The Future of Brexit Britain – debates in the Anglican tradition

Organised by the Centre for English Identity and Politics, University of Southampton

Contributors

Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Bishop of Dover
Bishop Robert Innes, Bishop in Europe
Dr David Muir, University of Roehampton
Bishop John McDowell, Primate of All Ireland
Bishop Philip North, Bishop of Burnley
Dr Adrian Pabst, University of Kent
Prof Linda Woodhead, University of Lancaster

This webinar is linked to the publication of The Future of Brexit Britain – Anglican reflections on national identity and European solidarity

Very little of the voluminous post-Brexit analysis in academia and the commentariat has focussed on what happened with the major organisations and institutions of civil society. This webinar provides an unusual opportunity to understand how the issues were seen and played out within England’s established church.

Like much of England, the Anglican church was divided by Brexit. The essays in The Future of Brexit Britain explore why these divisions may have arisen. They examine the extent to which divides reflected broader patterns of popular opinion, attitudes to nationhood, education and social class, or may have reflected issues particular to the Church of England. The essays reflect the different perspectives found within the church on Brexit and on English, British and European identities

In the first part of this two hour webinar the editors will outline some of the key questions raised in the book and discussion will explore those issues. In the second part the debate will look more widely at the contemporary role of Anglicanism in shaping ideas of national and international identities in England, Britain and the British Isles.