This is an extract from our summer 2020 mailing. To access the full newsletter, packed with resources, click here.
On the political moment
A round up of links to help you make sense of the unfolding new era:
- John Gray (video) this moment may be bigger than 1989, 1968, 1917, 1848
- Eric Kaufman the great awokening and the second American revolution
- Maurice Glasman the importance of internationalism; the problems of globalisation
- ONS coronavirus and its economic impacts in the UK
- Jenny McCartney after decades of disdain for workers, applause is not enough
- Local Area Coordinators renewal through citizenship and resilience
- David Goodhart why Gove praises FDR, America’s most left-wing president
- Robert Putnam (podcast) the impact of the pandemic on the ties that bind us
- Mary Harrington the transition of wokeness into an alternative religion
- Jonathan Haidt more interest in defeating other side than the common good
- Anthony Horan hate crime legislation risks Scotland becoming an intolerant society
- Xiao Li to people who survived the Cultural Revolution, US events are too familiar
- The Relationships Project 100 days of lockdown: the moment we noticed
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation low-income voters and the future of politics
From the churches
Some of the signs of Common Good thinking coming from across the churches:
- Pope Francis new papal instruction on ‘the parish community’
- J D Vance why joining the church is an act of resistance
- Revd Sam McNally-Cross don’t sacrifice the poor, for the love of God
- Cardinal Nichols churches are wellsprings of our common good
- Bishop Philip North trust the parish, empower laity, return responsibility to the local
- Sarah Small no one left behind: we have chosen to stay, to face the future together
- David Brooks Jesus in his original Jewish context and the message of covenant
- Giles Fraser on the C of E’s struggle about the parish and why it matters to all of us
- Bishop John Inge churches are a blessing not a burden
- USPG grief, pastoral and spiritual care – how the church is responding
- United Reformed Church renewing our community engagement
- Church Army death, grief and hope – resources for adults, young people, & prisoners
- Theos bridging the gap: what the church can do about inequality
Recommended books
- Mike Gecan: Going Public: An Organizers Guide to Citizen Action
- Peter Block: Community: The Structure of Belonging
- Jonathan Herbert: Accompaniment, Community and Nature
- Richard Niebuhr: Christ and Culture
- Cormac Russell: Rekindling Democracy: A Guide to Working in Citizen Space
- Andrew Davison and Alison Milbank: For the Parish: A Critique of Fresh Expressions
- Michael Northcott: Place, Ecology and the Sacred
- John Inge: A Christian Theology of Place
- Justin Giboney, Michael Wear, Chris Butler, Barbara Williams-Skinner: Compassion (&) Conviction: Faithful Civic Engagement
- Katharine Birbalsingh and Michaela School Staff: Michaela: The Power of Culture
You may also be interested in our
- Leading Thinkers collection of articles
- Section on Catholic social thought
- Previous reading lists
This is an extract from our summer 2020 mailing. To access the full newsletter, packed with resources, click here.