Bristol University Press
3 Care for Others, Secularization and Britain’s New Identity Tribes
Abstract
This chapter explores the implications of care for others becoming a secular rather than a religious value, although it is still common to regard ‘caring’ as characteristic of Christians. It describes the rise of social action in churches on behalf of the poor and marginalized, particularly since the 1980s, and the way the established church acted as protection for other faith and ethnic communities. It documents generational, political and economic changes that have given rise to ‘new identity tribes’, especially since Brexit, superseding traditional class and political divides. Attitudes to immigrants now mark the division between conservative (sometimes ‘xenophobic’) and liberal identities. It traces the role of religion and higher education in these changes.
Abstract
This chapter explores the implications of care for others becoming a secular rather than a religious value, although it is still common to regard ‘caring’ as characteristic of Christians. It describes the rise of social action in churches on behalf of the poor and marginalized, particularly since the 1980s, and the way the established church acted as protection for other faith and ethnic communities. It documents generational, political and economic changes that have given rise to ‘new identity tribes’, especially since Brexit, superseding traditional class and political divides. Attitudes to immigrants now mark the division between conservative (sometimes ‘xenophobic’) and liberal identities. It traces the role of religion and higher education in these changes.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- About the Author vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction: Apologia and Recollection 1
- Secularization and the Second Great Commandment 23
- Care for Others, Secularization and Britain’s New Identity Tribes 43
- Caring, Gender and Secularization: The ‘Feminization of Piety’ and Its Legacy 67
- The Popular Evangelical Narrative of Care and Some Modern Analogues 85
- Feminism and the Gendering of Care 105
- The Care Crisis 130
- Rethinking Capitalism, the Future of Work and the Role of Care 147
- Notes 171
- References 177
- Index 194
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- About the Author vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction: Apologia and Recollection 1
- Secularization and the Second Great Commandment 23
- Care for Others, Secularization and Britain’s New Identity Tribes 43
- Caring, Gender and Secularization: The ‘Feminization of Piety’ and Its Legacy 67
- The Popular Evangelical Narrative of Care and Some Modern Analogues 85
- Feminism and the Gendering of Care 105
- The Care Crisis 130
- Rethinking Capitalism, the Future of Work and the Role of Care 147
- Notes 171
- References 177
- Index 194
