church, Grantham, from her lay-preacher father. In doing so, she tells the story of how a Prime Minister steeped in the Nonconformist teachings of her childhood entered Downing Street determined to reinvigorate the nation with these religious values. Filby concludes that this was ultimately a failed crusade. In the end, Thatcher created a country that was not more Christian, but more secular; and not more devout, but entirely consumed by a new religion: capitalism. In upholding the sanctity of the individual, Thatcherism inadvertently signalled the death of Christian Britain. Drawing on previously unpublished archives, interviews and memoirs, Filby examines how the rise of Thatcher was echoed by the rebirth of the Christian right in Britain, both of which were forcefully opposed by the Church of England. Wide-ranging and exhaustively researched, God and Mrs Thatcher offers a truly original perspective on the source and substance of Margaret Thatcher's political values and the role that religion played in the politics of this tumultuous decade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781849548885
• Artikelnr.: 42565965

Autorenporträt

Eliza Filby: Dr Eliza Filby is an academic, writer and businesswoman. She is currently a visiting lecturer at King's College, London. Dr Filby regularly appears in the media, as a commentator for BBC News, Sky News, BBC Radio 4 and has written for the Telegraph,The Spectator, Standpoint and The Tablet.

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue God and Mrs Thatcher ix
Chapter One 'God Bless Grantham' 1
Chapter Two The Path of Conformity 45
Chapter Three The Great Reawakening 83
Chapter Four The Gospel According to Margaret Thatcher 121
Chapter Five Turbulent Priests 157
Chapter Six Lead Us Not Into Temptation 197
Chapter Seven God or Mammon? 229
Chapter Eight Holy Warriors and Blessed Peacemakers 267
Chapter Nine Exodus Nation 307
Chapter Ten Reap What You Sow 333
Notes 351
Bibliography 371
Acknowledgements 393
Index 397