God in Number 10 : the personal faith of the prime ministers, from Balfour to Blair /
Vickers, Mark, 1966-
God in Number 10 : the personal faith of the prime ministers, from Balfour to Blair / God in number ten Mark Vickers. - xix, 489 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly black and white)
"Mark Vickers’ acclaimed volume on the faith of the twentieth-century Prime Ministers casts a new perspective on these holders of the highest political office in the realm. While there are biographies aplenty on the 18 men and 1 woman who took up residence behind the famous black door, it is notable that that many of these works fail to reflect an important – sometimes the most important – aspect of the life of their subject. God in Number 10 rectifies this omission, offering intriguing insights into Margaret Thatcher’s legendary ‘Sermon on the Mound’, Tony Blair’s perception of Jesus as a modernizer, Arthur Balfour’s recourse to spiritualism, Stanley Baldwin’s mystical experiences, and Winston Churchill’s involvement with astrology. The book considers the role of religion generally in the political classes of the period, the reasons for the declining influence of faith in the public forum, and the relationship between Church and State. The families of H. H. Asquith, Bonar Law, Ramsay MacDonald, Neville Chamberlain, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson have all expressed their support for God in Number 10 and, where able, helped in the research, while John Major has assisted fully."-- https://spckpublishing.co.uk/god-in-number-10-284
9780281087280 9780281087303
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020721827 Uk
Prime ministers--Religious life--Great Britain.
Prime ministers--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Religion and politics--History--Great Britain--20th century.
352.23092241
God in Number 10 : the personal faith of the prime ministers, from Balfour to Blair / God in number ten Mark Vickers. - xix, 489 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly black and white)
"Mark Vickers’ acclaimed volume on the faith of the twentieth-century Prime Ministers casts a new perspective on these holders of the highest political office in the realm. While there are biographies aplenty on the 18 men and 1 woman who took up residence behind the famous black door, it is notable that that many of these works fail to reflect an important – sometimes the most important – aspect of the life of their subject. God in Number 10 rectifies this omission, offering intriguing insights into Margaret Thatcher’s legendary ‘Sermon on the Mound’, Tony Blair’s perception of Jesus as a modernizer, Arthur Balfour’s recourse to spiritualism, Stanley Baldwin’s mystical experiences, and Winston Churchill’s involvement with astrology. The book considers the role of religion generally in the political classes of the period, the reasons for the declining influence of faith in the public forum, and the relationship between Church and State. The families of H. H. Asquith, Bonar Law, Ramsay MacDonald, Neville Chamberlain, Harold Macmillan, Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson have all expressed their support for God in Number 10 and, where able, helped in the research, while John Major has assisted fully."-- https://spckpublishing.co.uk/god-in-number-10-284
9780281087280 9780281087303
GBC2E7723 bnb
020721827 Uk
Prime ministers--Religious life--Great Britain.
Prime ministers--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Religion and politics--History--Great Britain--20th century.
352.23092241