Before and Beyond the 'Big Society'

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-0-227-17777-8
Verlag: James Clarke & Co.

Buch, Englisch, 324 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1306 g

A timely critique of Milbank's theology of welfare and its influence on policy inside and outside the Church of England.

John Milbank's theology has shaped much modern political thinking both within and without the Church. In Before and Beyond the 'Big Society', Joseph Forde presents the first study devoted exclusively to John Milbank's theology of welfare, and how it has influenced policy in the Church of England since 2008. By examining the favourable response the Church gave to the 'Big Society' project in 2010-12, Forde shows that Milbank's Blue Socialist fingerprint increasingly dominates Church policy.

This theology has not evolved in a vacuum, however, and Forde expertly places it in its historical and theoretical context. He offers a detailed critical discussion of Milbank's own critique of what has been the mainstream (Temple) Anglican theology of welfare in the Church of England since the 1940s, and a fresh contribution to the assessment of Anglican social theology. Finally, he demonstrates how Milbank's ideas have been furthered by other influential Anglicans. It is this influence that will carry the greatest implications for the Church of England's policy on welfare in future, making this study relevant to all who care about its contribution to the provision of welfare.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Forbes, Greg W

Forde, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: Locating John Milbank's Thinking on Welfare and the Church within the Anglican Socialist Tradition
1. Three Anglican Socialist Strands: Welfare Statist, Christendom, Revolutionist
2. Anglican Socialism and the Rise and Fall of the British Welfare State Consensus

Part 2: John Milbank's Blue Socialist Thinking and His Perspective on the British Welfare State
3. John Milbank Writing in the Christendom Strand
4. John Milbank's Thinking on Welfare and the Church of England's Role in its Provision since 1945

Part 3: John Milbank, the 'Big Society' Project and the Church of England
5. The 'Big Society' Project and the Church of England: An Analysis of the Influences that Shaped GS1804
6. John Milbank and the Church of England's Future Approach to Welfare

Conclusion

Epilogue
Appendix 1: GS1804: 'The Big Society' and the Church of England
Appendix 2: List of Questions
Bibliography
Index