THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCHES TO POLITICS
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Band 30, Heft 1, S. 33-43
ISSN: 0032-3179
In relation to pol'al issues Cath's have their own att's & decline to join with other Christians, except to a very limited extent; & the efficiency & farsightedness of their lobbying & influence in pol'al circles outstrip similar efforts by other Christians. The strong links between the Free Churches & the Labor Party at the beginning of the cent have been considerably changed & weakened. Free Church att's to politics have been affected by the radical change in their relations to the established Church &, in common with other Christians, by the change in the aims of the politicians themselves with respect to soc questions. Christian att's towards politics & policy are expressed in 3 areas: by Bishops in the House of Lords, speaking on pol'al questions of the day; by Church representatives who work in the headquarter offices of their churches or on the consultative bodies of the British Council of Churches; & by the mass of Church lay & clerical opinion in the country as a whole. IPSA.