Harnessing Chaos : The Bible in English Political Discourse Since 1968
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Harnessing Chaos : The Bible in English Political Discourse Since 1968

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Harnessing Chaos : The Bible in English Political Discourse Since 1968

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"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.

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Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. INTRODUCTION
  3. Chapter 1 -- ‘CHAOS IS A LADDER’: A RECEPTION HISTORY OF THE BIBLE IN ENGLISH POLITICS
  4. 1. Why ‘English’?
  5. 2. Why ‘since 1968’?
  6. 3. Political Receptions of the Bible since 1968
  7. 4. Tony Benn and the Decline of the Radical Bible
  8. 5. ‘The Good Man Jesus’
  9. 6. Concluding Remarks
  10. Part I -- EXPERIENCING DEFEAT
  11. Chapter 2 -- CHRISTOPHER HILL’S WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
  12. 1. The Problem of 1968
  13. 2. Christopher Hill
  14. 3. Christopher Hill’s Bible
  15. 4. Experiencing Defeat: 1640s–1660s, 1960s–1980s
  16. 5. A Radical, English Bible
  17. Chapter 3 -- THIS WAS ENGLAND: THE SIMILITUDES OF ENOCH POWELL
  18. 1. Rivers of Blood
  19. 2. Rethinking the Post-Imperial Nation
  20. 3. Church of England
  21. 4. Like the Roman? The Lost Gospel of Enoch
  22. Part II -- THATCHERISM AND THE HARNESSING OF CHAOS
  23. Chapter 4 -- ‘YOUR ARMS ARE JUST TOO SHORT TO BOX WITH GOD’: MARGARET THATCHER’S NEOLIBERAL BIBLE
  24. 1. Margaret Thatcher: Cultural Phenomenon and Nonconformist
  25. 2. Thatcherite Anthropology: Thatcherism versus Communism
  26. 3. From the Evil Empire to the Axis of Evil
  27. 4. Let My People Go! Margaret Thatcher’s Bible
  28. Part III -- CARRIERS OF CULTURAL CHANGE
  29. Chapter 5 -- ‘WE’RE ALL INDIVIDUALS’: WHEN LIFE OF BRIAN COLLIDED WITH THATCHERISM
  30. 1. Satire, Comedy, and Freedom
  31. 2. The Radical Figure of Jesus/Brian
  32. 3. He’s Not the Messiah and He’s Not the Resurrection
  33. 4. Jesus and Brian, Revolution, and Trade Unions
  34. 5. Thinking about Sex
  35. 6. The Multicultural Jewish Brian of History
  36. 7. A Brian for His Times
  37. Chapter 6 -- SAVING MARGARET FROM THE GUILLOTINE: INDEPENDENT MUSIC IN MANCHESTER FROM THE RISE OF THATCHER TO THE RISE OF BLAIR
  38. 1. From Punk to Britpop: Manchester 1976–1994
  39. 2. ‘For EveryManc a Religion’
  40. 3. Biblical Language: Joy Division and The Fall
  41. 4. Biblical Language: Happy Mondays and The Stone Roses
  42. 5. Taking the Rain out of Manchester? Cityscapes and Personalities between 1976 and 1994
  43. 6. Margaret’s Guillotine
  44. Part IV -- FROM THATCHER’S LEGACY TO BLAIR’S LEGACY
  45. Chapter 7 -- YOUR OWN PERSONAL JUDAS: THE REHABILITATION OF JEFFREY ARCHER
  46. 1. Thou Shalt Not Get Caught
  47. 2. Abel, Not Cain
  48. 3. First among Equals
  49. 4. A Matter of Honour
  50. 5. False Impression: Who Betrayed Whom?
  51. 6. Speculative Archerisms
  52. 7. Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
  53. Chapter 8 -- 45 MINUTES FROM DOOM! TONY BLAIR AND THE RADICAL BIBLE REBRANDED
  54. 1. Spiritual and Religious: The Political Theology of Tony Blair
  55. 2. ‘This Money and Bloodshed’
  56. 3. Doing God? The Iraq War and the Apocalyptic Bible
  57. 4. As Is Written: Pure Democracy
  58. Chapter 9 -- THE GOVE BIBLE VERSUS THE OCCUPY BIBLE
  59. 1. 1611 after 2008: The Bible in an Age of Coalition
  60. 2. Surviving Cynicism and the Noble Big Other
  61. 3. Surviving Postcolonialism
  62. 4. What Ever Happened to the Radical Bible?
  63. 5. Same-sex Marriage or Subversive Love? The Case of Peter Tatchell
  64. CONCLUSION: WHY DO POLITICIANS BOTHER WITH THE BIBLE?
  65. Bibliography
  66. Index of References
  67. Index of Authors