TY - BOOK ID - 7225376 TI - Harnessing chaos : the Bible in English political discourse since 1968 PY - 2014 VL - 506 2 SN - 9780567655509 0567655504 9780567655516 130693009X 0567669599 0567666751 0567659348 0567655512 PB - London : Bloomsbury, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and politics KW - History KW - Bible. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - 22 <420> KW - 22.06 <09> KW - Bijbel--Engeland KW - Bijbel: exegese-- KW - Ba-yon Tipan KW - Bagong Tipan KW - Jaji ma Hungi KW - Kainē Diathēkē KW - New Testament KW - Nouveau Testament KW - Novo Testamento KW - Novum Testamentum KW - Novyĭ Zavet KW - Novyĭ Zavi︠e︡t Gospoda nashego Īisusa Khrista KW - Novyĭ Zavit KW - Nuevo Testamento KW - Nuovo Testamento KW - Nye Testamente KW - Perjanjian Baru KW - Dhamma sacʻ kyamʻʺ KW - Injīl KW - Christianity KW - Church and politics KW - Politics and Christianity KW - Politics and the church KW - Political science KW - Political aspects KW - Bible and Politics. KW - Chaos (Christian theology) KW - Chaos (Theology) KW - Creation KW - Politics, Practical KW - Politics and the Bible KW - Biblical teaching KW - Bible KW - Christianity and politics - Great Britain - History - 20th century. KW - Arts KW - Theology & Religion KW - Jesus KW - Margaret Thatcher KW - Tony Blair UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7225376 AB - "Harnessing Chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicalized assumptions about what the Bible 'really means' in English culture since the 1960s. This book 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. Part I looks at the potential options for politicized readings of the Bible at the end of the the1960s, focussing on the examples of Christopher Hill and Enoch Powell. Part II analyses the role of Thatcher's specific contribution to political interpretation of the Bible and assumptions about 'religion'. Part III highlights the importance of (often unintended) ideological changes towards forms of Thatcherite interpretation in popular culture and with particular reference to Monty Python's Life of Brian and the Manchester music scene between 1976 and 1994. Part IV concerns the modification of Thatcher's Bible, particularly with reference to the embrace of socially liberal values, by looking at the electoral decline of the Conservative Party through the work of Jeffrey Archer on Judas and the final victory of Thatcherism through Tony Blair's exegesis. Some consideration is then given to the Bible in an Age of Coalition and how politically radical biblical interpretations retain a presence outside parliamentary politics. Harnessing Chaos concludes with reflections on why politicians in English politicians bother using the Bible at all."--Bloomsbury Publishing. ER -