Matthew Francis
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3891941 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Matthew Francis |
| PRENOMES | Matthew |
| SOBRENOME | Francis |
| ASSINATURA | FRANCIS M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9052-3109 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1997 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Minority Religions and Uncertainty
Religions are at their core about creating certainty. But what happens when groups lose control of their destiny? Whether it leads to violence, or to nonviolent innovations, as found in minority religions following the death of their founders or leaders, uncertainty and insecurity can lead to great change in the mission and even teachings of religious groups. This book brings together an international range of contributors to explore the uncertai…
Mrs Thatcher’s peacock blue sari
The image of Margaret Thatcher appearing on television dressed in a ‘peacock blue sari’ must seem rather farfetched—and yet, for a brief moment, it appeared a distinct possibility. That such an event seemed plausible reflected the growing recognition among senior Conservatives of the electoral significance of ethnic minority voters. While Conservatives had begun to experiment with measures to appeal to BAME voters as early as 1951, from the mid-1…
Towards a Theory and Practice of Religious Literacy
This article reports on research undertaken in 2011-2012 into the role of religion and belief in one British university. In this indicative qualitative case study, we observed six important features in relation to religion and belief: a clear divide in attitudes to the place of religion and belief between operations and curriculum; a lack of knowledge and understanding of the religious landscape within the institution; differing and localized res…
Why the "Sacred" Is a Better Resource Than "Religion" for Understanding Terrorism
The popular media and many in academia often overstate the role that religion, and its supposedly unique qualities, has played in recent acts of terror. In this article, I argue that the notion of religious violence is unhelpful and that there is a more useful concept that we can utilize to draw out the values and ideas that play a role in the move to violence in both religious and secular groups. From a series of case studies on religious and no…
Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice
This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It makes the case for a public realm which is well equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever the individual's own stance. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practi…
Religious literacy in policy and practice
It has long been assumed that religion is in decline in the West: however it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. Furthermore half a century or so in which religion and belief were barely talked about in public has resulted in a pressing lack of religious literacy, leaving many ill-equipped to engage with religion and belief when they encounter them in daily life – in relationships, law, m…
Stuart Ball, Portrait of a party
Thatcher and Thatcherism, Third Edition
However unlikely it may seem given the entirely predictable torrent of political invective (from both Left and Right) that greeted the recent death of Baroness Thatcher, the coming decades are like
A Difficult Home”
The appearance of W. S. Graham's The Nightfishing and Philip Larkin's The Less Deceived in the same year, 1955, has been seen by critics as marking the moment when the experimental poetry of the 1940s, represented by Graham, was displaced in British poetry by Larkin's conservative anti-modernism. This account depends on a reading of Graham and Larkin as diametrically opposed; however, the present paper shows, through a comparison of their two car…
A Crusade to Enfranchise the Many
The concept of the ‘property-owning democracy’ has been one of the ideological and rhetorical constants of twentieth-century Conservatism. Coined by Noel Skelton in 1923 the concept has been periodically revived, renewed, and reworked by subsequent generations of Conservatives. But although the concept has remained a constant, its meaning has transformed as generations of Conservatives have reinterpreted and redefined the concepts that comprise i…
The ‘Bland Leading the Bland
It is now generally agreed among academics and in the media that Liberal Democrat leadership contests are 'characterised by their blandness' (Punnett 1992). This paper considers this claim, examining the circumstances surrounding the first three Liberal Democrat leadership contests and exploring the reasons for their 'blandness', before arguing that the 2007 contest represents a (partial) break from the bland campaigns that had preceded it
Ocean
Research Article| January 01 2001 Ocean Matthew Francis Matthew Francis Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2001) 100 (1): 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-100-1-145 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Matthew Francis; Ocean. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 2001; 100 (1): 145–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-100-1-1…
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access MARTIN FRANCIS MARTIN FRANCIS University of WalesAberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 449, November 1997, Pages 1342–1343, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.449.1342 Published: 01 November 1997
A Crusade to Enfranchise the Many
The concept of the ‘property-owning democracy’ has been one of the ideological and rhetorical constants of twentieth-century Conservatism. Coined by Noel Skelton in 1923 the concept has been periodically revived, renewed, and reworked by subsequent generations of Conservatives. But although the concept has remained a constant, its meaning has transformed as generations of Conservatives have reinterpreted and redefined the concepts that comprise i…
Mrs Thatcher’s peacock blue sari
The image of Margaret Thatcher appearing on television dressed in a ‘peacock blue sari’ must seem rather farfetched—and yet, for a brief moment, it appeared a distinct possibility. That such an event seemed plausible reflected the growing recognition among senior Conservatives of the electoral significance of ethnic minority voters. While Conservatives had begun to experiment with measures to appeal to BAME voters as early as 1951, from the mid-1…
