Marginal Christianity

The Politics of Fear Brexit: Democracy at Work? Posted by: vinoth-ifes on: June 28, 2016 I arrived in London the day after the results of the British referendum. I found many of my friends in a state of shock and dismay. The Brexit vote has revealed the deep fissures in British society- between London and the rest of the country, between economic classes, between urban and rural populations, between Scots and English, and even between generations (the young voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU). The vast majority of non-Europeans are unaffected by what has happened here. But what has been most troubling- indeed horrifying- was the way the political campaign was fought. It mirrored the vicious obscurantism of the current American presidential campaign. Read more at https://vinothramachandra.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/brexit-democracy-at-work/

Luke BrethertonABC Religion and Ethics 25 Jun 2016 When the world is out of control, the absurd can begin to feel like common sense to those who have the absurd notion that the world should be controlled for their benefit alone. Trump and Brexit are the result. They are responses to the sense of precariousness and disorder we experience now. This sense of disorder is no illusion. We are in a moment when we are beset by foundational and basic questions about what human flourishing consists of, in every area of life. Among the many questions being asked in our present moment some are these: Read more at http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2016/06/25/4488887.htm