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The Political Samaritan: How power hijacked a parable
Nick Spencer
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Description for The Political Samaritan: How power hijacked a parable
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, No illustrations. BIC Classification: HRA; HRAM2; JF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Nick Spencer sets out to rescue an innocent parable, mugged for political ends, ignored by passers-by, and then left for half-dead at the edge of the English language. The parable of the Good Samaritan has been used by almost every major British politician over recent years - from Theresa May and Tony Blair to Margaret Thatcher and Jeremy Corbyn. But they don't all use it to say the same thing. Discussing the various figures who've politicised the Samaritan, Spencer - described by the Economist as `like a prophet crying in the post-modern wilderness' ... Read more
Nick Spencer sets out to rescue an innocent parable, mugged for political ends, ignored by passers-by, and then left for half-dead at the edge of the English language. The parable of the Good Samaritan has been used by almost every major British politician over recent years - from Theresa May and Tony Blair to Margaret Thatcher and Jeremy Corbyn. But they don't all use it to say the same thing. Discussing the various figures who've politicised the Samaritan, Spencer - described by the Economist as `like a prophet crying in the post-modern wilderness' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472942210
SKU
V9781472942210
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99-15
About Nick Spencer
Nick Spencer is Director of Theos, a Christian think tank. He is the author of Atheists: The Origin of the Species (Bloomsbury) and Freedom and Order: History Politics and the English Bible (Hodder and Stoughton).
Reviews for The Political Samaritan: How power hijacked a parable
Engagingly written, wide-ranging, and important ... this journey through the political Samaritan's uses/misuses, meanings, and citations leaves us with whole new sets of questions about the politics of our society and the place of religion within it.
Church Times
Illuminating ... an intriguing display of how scripture takes on a life of its own in public life
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Church Times
Illuminating ... an intriguing display of how scripture takes on a life of its own in public life
... Read more