Abstract
This chapter opens with a brief timeline of EU/UK relations and describes a framework of Catholic Social Teaching which underpins EU thinking and links to more recent UK publications both Catholic and Anglican. I ask how Christian theology understands community and identity, how this might apply to the EU and how political and social events of the last ten years have threatened these identities. This chapter also considers inequalities within the EU and seeks an appropriate Christian response. Reciprocally, I ask how the out-workings of Europe might lead to a better understanding of Christian communities, found particularly in the Church and the parish.
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Nixon, D. (2019). Community and Identity. In: What Does God Think About Brexit?. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33942-5_3
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