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The European Community and the Church of England

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

John Nurser
John Nurser
Affiliation:
Director, Christianity and the Future of Europe Westcott House, Cambridge
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Although I have no legal expertise, I hope I may be able to pose some useful questions. In 1989, I and others founded a group called ‘Christianity and the Future of Europe’ in order to encourage Christians in Britain to reflect on the European Community. What difference will it make to the life of the British churches? What might the special historical experience of the British churches contribute to ‘the construction of Europe’?

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Research Article
Information
Ecclesiastical Law Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 13 , July 1993 , pp. 103 - 107
Copyright
Copyright © Ecclesiastical Law Society 1993

References

1. Edwards, David. Christians in a New Europe (1990).Google Scholar

2. Dow, Graham, Christian Renewal in Europe (1992), p. 24.Google Scholar

3. See Colyer, Peter, ‘Shall I sing the Lord's song in a foreign language’ CAFE News 7 (03/04 1993).Google Scholar

4. The ‘considerations’ of the preamble include the assertion that ‘the various European cultures are strongly rooted in a humanitarian and religious tradition, which is the source of their dedication to freedom and human rights’.

5. Following a conversation with Lord Home on the occasion of a talk he gave at Lincoln Theological College, I established with the Government Chief Whip in June 1981 (after he had taken careful all-party soundings) that bishops would be welcomed as members of the Lords' European Communities Committee (or its Sub-Committees). The problem (which at that time proved insoluble) was to find even one bishop in the Lords who felt able to commit time to such work.