Why the "Sacred" Is a Better Resource Than "Religion" for Understanding Terrorism
The popular media and many in academia often overstate the role that religion, and its supposedly unique qualities, has played in recent acts of terror. In this article, I argue that the notion of religious violence is unhelpful and that there is a more useful concept that we can utilize to draw out the values and ideas that play a role in the move to violence in both religious and secular groups. From a series of case studies on religious and no…
The ‘Bland Leading the Bland
It is now generally agreed among academics and in the media that Liberal Democrat leadership contests are 'characterised by their blandness' (Punnett 1992). This paper considers this claim, examining the circumstances surrounding the first three Liberal Democrat leadership contests and exploring the reasons for their 'blandness', before arguing that the 2007 contest represents a (partial) break from the bland campaigns that had preceded it
Shorter Notices
SHORTER NOTICES Get access MARTIN FRANCIS MARTIN FRANCIS University of WalesAberystwyth Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXII, Issue 449, November 1997, Pages 1342–1343, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/CXII.449.1342 Published: 01 November 1997
Ocean
Research Article| January 01 2001 Ocean Matthew Francis Matthew Francis Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google South Atlantic Quarterly (2001) 100 (1): 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-100-1-145 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Matthew Francis; Ocean. South Atlantic Quarterly 1 January 2001; 100 (1): 145–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00382876-100-1-1…
The ‘Bland Leading the Bland
It is now generally agreed among academics and in the media that Liberal Democrat leadership contests are 'characterised by their blandness' (Punnett 1992). This paper considers this claim, examining the circumstances surrounding the first three Liberal Democrat leadership contests and exploring the reasons for their 'blandness', before arguing that the 2007 contest represents a (partial) break from the bland campaigns that had preceded it
A Crusade to Enfranchise the Many
The concept of the ‘property-owning democracy’ has been one of the ideological and rhetorical constants of twentieth-century Conservatism. Coined by Noel Skelton in 1923 the concept has been periodically revived, renewed, and reworked by subsequent generations of Conservatives. But although the concept has remained a constant, its meaning has transformed as generations of Conservatives have reinterpreted and redefined the concepts that comprise i…
Thatcher and Thatcherism, Third Edition
However unlikely it may seem given the entirely predictable torrent of political invective (from both Left and Right) that greeted the recent death of Baroness Thatcher, the coming decades are like
A Difficult Home”
The appearance of W. S. Graham's The Nightfishing and Philip Larkin's The Less Deceived in the same year, 1955, has been seen by critics as marking the moment when the experimental poetry of the 1940s, represented by Graham, was displaced in British poetry by Larkin's conservative anti-modernism. This account depends on a reading of Graham and Larkin as diametrically opposed; however, the present paper shows, through a comparison of their two car…
Religious Literacy in Policy and Practice
This valuable book is the first to bring together theory and policy with analysis and expertise on practices in key areas of the public realm to explore what religious literacy is, why it is needed and what might be done about it. It makes the case for a public realm which is well equipped to engage with the plurality and pervasiveness of religion and belief, whatever the individual's own stance. It is aimed at academics, policy-makers and practi…
Religious literacy in policy and practice
It has long been assumed that religion is in decline in the West: however it continues to have an important yet contested role in individual lives and in society at large. Furthermore half a century or so in which religion and belief were barely talked about in public has resulted in a pressing lack of religious literacy, leaving many ill-equipped to engage with religion and belief when they encounter them in daily life – in relationships, law, m…
Stuart Ball, Portrait of a party
Why the "Sacred" Is a Better Resource Than "Religion" for Understanding Terrorism
The popular media and many in academia often overstate the role that religion, and its supposedly unique qualities, has played in recent acts of terror. In this article, I argue that the notion of religious violence is unhelpful and that there is a more useful concept that we can utilize to draw out the values and ideas that play a role in the move to violence in both religious and secular groups. From a series of case studies on religious and no…
Mrs Thatcher’s peacock blue sari
The image of Margaret Thatcher appearing on television dressed in a ‘peacock blue sari’ must seem rather farfetched—and yet, for a brief moment, it appeared a distinct possibility. That such an event seemed plausible reflected the growing recognition among senior Conservatives of the electoral significance of ethnic minority voters. While Conservatives had begun to experiment with measures to appeal to BAME voters as early as 1951, from the mid-1…
Towards a Theory and Practice of Religious Literacy
This article reports on research undertaken in 2011-2012 into the role of religion and belief in one British university. In this indicative qualitative case study, we observed six important features in relation to religion and belief: a clear divide in attitudes to the place of religion and belief between operations and curriculum; a lack of knowledge and understanding of the religious landscape within the institution; differing and localized res…
Minority Religions and Uncertainty
Religions are at their core about creating certainty. But what happens when groups lose control of their destiny? Whether it leads to violence, or to nonviolent innovations, as found in minority religions following the death of their founders or leaders, uncertainty and insecurity can lead to great change in the mission and even teachings of religious groups. This book brings together an international range of contributors to explore the uncertai…
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