Abstract
Hatcher interviews political and religious elites in Britain for their perspectives on the differences between the politics of American and British Evangelicals. Their explanations center on institutional and cultural factors. For example, some suggest the Established Church placates political demands among Christians in Britain. Others point to a closed, London -centric, political system that limits access to individuals and groups. These explanations can be countered by the fact that the Established Church is a part of the political system and can offer ready access to Evangelicals (especially those Anglicans ), if they are willing. The most intriguing reason is that the political ambitions of Evangelicals are bound by British norms of civic engagement—to be politicized it would be “un-British.”
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Hatcher, A.C. (2017). A View from the Top. In: Political and Religious Identities of British Evangelicals. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56282-7_2
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